How Much Does a Small Business Website Cost in 2026?
What actually drives the price of a small business website, how many hours typical sites take, the costs that continue after launch, and how to compare quotes.
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Articles and tutorials on WordPress, Divi 5, web design, and running a small-business website.
Hiring Someone to Make a Website: What to Ask Before You Pay
Most of what matters when you hire someone to make a website isn't visible until months after launch. The questions to ask first, and the red flags to walk away from.
Read the articleCan a Business Delete Google Reviews?
A business can't delete a review on its own Google Business Profile. Here's when Google will remove one, how to report it, and what actually works instead.
Read the articleOne client, three stores, three different e-commerce problems
Jeff Savastano runs an embroidery shop, a formalwear store, and a firefighter apparel brand out of Nutley and Morristown. Each one needed something different from its website. Here is how three WooCommerce stores on one stack solved three different problems.
Read the articleWhat a PageSpeed score actually means (and what it doesn’t)
A 100 in PageSpeed Insights is a ceiling, not a measurement. How the score is built, why time to first byte isn’t in it, what Google actually ranks on, and which numbers to compare instead.
Read the articleWhy I rebuilt my own website as a static site — and what changed
After years on Divi, my own site is now plain HTML and CSS: PageSpeed 78 → 98–100, layout shift 0.67 → 0, nothing to update, and faster to add to. Here is why, with the numbers — and who should not do this.
Read the articleWhy Is My Divi Site So Slow? (And How to Fix It)
A slow Divi site usually comes down to hosting, caching, images or plugins, not Divi itself. How to find the real cause and fix it, step by step.
Read the articleHow to Build a Custom Grid Layout with the Divi 5 Grid Editor
Build custom CSS Grid layouts in Divi 5 visually with the new Grid Editor: columns, gaps, spans, offset rules and responsive tweaks. No code. Step by step.
Read the articleHow to Add Front-End Search, Filtering and Sorting to a Divi 5 Blog with the Post Filter Module
Add live search, category filters and sorting to any Divi 5 blog or portfolio loop with the new Post Filter module — no plugin, no code. Step by step.
Read the articleFrom Dated to Driving Sign-Ups: Rebuilding a Philadelphia Dance Studio’s Website
Second Chance Dance is a Philadelphia dance studio built on one idea: it’s never too late to dance. They came to me with a dated website that didn’t reflect that warmth — and, more importantly, wasn’t built to do its real job: fill classes and get people onto the studio’s booking app. Here’s how I […]
Read the articleFrom Dark to Live in 72 Hours: Rescuing a Century-Old Gallery's Website
Last week, a respected Philadelphia gallery — more than a century old — woke up with no website. Seventy-two hours later it was live again on a brand-new, secure, extensible site, built from the ground up. Here’s how modern, AI-augmented consulting made that possible — and what it means for your business. The situation A […]
Read the articleHow to Build a Divi 5 Header with an Off-Canvas Slide-In Menu
Build a fully functional off-canvas slide-in menu in Divi 5 using native Canvases and the Interaction Builder — the exact steps and settings that actually work.
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