Website design & management
A website that respects your visitors.
Clean, fast websites for small businesses and community groups, built without invasive tracking and looked after once they’re live: hosting, updates, backups and small changes.
No tracking scripts · you own your site · remote, wherever you are
The hidden cost
Most websites share their visitors with other companies.
Analytics scripts, social media pixels, embedded videos, web fonts and chat widgets each send a request to another company, carrying the visitor’s IP address, the site they’re on (often the exact page) and details of their device. Most site owners never chose that. It came with the theme or a plugin.
Those extras also slow the site down and bring in consent banners. A site built without them is faster, lighter to look after, and something your customers can trust.
Sound familiar?
- Your site has a cookie banner and you’re not sure why it needs one.
- It’s slow on phones and you don’t know what’s weighing it down.
- Updates and backups happen when someone remembers.
- You’d like a site that matches your values, and your customers’.
The good news: A website doesn’t need any of them to look good and work well.
What a website shares
See who else is watching.
A typical small-business website, and the same site built my way. The count on the right is live: it’s this page, right now, in your browser.
Seven other companies see every visitor
Your website
- Analytics
- Social media pixel
- Web fonts
- Video embed
- Map embed
- Chat widget
- Spam check
Each of these receives your visitor’s IP address, the site they’re on (often the exact page) and details of their device, usually before they’ve clicked anything.
No other companies
Your website
- Fonts from your own site
- Forms handled on your site
- Cookieless visit counts, on your server
Fonts, forms and visit counts all come from your own site, so nothing about your visitors goes anywhere else.
How it works
A plan first, then the build.
Tell me about the project
What it’s for, what it needs to do, and when you’d like it.
A plan and a quote
What I’d build, how long it takes and what it costs, before any work starts.
Design and build
You see it take shape and give feedback along the way.
Launch and care
It goes live, you get a walkthrough of how to update it, and care afterwards if you want it.
For the technically curious
Under the hood
The technical detail, for anyone who wants it.
What is it built with?
Usually WordPress with the block editor, a lean theme and a short list of carefully chosen plugins, so you can edit your own pages. For simpler sites, a static site with almost nothing to maintain. This site is built the same way.
What about analytics?
Cookieless analytics that run on your own server, such as Koko Analytics: visit counts without following anyone around. Or none at all.
Do I still need a cookie banner?
Often not, if the site sets no tracking cookies and loads nothing from other companies. It depends on your circumstances and the laws that apply to you, so we check before launch.
How are updates and security handled?
Plugins are chosen for their track record, updates are applied and checked every month, and the site is monitored. Fewer moving parts means fewer things to go wrong.
Who owns it?
You do: the domain, the content and the site itself. You can move it to another host whenever you like.
Can you build an online shop?
Yes, with WooCommerce when you need one. Shops are scoped separately because they carry more to look after.
Good to know
Questions people ask
Something else on your mind? Ask it in the form below. Every enquiry gets a personal reply.
Can you redesign my existing site?
Yes. I’ll check what it loads and shares, then refresh or rebuild it, keeping your content and your old links working.
Will it rank on Google without Google Analytics?
Yes. Analytics has nothing to do with rankings. Speed, structure and good content do, and those are built in.
Can I update it myself?
Yes. You get a walkthrough, and the editor is set up so the design stays intact while you change words and pictures.
Do you look after sites once they’re live?
Yes. Hosting and care covers backups, monitoring, monthly updates and small changes.
Do you work outside Gippsland?
Yes. Website work is done remotely, so it doesn’t matter where you are.
Let’s build something you’re proud of.
Tell me about the project. I’ll come back with a plan and a quote, not a sales pitch.