Hosting & security
Your site stays online, with SSL, monitoring and backups included in the monthly care.
Keep it updated
Your website, updated by you, in a minute.
Most small business websites are not bad, they are just stuck. Every change means emailing whoever built it and waiting. So people stop asking, and the site goes stale. I build sites you update yourself.
Talk to me
Three steps. That is the whole job.
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Type it, like an email.
Headings, text and links, no code and no boxes to drag about.
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Drag your photos in.
They are resized and compressed for you, so the site stays fast.
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Hit publish.
It is live in seconds, and it can go out to your customers as an email at the same time.
The everyday stuff, without ringing anyone.
- News and updates
- Photos and galleries
- Opening hours
- Offers and prices
- Events and dates
- Menus and documents
Publish once. It lands on your site and in their inbox.
Ghost has email built in. People sign up on your site, and when you publish a post you can send it to all of them at the same time. No separate Mailchimp account, and the signup list is yours.
Sending to a big list has a small running cost, and it is covered in your monthly fee.
Why Ghost, and not WordPress or a page builder?
WordPress and page builders
Ghost, set up and looked after by me
Plugins to keep updated
Often dozens. One bad update can take the site down.
None. There are no plugins to install or update.
Security updates
Your job, or another bill.
Done by me, included in the monthly fee.
Changing a page
Drag blocks around and hope it still looks right on a phone.
Type, add photos, publish. The layout looks after itself.
Sending news to your customers
Another plugin, or a separate Mailchimp account.
Built in. Publish once and it goes to your site and their inbox.
Logins for your team
Extra users can mean extra cost or extra risk.
As many as you need. No charge per person.
You do the words. I do the rest.
Updates done for you
Security patches and small changes, without you having to chase plugins or guess what broke.
Someone at the end of the phone
When something needs a tweak, you get a straight answer and the change made.
Nightly backups
Your site and your posts are backed up every night, so nothing gets lost.
Questions about updating your website
Do I need to be good with computers?
No. If you can send an email with a photo attached, you can do this. I show you how on a short call.
What if I make a mistake?
You cannot break the design. The layout is fixed, you only change the words and photos. And if you change your mind, earlier versions of a post are kept.
Who owns the website?
You do. The domain is in your name, and your posts and your signup list can be exported and taken with you at any time.
Is there a Ghost bill on top?
No. Ghost itself is free, open-source software. I host it for you, so there is no Ghost subscription. Hosting, updates, backups and email sending are all in the monthly fee.