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Modern websites built on structured content.

Marketing sites that double as the operational and integration layer of the business — built on the CMS that fits your editors, your content, and your stack.

Practice
Websites & CMS
CMS options
WP · Payload · Sanity
Front-end
Astro · Next · Remix
Standard
WCAG 2.2 AA · Lighthouse 95+
§ 01 — What’s included

Capabilities, stated.

What you get when this service is part of a Yab engagement. Scoped per project.

01
Editor-first content modeling

Content types designed around how your team actually publishes — not whatever the CMS template threw together. Editors can do their job without filing a ticket.

02
Performance as a build gate

Lighthouse 95+ across the board, measured before, during, and at ship. Performance isn't an aspiration — it's the threshold the project doesn't pass without.

03
WCAG 2.2 AA

Semantic HTML, focus states, keyboard nav, screen-reader-friendly components, prefers-reduced-motion respected. Audited before launch.

04
CMS chosen for the editors

WordPress (Gutenberg-native), Payload, Sanity, Contentful, Strapi — picked for the people publishing the content, not because we have a partner discount.

05
Block libraries & patterns

Reusable design-system blocks so editors compose pages without breaking the brand. Custom blocks where they need to exist; native blocks for the rest.

06
Integrated with the rest of the stack

The website talks to your CRM, ERP, ticketing, and analytics from day one. It's not an island — it's the front door to the operation.

07
SEO & analytics ready

Structured data, sitemaps, canonical handling, server-rendered metadata, and analytics wired correctly. Indexing isn't an afterthought.

08
Hand-off documentation

A written README, a recorded walkthrough, a 30-day post-launch window. No ghosting once the invoice clears.

§ 02 — Standards

The bar we hold ourselves to.

Operating numbers and posture you can quote back to us. These are commitments, not aspirations.

Lighthouse gate
95+
WCAG compliance
2.2 AA
CMS options
5+
Post-launch support
30 days
§ 03 — Relevant work

Where we’ve done this.

Real engagements where this service was load-bearing. Click through for full case studies.

§ 04 — Approach

Four phases.
Fixed sequence.

The shape of a typical engagement. Phases overlap on larger projects, but the sequence is the same.

01
Content & IA

Audit existing content, model the new structure, design the navigation. Editors are in the room — they have to live with this.

1–2 weeks
02
Design system

Tokens, components, page templates. The design system the site is built from, ready for the CMS to consume.

2–3 weeks
03
Build & migrate

Front-end and CMS implementation, content migration from the old system, integrations wired in.

4–8 weeks
04
QA & ship

Lighthouse, accessibility audit, editor training, redirects mapped, launch plan. Deployed to your host with documentation handed over.

1–2 weeks
§ 05 — Industries

Where this work
fits best.

Sectors where we’ve done this service often enough to know the patterns — and the patterns that don’t work.

§ 06 — FAQ

Questions,
asked in advance.

The things people ask before they reach out. If yours isn’t here, send it over — we’ll add it.

It depends on the editors and the integrations. WordPress (Gutenberg-native) is excellent for content-heavy marketing sites with non-technical editors. Payload and Sanity shine when the content model is complex or the front-end is heavily customized. We pick the CMS that fits your situation, not the one we want to write a blog post about.

Yes — content migration, URL redirect mapping, image optimization, and SEO preservation are standard. We rehearse the migration on staging and run it under load before the cutover.

Yes — Websites & CMS includes Gutenberg-native WordPress when that's the right fit (especially for content-heavy editorial sites or organizations with established editor workflows). It's one option among several, not the headline.

Yes — that's the whole point of editor-first content modeling. Editors get block patterns for the layouts they need, sensible defaults, and an admin UI tuned to your content. We do a walkthrough session before launch.

Yes — that's usually a precondition, not a nice-to-have. Form submissions to HubSpot or Salesforce, donation flows to your fundraising platform, ticket purchases to Spektrix — wired in from day one, not bolted on later.

Most mid-size sites land between $35k and $120k depending on the scope of integrations, the size of the content migration, and whether there's a portal component. Quoted in writing after discovery.

§ 07 — Start

Ship a website your team can actually run.

One reply within a business day. No sales pipeline. We’ll either propose a path or point you somewhere better.