Journal

Notes from the site.

Working notes on planning, building, and optimising business websites — written by the people doing the work.

Structure before style: how we plan a website

A sitemap is a load-bearing document. Here is the planning sequence we run before a single pixel is drawn.

6 min read

The technical SEO checklist we ship with every build

Titles, descriptions, semantic headings, alt text, structured data, sitemaps, and speed budgets — in order of impact.

8 min read

Designing for load speed, not just for screenshots

Image formats, font strategy, and layout decisions that keep a marketing site under one second to first paint.

5 min read