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Service 02

Web development for businesses that have outgrown a template

Custom build work for sites that have outgrown a template.

Development for businesses that need more than pages: custom functionality, integrations, booking and quoting flows, performance work and rebuilds of sites that have become difficult to maintain. Built with the same crawlability and accessibility standards as the design work.

What changes

  • Functionality that fits the business rather than the template
  • A build that stays maintainable after handover
  • Interactive pages that remain fully crawlable

Fit

Who this is for

  • Businesses that need functionality a page builder cannot support
  • Owners maintaining a site that breaks whenever it is edited
  • Teams that need a booking, quoting or intake flow tied into existing tools
  • Anyone searching for a web developer who also understands search

Problems

What this work removes

Each engagement starts with the constraint that is costing the most right now.

Plugin sprawl

A stack of overlapping plugins slows the site, conflicts on update and makes every change risky. Functionality gets rebuilt as maintained code instead.

Functionality that search engines cannot see

Interactive pages often render nothing useful to a crawler. Content is served on the server first and enhanced afterwards.

Manual work that should be automated

Enquiries copied by hand between inbox, spreadsheet and CRM. Intake flows are wired directly to the tools already in use.

No one can safely change the site

Undocumented builds make small edits expensive. Work ships with a clear structure and notes so the site stays editable.

Process

How the work runs

  1. 01

    Scoping

    The job the software has to do, the systems it must talk to and the constraints that matter.

  2. 02

    Technical design

    Data model, integration points and rendering strategy agreed before code is written.

  3. 03

    Build

    Incremental delivery with working previews rather than one large reveal at the end.

  4. 04

    Handover

    Validation, documentation and a plain language walkthrough of how to run it.

Deliverables

What you receive

  1. 01Technical scope with the data model and integration points named
  2. 02Custom functionality built as maintained, documented code
  3. 03Third party integrations for enquiry, booking or scheduling tools
  4. 04Performance and accessibility validation on the delivered work
  5. 05Handover notes so future changes are cheap

Technical approach

How it is built and checked

  • Server rendered pages so functionality does not hide content from crawlers
  • Typed data contracts between the interface and the backend
  • Input validated on the server, never only in the browser
  • Structured data generated from the same source as the visible content

Questions

Common questions about development

Scope web development

Send the site and the outcome you need. The first reply covers the likely constraint and what it would take to remove it.