Websites for small businesses across West Yorkshire.

What you get

• A site that does a job

  We start with what the site needs to do for your business, then build it to do that. It works on a phone as well as a desktop.

• Easy to keep up to date

  Built to last, not to need me every week. Most text and photo changes take minutes, and the £99 care plan includes two hours of them a month. If you would rather edit it yourself, I can build a simple editing area for a quoted price.

• One person, start to finish

  No agency and no account manager. You deal with me from the first conversation to the last fix.

How it runs

1. 1

   Listen

   We meet, in person if we can. I ask how your business works and what you need the site to do. No pitch.

2. 2

   Spec

   I write up what you need, with a fixed price. You check it before anything is built.

3. 3

   Build

   Drafts first, then the real thing. You see it as it takes shape and tell me what's wrong.

   Most sites are live in two to four weeks

4. 4

   Keep it working

   Hosting, updates and small changes on a monthly plan, and bigger developments quoted as they come up.

Need more than a website, such as a place to keep your customers and quotes? See custom CRMs.

Questions people ask about websites

How much does a website cost?

A fixed price between £750 and £1,500, agreed before any work starts. The price depends on how many pages you need and what they have to do. I am not VAT registered. New pages, redesigns and photography are quoted separately. For what moves the price up or down, see how much a website costs in the UK.

Who owns the website and the domain?

You do, in writing. The domain is registered in your name from the start, the code is yours and so is the content. While you are on a care plan the site is hosted under my account. If you leave, you get a full handover. More in what to ask a web designer.

How long does a website take?

Two to four weeks from an agreed brief to live. The thing that usually stretches it is waiting on logos, photos or sign-off, so the sooner those arrive the sooner it goes live.

What do I need to give you?

Your logo and a conversation. I draft the text from our conversation as part of the fixed price, and you correct it. If you have photos, send them. If you do not, photography is quoted separately, or I buy stock images under a licence in your name, pass the cost on at what it cost me, and hand you the receipt.

What is the care plan, and do I need one?

The £50 a month plan keeps the site running: hosting, the security certificate and domain renewals, security and software updates, nightly off-site backups with restores tested, uptime monitoring, fixes for anything I built that breaks, and a reply by the next working day. The £99 plan adds two hours of content changes a month, a quarterly check on speed, search visibility and broken links, and a reply the same working day. The two hours do not roll over. Both are month to month with no lock-in, and the plan prices can change, with notice.

You do not have to take one. If you would rather host the site elsewhere, I hand over the files and you are away. Full detail in what a website care plan covers.

Will it be built on WordPress?

Not by default. I write the site myself rather than assembling it from a theme and plugins, so there are fewer outside parts to keep updated and less code to slow it down. If you ask for WordPress, I will build on it. The trade-offs are in WordPress or a custom website.

More answers on the questions page.

Guides on getting a website

• How much does a small business website cost in the UK?What a small business website costs in the UK on a DIY builder, from a freelancer or from an agency, plus running costs and what to check in a quote.
• Choose a web designer in Huddersfield: questions to askHiring a web designer in Huddersfield? Ask who owns your domain, site and logins, what happens if they vanish, and what the quote leaves out.

All the guides are on the blog.