Independent practical guidance

Build a website people can understand and use.

Plain-English guides for small-business owners planning, writing and maintaining useful websites—without the agency jargon or unnecessary complexity.

The essentials

Three places to make a useful start.

A simpler process

Start with decisions, not decoration.

Whether you are building a first site or improving an old one, work through audience, page purpose, content and upkeep in that order. It keeps the work grounded in what visitors actually need.

Use the planning framework

About the site

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