Everything we've written for you about the rebuild lives here, from the original proposal to the design decisions still waiting on you. Bookmark this page; the links below stay current as the project moves.
The brand, the palette, the type, your homepage design. Every question we have for you has its answer box right under it.
Needs you · 10 answersGoogle pays trained people to review sites by hand against a published checklist. We ran your site against the same checklist before launch — all 370 pages. What it found, what we are fixing, and the ten things only you can settle.
Superseded · proposal stageWritten in August at proposal stage and kept for the record. A fresh handbook comes with handover.
Reference · live · for your teamColours, shades, surfaces, buttons, cards, type, kickers and images, all shown as the site really renders them, with a live accessibility check on every colour pairing. Each section ends with the words to use when you ask for something.
For Claude Design · your teamThe site's colours, type, spacing and button rules packaged for Claude Design, so every page you design starts from the real thing. Three steps to add it.
Glossary · needs youAll 31 terms are live again at their old web addresses, in your own words. Have a read and tell us anything you would change — on the page, or in the spreadsheet.
StructureThe thinking behind the new page structure, the topic map, and what we keep, redirect or retire.
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Four typefaces are in play: DM Sans, Poppins, Caveat are installed and working, and Now is not. We recommended retiring Now on the grounds that it and Poppins read as close cousins — this page measures both and shows you the difference, with Now put back in its old sub-heading job so you can see it rather than take our word for it.
Your decisions · 29 linksWe followed every link on all 370 pages of the new site — just over 19,000 of them. Almost all are fine. 29 need a call only you can make: 10 point at your own forms and downloads, and the rest point at other people’s pages that have moved or closed. Every one of them is on your current site today too, so none of it came from the rebuild. Read them on the page, or download the spreadsheet.
Your decisions · SpreadsheetThe title and the description are the two lines that appear in a Google result. They are not on the page, so they are easy to leave half-written — and on 163 of your 369 pages they are. We have written a replacement for every one and put them side by side with what is there now, with a link to each page. Downloads as an Excel file. Mark it up and send it back.
Your decisions · SpreadsheetAll 755 addresses on your site today and where each one goes after the rebuild. Most of it is settled. The 'To confirm' tab lists what is waiting on you, and none of it is technical: whether the ebook stays, whether you still want an events page, where About should go. Downloads as an Excel file. Add your answers and send it back.
StagingThe working staging site. Hidden from search engines until launch.