Website builds
Your website is often the first thing a client checks, before they ever call. We rebuild business websites so they load quickly on a phone, work for everyone who uses them, say only what is true, and handle your visitors' details lawfully. We measure the site before and after, so you can see what changed rather than take our word for it.
Why it's worth doing properly
It's your first demonstration
Visitors judge the business by the site. Placeholder text, a contact button that goes nowhere, or a page that takes seconds to appear says something you never meant to say.
Visitors pay for every byte
On a phone, a heavy page costs your visitors time and their own mobile data. Pages made with website builders often carry far more code than they ever use.
Trust is checked by machines first
Email authentication, one consistent business name and accurate contact details help decide whether your site and your emails are treated as legitimate, before a person forms a view.
Everyone should be able to use it
Automated accessibility checks catch only some of the real problems. We run them on every page, then test by hand with a keyboard and a screen reader.
The law applies to your website too
What you collect, why, and for how long has to be stated, and tracking waits for consent. We build the structure of your legal pages; your own advisor approves the words.
Nobody reviewed the old one
Builder sites are rarely built badly. They are built by tools that never expect anyone to read what they produce. The problems show up the moment someone does.
We did it to ourselves first
JSHW Digital Business sells digital transformation, and our own website was made with a page builder. So before rebuilding it, we audited it: every problem was logged with an ID, fixed in order, and written up only once the fix was live.
| Measure | Builder site | Rebuild |
|---|---|---|
| Page weight | 1,568 KB | 343 KB |
| Time for the main content to appear | 8.6 seconds | 2.0 seconds |
| Performance score | 56 out of 100 | 99 out of 100 |
| Automated accessibility score | 87 out of 100 | 100 out of 100 |
The audit also found a made-up street address, three testimonials nobody could attribute and a broken strip of client logos. They were taken out, not replaced with invented ones.
These are single lab measurements, and an automated accessibility score is a floor, not the whole picture. The write-up says so alongside the numbers, which is the standard we hold your site to as well. Read The JSHW Rebuild, the rest of the digital transformation baseline series, or sites we have built and supported.
How a website build works
- You answer the website quote questions: what the site is for, where your current one lives, and what your business is called. Those answers decide most of the price.
- We talk it through and send a quote. Anything you weren't sure of, we work out together first.
- Onboarding. Two forms: one about your goals, and one with the detailed questions a website needs, about the law, the services your site uses, your content, photos and hosting.
- We record your current site before anything changes: its speed, its accessibility, what it shows search engines. That is the evidence for every improvement we report.
- We audit it. Every problem gets an ID and a severity, and is fixed in order.
- We build on a preview site that you review before anything goes live. Only content you have confirmed goes in; anything unconfirmed is flagged, not invented.
- Your advisor reviews the legal pages. We provide the structure and the list of what they must cover.
- Launch, on your say-so. A named person on your side gives the go-ahead, and we measure the live site again.
- Afterwards, we look after the site, or hand it over to you with the documentation to run it.
What we won't do
- Invent testimonials, client names, statistics or an address to fill a gap.
- Use a photo nobody can show the licence for.
- Track your visitors before they agree to it.
- Write your privacy policy for you. Your advisor approves the text.
Start with the website quote questions
Five short sections about what your site is for, where it lives now and your business name. “Not sure” is a fine answer, and you can save your answers on your device and come back to them.
Answer the website quote questions
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