Websites
A clear, polished public home for your business or organization, with the right level of ongoing care.
What you get
A new website, or a thoughtful refresh of the one you have.
I bring the content, design, and technical details together into something clear and useful, so people understand your business and know what to do next.
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Works everywhere
On phones, tablets, laptops, and big screens, and for people using a keyboard, a screen reader, or larger text.
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Fast
Lean pages with no page builder or pile of plugins, so they load quickly.
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Secure by design
Managed websites are plain pages, with no database or plugins for anyone to break into. Self-service websites are kept patched and backed up.
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Easy to find
Clear page titles and accurate business details, in the format search engines and AI assistants read.
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Words that work
Help with writing and editing, so people understand what you do and what to do next.
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A contact form without the spam
Practical spam protection, with no puzzles for your visitors.
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Private by default
No ad trackers or cookie banners, unless you choose to add them.
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Yours
The finished site and its content belong to you, ready to host wherever you like.
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Looked after, if you like
Host it with me for monitoring, updates, and the ability to undo any change, or take it to a host of your choice.
Managed or self-service
Choose who makes the changes: me, or you.
Managed websites
Send me what’s changed and I update the site for you. There’s no software to learn and no login to keep track of.
Self-service websites
You make the updates yourself. When listings, events, products, or other details change often, you get a simple way to edit them, with sensible guardrails and a short guide. I keep the software behind it secure and up to date.
How pricing works
A clear price before any work starts.
Every project starts with a conversation and a written proposal. It sets out what I’ll do, what it costs, and what I’ll need from you.
Ongoing care, such as hosting, monitoring, backups, and updates, is a prepaid fee for keeping things running rather than hourly billing. Your proposal says exactly what it includes.
If you’re a non-profit or charity, I’m glad to work with you at a reduced rate. Tell me about your cause and what would help.
Questions
What do I need to start?
A short description of what you want the website to do is enough. If you have an existing site, text, photos, or a logo, bring those too, and I’ll help work out the rest.
Can you work with the site I already have?
Yes. A refresh can keep what works, such as your domain, content, and the way people already find you, and improve the rest.
Can you build a design I already have?
Yes. If you or your agency already has a design, I can build it into a finished website, including a short-lived campaign site.
Who owns the website?
You do. A managed website is handed over as the finished site and its content, which you can host anywhere. The tools I use to build it stay with me. For a self-service website, what you own and what I manage is written into the proposal.
Do I have to host it with you?
No. I can hand over the finished site for you, or someone else, to host. Ongoing care is only for sites I host, since I can only look after what I run.