Made for people with better things to worry about.
Building a good website is harder than ever because it’s so easy to get misled into thinking the bells and whistles are the important part. The costs of using a drag-and-drop builder or CMS are well-hidden, and security issues tend to go unnoticed until it’s too late.
We’ve designed a website offering that eliminates these problems. Learn more about our S-Squared Websites below.
S-Squared stands for Safe & Sane. With the internet feeling less fun and more scary by the day, we are offering a solution for anyone who needs a beautiful online presence but doesn’t want the nightmare of trying to keep a CMS (like WordPress) up to date and secure, and doesn’t want the privacy violations and performance issues of hosted platforms (like SquareSpace or Wix).
These websites aren’t for everyone. But they tend to work great for small-businesses, non-profit organizations, artists, and anyone else who doesn’t want to pour a ton of time into their website. Read on to learn if a S-Squared Website will work for you!
We build every S-Squared website by hand using static code. This means there is no website-builder to maintain, no plugins to update, and no database to get corrupted and take your site offline. We still host one that we built in 2011. It might look a little out of date, but it has never experiened so much as a hiccup.
S-Squared websites are as lean as can be. With no bloat, no server-side dependencies, and not even any script libraries to pull in, you can't get faster than this. These sites never leave anyone waiting, even when they need to load over slow networks.
Every site that has a login page is vulnerable. Even the most impregnable code can be breached by a phishing attack. Just like any lock can be picked, any website that allows access from the web can be breached. Our solution? Get rid of the lock. No one can steal your password when you don't have one.
Most people look at websites on their phones. This means it’s more important than ever for your website to be both fast and beautiful on small screens. We write custom rules to go with every S-Squared project to ensure your site will impress, no matter what.
Users who rely on screen-readers or other accessibility tools don't always have the best experience online. S-Squared sites stand out because we take the time to plug in all the hidden metadata so no one gets left out.
Since S-Squared websites don’t require anything but an internet connection to load, the issues that plague WordPress sites are simply not a problem. Your host can’t take your site offline when they change your PHP version, a vulnerability or update won’t leave your site hacked or down, and evolving programming languages won’t leave your fancier features failing to load. These website use only the most basic building-blocks of the internet. This makes them more stable and more future-proof than any other option.
Just like with accessibility, high-quality social sharing doesn't just happen. We optimize every page on an S-Squared site to ensure any links to posted on Facebook, X, and other social media platforms have a branded image of the right size and an attention-grabbing caption to match.
Search engines see different things than people do. Attention to detail when it comes to metadata is the key to standing out from the crowd. We customize the hidden content on every page of every S-Squared website so Google knows to put your site in front of the kind of person who is looking for it.
After launch, your S-Squared will be future-proof from a code perspective. But that doesn’t mean you won’t ever want to change what it says. When we host your site, the service comes with up to 20 minutes of changes a month. All you need to do is shoot us an email to get the job done.
You may be wondering, what’s the catch? There isn’t one if this is the kind of site you need. These websites are so simple because they are ... well ... simple. That means they don’t support user-engagement, like comments. (Unless you want to use a third-party platform. Which we can help you do!) Beyond that, only a person who is fluent in HTML and comfortable with accessing a server can make changes.
So you probably won’t be able to get into a flame war with trolls without relying on social media. You also won’t be able to edit your website yourself. Which is fine, because you have better things to do, right?
Package price includes a full-custom design. Our optional hosting service costs $600/year and includes 20 minutes/month of content changes. Additional changes are billed at our hourly rate.
We offer free, binding proposals. This means you’ll always know the final price tag before we begin.