For Newcastle businesses
WordPress web design
in Newcastle.
A considered business website, with an editing setup that suits the people keeping it current.
Tell us about your business and what you need.
WordPress at spareday
Keep your website’s content in reach.
WordPress is software that lets you manage pages, posts and images through an editing screen. It can suit a business that wants to publish regularly or have staff update its own information.
spareday provides WordPress web design in Newcastle, including work on existing sites. Reece helps you plan the design, the features you need and how the site will be edited and looked after once it is running.
What’s included
A website your customers and team can use.
The brief covers the public website and the people who will maintain its content. Knowing who changes service descriptions, adds photos or publishes news helps us plan a practical editing setup.
- Design and page layouts
- Your business identity applied to clear service pages, with layouts checked on phones and computers.
- Content editing
- A setup for the agreed pages and content your team will manage, with the handover explained.
- Forms and agreed features
- An enquiry route and any agreed features, such as online bookings. Plugins are add-on software used where the site needs extra functions.
- Existing content reviewed
- Useful pages and images considered before a rebuild, with changed page addresses accounted for.
- Care after launch
- The responsibilities for updates, backups and support agreed alongside the build.
How it works
Plan the editing as well as the design.
Bring the current website address and examples of the changes your team wants to make itself. If you already use WordPress, we review the existing theme, plugins and content before deciding what to keep.
- Agree the pages and features
- We discuss the business, its customers and what the site needs to do.
- Build a review version
- You see the design and wording separately from the live site and can review the agreed editing tasks.
- Check the site
- We check layouts, forms and the functions in the brief before you approve publication.
- Launch with a care plan
- The site goes live with account access, editing responsibilities and ongoing support explained.
Ongoing care
Include the upkeep in the decision.
A WordPress site needs suitable hosting, updates to its software and a usable backup. The theme controls the look, while plugins add features; both belong in the update plan.
A complete backup includes the website files and its database, where the content is stored. WordPress explains this in its backup guidance. We discuss who handles the care, what is included and any recurring licences before you commit.
If the site feels slow, the useful next step is checking the cause. Website speed work looks at the actual pages and setup, rather than treating the number of plugins as the whole answer.
Keeping or changing platforms
Choose around how your business works.
WordPress can be a good fit for ongoing publishing and staff editing. If your needs have changed, we can also discuss a move to a site built from static pages and how future edits would be handled.
A platform move needs its own plan for the content and old links. There is more on planning a website migration and the work involved in a rebuild. For a shop, the product and checkout requirements also help decide the platform.
From clients
What clients say about working with spareday
“He didn’t just build me a great website, he created an easy-to-manage system that allows me to make updates myself whenever I need to. He has spared me so much time doing all of this myself!”
“He created a stunning website for us that captures and nurtures leads with an automated email marketing system, which has filled a huge gap in the business and saved a lot of time (and money!).”
“Huge shoutout to Reece for building my website for Hughesys Painting Services. Since it went live my phone hasn’t stopped ringing.”
“He was able to take our rough ideas, from concept through to reality. The site has provided an influx of new members, helping to keep our club viable.”
Official guidance
For independent background, read the official guidance on business websites and Google’s SEO starter guide.
A few practical details
Before we get started.
Can you improve an existing WordPress website?
Yes. Send the address and explain what you want changed. We’ll review the current design, theme and plugins before discussing updates or a rebuild.
Will our staff be able to edit the website?
We can plan the editing setup around the content your team needs to change. Tell us who will manage the site and which tasks they want to handle themselves.
Who looks after updates and backups?
The agreement sets out who handles the software updates, backups and support. WordPress recommends backing up before updates; the care plan should also explain how a backup can be restored.
Will our current plugins still work?
We review the plugins and the features you need before the build. Compatibility and licences need checking, especially if the theme, hosting or site structure changes.
What do you need for a quote?
Your website address, what you need improved and the features or editing tasks that matter to your business. Mention any shop, bookings, member access or deadline so those needs can be considered in the scope.
Who you’ll work with
Hi, I’m Reece.
I’m Reece, based in Newcastle. I’ll help you work through the website and the practical decisions around it, including what your team wants to edit and what you want spareday to look after.
Find us
spareday in Newcastle.
12 Grey Street, Wickham, Newcastle NSW 2293.
Your WordPress website
Tell us what you want your site to do.
Share your existing website or the plans for a new one. We’ll discuss the design, features and ongoing care, then prepare a free growth plan, price included.
Or call 0485 017 387.