Free Website Hosting: What You Get and Lose
Which free website hosting plans allow a business site, what the limits are, and where the rules say no. Checked on the makers' own pages on 9 Nov 2026.
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Web design and conversion, written down.
Practical lessons on web design, conversion and building on Webflow, WordPress and Shopify, written to help your website look premium and sell better.
How to Turn Your Website Into a High-Converting Sales Machine
The structure behind a website that sells: the five decisions that carry conversion, the homepage section order, and how to rebuild without losing traffic.
Browse by topic
Six subjects, covered properly.
Every article belongs to one topic and links to the others around it, so you can follow a question as far as you need.
Conversion and page structure
Why sites that look good still fail to sell, and the structure, copy and measurement that fix it. Start with the pillar guide, then go section by section.
- How to Turn Your Website Into a High-Converting Sales Machine
- Scroll Animations on Websites: Ideas and Pitfalls
- Sticky Headers: Pros, Cons and How to Build One
- Website Footer Design: What to Put in the Footer
- Website Animations: What Works and What Slows You Down
Choosing a Webflow agency
How to shortlist a studio for your stage, audience and scale, with the questions that separate a builder from a partner.
- 12 Best Webflow Agencies in 2026, Compared (September 2026)
- Best Website Redesign Agencies for Service Businesses
- Best Web Design Agencies for Trades and Home Services
- Best Landing Page Design Agencies in 2026
- Best WordPress Agencies in Australia (2026)
Choosing a platform
Webflow, WordPress, static sites and the rest: how to pick by who edits the site and what it has to do, with real costs and what went wrong.
- Framer Templates vs a Custom Design: How to Choose
- Are Free Webflow Templates Worth It? 7 Checks (2026)
- Webflow Templates vs a Custom Build: Which to Choose
- WordPress vs Wix vs Squarespace in Plain English
- Squarespace vs WordPress for a Small Business
Small business websites
What a website costs, what the rules say and how to brief a studio, written for owners who are buying one for the first time.
- Business Email Cost: Google, Microsoft or Your Host
- Free Website Hosting: What You Get and Lose
- How Long Does DNS Propagation Really Take?
- How to Transfer a Domain Name Without Downtime
- DNS Records Explained: A, CNAME, MX, TXT in Plain English
Websites for specific industries
How websites for makers, trades and service businesses should be built, with the page order, forms and proof from real projects.
- Ecommerce Website Design for Small Brands: What Sells
- Handyman Website: Get More Calls From Local Jobs
- Recruitment Agency Website Design That Fills Roles
- Catering Website: Menus, Quotes and Event Enquiries
- Barber Shop Website: Pages, Prices and Booking That Work
Industry and perspective
News from the wider industry, and what it means for the people who design and build websites.
Latest articles
The latest from the blog.
Handyman Website: Get More Calls From Local Jobs
What a handyman website needs: a menu of small jobs, a clear scope, service areas and the California $1,000 rule for ads. Sources checked 9 Nov 2026.
Recruitment Agency Website Design That Fills Roles
How to design a recruitment agency website for two audiences, with a job page plan, Google job markup rules and what vendors sell. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
Scroll Animations on Websites: Ideas and Pitfalls
Scroll animation ideas for a business website, four ways to build them, a short CSS example and the motion rules to follow. Sources checked 9 Nov 2026.
Sticky Headers: Pros, Cons and How to Build One
Should your website have a sticky header? What Nielsen Norman Group and WCAG say, when to skip it, and a short CSS build. Sources checked 9 Nov 2026.
Bing Webmaster Tools Setup for Small Business Sites
How to set up Bing Webmaster Tools for a small business site: add and verify, sitemap, IndexNow and the AI Performance report. Bing pages checked 8 Nov 2026.
How Long Does DNS Propagation Really Take?
DNS propagation is cache expiry, set by TTL, not a fixed 48 hours. A launch-day plan to lower TTL, switch safely and check. Sources checked 8 Nov 2026.
DNS Records Explained: A, CNAME, MX, TXT in Plain English
What A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT and NS records do for a small business site, which ones you must not break, and a safe way to edit them. Checked 8 Nov 2026.
How to Transfer a Domain Name Without Downtime
A step order for moving a domain to a new registrar without breaking your site or email, from ICANN's policy and Cloudflare's guides. Sources checked 8 Nov 2026.
Website Footer Design: What to Put in the Footer
What a small business website footer needs, what to leave out, and a plain checklist built from Nielsen Norman Group and W3C guidance. Sources checked 8 Nov 2026.
Barber Shop Website: Pages, Prices and Booking That Work
Plan a barber shop website that fills chairs: the pages to build, a price list with times, walk-in and cancellation wording, and where the booking button goes.
Catering Website: Menus, Quotes and Event Enquiries
Plan a catering website that wins event enquiries: menu layout, a quote form that lets you price fast, allergen wording and the pages to build first.