Your website may need a fresh look, clearer content, or an easier way for customers to contact you. But there’s a practical question that often comes first: what happens to your existing website while the new one is being built?
With Sites In One Day, your current website can continue working for your business while we develop its replacement on a separate test domain. You get to see the new site, share feedback, and approve it before we move it to your domain.
Your current website stays open for business
Whether you’re a dentist in Lanham, Maryland, a restaurant owner in Beltsville, or an electrician in Columbia, your customers still need to find your services, hours, and contact information while your new website is being built.
We develop your new site on a separate test domain so your existing website can continue working for your business throughout the process. Visitors can keep using the site they know while we work on what comes next.
See your new website before it goes live
You don’t have to imagine the finished result from a few screenshots. We provide a working preview so you can explore the pages, review the wording and images, and see how the site works on a phone as well as a computer.
This is your opportunity to ask questions, request adjustments, and make sure the website reflects your business today. If your materials aren’t ready, we can help you write, organize, and bring them together. Rough notes, an old brochure, or a conversation about your services are all useful starting points.
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Planning a smooth transition
A successful website redesign includes planning for the move. Before launch, we review the details that help customers find and use your site:
- Contact forms, phone links, and other important actions.
- Layouts and navigation on phones, tablets, and computers.
- Existing page addresses, keeping useful URLs where practical and planning redirects for pages that move.
- Clear page titles, headings, and content as part of our search-friendly website design approach.
- Domain, hosting, and business email connections that need to be considered before changes are made.
The goal is a carefully coordinated transition with as little disruption as possible. We discuss the launch plan with you and account for the needs of your particular website.
You approve it. We handle the move.
Once you approve the new website, we coordinate the move to your domain and replace the old site for you. After launch, we check the live pages and key features to make sure everything is working as expected.
You have a familiar point of contact throughout the project, from the first conversation to the final review and launch.
Support continues after launch
Your business will keep changing, and your website should keep up. New services, updated photos, revised hours, and featured projects can all help customers understand what you offer today.
Our ongoing website support gives you a dependable team to turn to as your business grows. We get to know your business so we can help with the next update as well as the initial redesign.
Ready for a better website?
If your current site is holding your business back, we can help you plan its replacement while keeping your existing online presence available during development.