Questions & Answers

Every page is written by hand in plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — no WordPress, no page builder, no plugin stack. Nothing stands between your content and the code that renders it.

WordPress adds a CMS, a database, and a plugin stack between you and your visitors — more to break, get hacked, or slow down. A hand-coded site skips it. The hand-coded case post has the full reasoning.

Yes. Every hand-coded site ships with a lightweight local content editor — no login, no dashboard, no CMS to learn. Edit the page like a document; changes save straight into your site's real files.

Hand-coded sites carry no CMS overhead, so nothing slows the page down but the page itself — fast loads, high Core Web Vitals scores, a lighter footprint than a typical plugin-heavy WordPress build.

It's actually easier — no CMS core, plugins, or themes to keep updated, no security patches to chase. Fewer dependencies means fewer things that can break on their own.

Yes — design and code both, start to finish. The Better Website is a one-person studio; whoever you talk to about your project is the person who builds it.

Scrolljacking is when a site intercepts your scroll to drive its own animation — used here to make one "slide deck" feel span real pages. The what-is-scrolljacking post explains it fully.

Not if it's built right — this site keeps real, crawlable URLs for every page, so scrolljacking only changes the transition, not what search engines index. See the scrolljacking & SEO post.

Yes — full keyboard navigation, screen-reader-friendly markup, and a complete fallback to normal scrolling for reduced-motion users. See the accessible scrolljacking post.

Turn on "reduce motion" in your OS or browser and the whole site switches to a normal page-by-page scroll — same content, no animation. Respected automatically, not a separate toggle.

No — it's one motion option, not a house style. Some clients want it, most don't, and it's never used just to be flashy. The build fits the site's actual goals.

It's the browser feature that makes the effect work across real page loads, not just within one page. The view transitions post explains the mechanics.

It depends on pages, custom features, and content — every build is scoped individually, not sold off a fixed-tier menu. Reach out with your project for a real number, not a generic package price.

Timeline depends on scope — a focused site is faster than one with custom interactions or lots of content to migrate. You'll get a real timeline once we've talked through what you need.

Your goals for the site, any existing content or branding, and a sense of what you don't like about your current site, if you have one. Everything else gets worked out together.

No — that can be sorted out as part of the build if you don't have it yet. If you already have a domain, it can be pointed at the new site with no downtime.

Yes — you'll see real, working pages as they're built, not static mockups. What you preview is the actual site, so there's no gap between design and what ships.

You keep the local content editor to update text and images yourself, and I'm the same person you'd reach out to for anything beyond that.

A pre-built starting point — real code, not a mockup — that can launch as-is or grow into a fully custom site. Every theme is a live page you can click through.

Yes — a theme can launch close to what you see, with your content and branding dropped in. It's a faster, less expensive start than a fully custom build.

Yes — every theme is a real foundation, not a locked template, so it can expand into a full custom site whenever you're ready. It never boxes you in.

Yes — the code is yours. No ongoing platform fee, no licensing you're locked into, no dependency on a CMS you don't control.

Yes — themes are a starting point, not a fixed package. Colors, layout details, and content are typically adjusted to fit your brand.

A site-builder template still runs on that platform's CMS underneath. A theme here is hand-coded, standalone code you own outright — no builder, no plugin stack, no monthly fee.