I’ve been building for the web since it was young, awkward, and mostly text. Over 25 years I’ve watched technologies come and go, fashions rise and collapse, and patterns repeat themselves under new names.
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Built on Solid Ground
Every BrightonWeb site is built with WordPress and hosted on WPEngine.
That combination matters. WordPress provides flexibility, longevity, and a huge ecosystem. WPEngine provides speed, security, backups, and expert support. Together, they remove an entire category of worry.
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Design for the Long Run
Good web design is not decoration. It’s structure, clarity, and restraint.
I design sites that are easy to understand, easy to maintain, and easy to grow. That usually means fewer features, fewer plugins, and fewer clever tricks that age badly.
The goal is durability: designs that still feel right in five or ten years, and systems that don’t need constant intervention to stay healthy.
This is not about doing less work. It’s about doing the right work once.
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Experience That Saves Time (and Money)
With experience comes a useful skill: knowing what not to do.
BrightonWeb projects are shaped to avoid unnecessary complexity, over-engineering, and fashionable dead ends. That keeps build costs sensible and ongoing costs low.
Clients tend to value this after the site has been live for a while, when it’s still running smoothly and hasn’t turned into a maintenance problem. Long-term value isn’t flashy, but it’s real.
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Let’s Talk
If you’re planning a new site, rethinking an old one, or wondering whether your current setup is fit for the future, I’m happy to talk it through.
No pressure, no sales script. Just a sensible conversation about what you have, what you need, and what will last.
Email: info@brightonweb.com
Location: Brighton, UK
March News
We have 3 domains in their testing stage – they are for existing clients and one is being migrated from a Joomla! site and the other from a site that we handcrafted around 8 years ago (looking a little tired now). Keep thinking we are nearly there with our migration from Joomla! but we do still have quite a way to go.
We have reached capacity on our Lariat server and are looking to begin implementing Cooper in the very near future.