A Site That No Longer Fits
An older site may be hard to use on a phone, difficult to update, or unclear about what the business offers.
- Outdated page structure
- Important details hard to find
- Contact options buried or broken
Websites for small businesses
Website Design
in Davis, CA
A website planned around your services and customers, built to work across devices, and checked before it goes live.
Original work
See the Sites
Behind the Service.
Four different organizations, each with its own look and purpose. Select a preview to explore the live site.
Start with the business need
A Clearer Site Starts
With a Clearer Goal.
A new build, a focused refresh, and a larger application need different plans. We review the existing materials and the result you want before proposing the work.
A New Business Presence
A new site needs a clear account of the services, audience, location, and action each page should support.
- A focused landing page or small site
- Service and about-page planning
- Existing logo, photos, and business information
A Site That Needs Better Foundations
Slow images, unclear headings, and difficult navigation can frustrate visitors and make the site harder to understand.
- Responsive layouts and readable content
- Image and page-speed review
- Crawlable pages and useful metadata
Designed for real visitors
Make It Easy to Find
the Next Step.
A slow or outdated website can make it harder for customers to use your site and contact you. We build modern, mobile-friendly websites with sound technical SEO foundations, clear calls to action, and a custom design shaped around your business.
Agree on the pages and content before development begins
Make navigation, service details, and contact methods easy to use
Check common mobile and desktop layouts
Review the agreed contact flow and live pages at launch
NorthCore works with small businesses in Davis and nearby communities.
View live site A clear project process
From First Conversation
to Live Website.
- 01
Discuss the Goal
We review your audience, existing site, required pages, brand materials, and the actions visitors need to take.
- 02
Agree on Scope
The quote identifies pages, content responsibilities, features, hosting, feedback rounds, and the launch plan.
- 03
Design and Build
We create the agreed responsive pages, add supplied content, and test the main navigation and contact paths.
- 04
Review and Launch
You review the site before launch; we address agreed changes and check the live pages after publication.
Helpful starting materials
Your current website, logo, photos you own or can use, service descriptions, contact details, and examples of tasks visitors should be able to complete.
What can be included
Built Around the Work
Your Site Needs to Do.
The quote defines the pages, features, content, hosting, and support included in your project.
Page Planning
Organize services, FAQs, location details, and calls to action around what visitors need to find.
Responsive Design
Build layouts that remain readable and usable on common phone, tablet, and desktop screen sizes.
Custom Features
Scope contact forms, galleries, integrations, or application features around the actual project requirements.
Search Foundations
Use relevant titles, descriptions, headings, internal links, and crawlable content where the project calls for them.
Performance Review
Optimize images and delivery, then check page loading and layout behavior before launch.
Launch and Handoff
Review the live site, contact flow, hosting arrangements, and any separately agreed update or maintenance work.
Search visibility takes time
A crawlable site with useful content gives search engines something to evaluate. Indexing and rankings are decided by the search engines and cannot be promised as a project outcome.
Start the conversation
What Should Your
Website Help People Do?
Tell us about the business, the pages you need, and what is not working on the current site.
Before we begin
Good Questions.
Clear Answers.
A website project should start with a shared understanding of the content, scope, launch, and what happens afterward.
01Do I need to have all my text and photos ready?
You can start with your business goals, services, contact details, and any brand assets you already have. We agree on who supplies or writes each page's content before development so missing material does not surprise either of us at launch.
02Can you improve the site I already have?
Often, yes. We first review how it was built and what is causing problems. A focused update may be enough; a rebuild is discussed only when the existing setup makes the needed changes impractical.
03What is included in the quote?
The quote identifies the agreed pages, design and development work, content responsibilities, features, feedback rounds, hosting arrangements, and launch checks. Work outside that scope is discussed before it is added.
04How long will the project take?
Timing depends on the number of pages, content readiness, integrations, and feedback. We set a project schedule after agreeing on the scope rather than promising the same turnaround for every website.
05Can you handle hosting and future changes?
We can discuss hosting on a platform you already use or one selected for the project. Updates and maintenance can be scoped separately so you know who handles them after launch.
06Will the site appear at the top of Google?
We build crawlable pages with useful content and relevant metadata. Search engines decide whether and where pages appear, so indexing and rankings are not guaranteed.