Website studio: respins and spin ups

Respin the old. Spin up the new.

For small businesses, clubs and societies: we rebuild your old website so it looks fresh, works on every phone and does more, keeping all your content. No website yet? Bring an idea, a PDF or some photos and we will build one.

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Two ways in

Respin what you have. Spin up what you don't.

Respin

We copy its public pages, check every one, and rebuild it as a fast, modern site. Your content stays. Your old address can point to the new one.

See how a respin runs

Spin up

Bring what you have: notes, photos, a spreadsheet, a list of pages, sites you like. We build the site, add a simple editor if you want one, set up the domain and hosting, and design a logo if you need one. It works on a phone, built the same way as the rebuilds below.

See how a spin up runs

Either way, we look at it for free and give you a fixed quote. Our first spin up is Abbots Langley High Street, below, made from a society’s PDF booklet. Skip to the finished work.

Process

How a respin runs

01

Send the address

We copy every public page and image of your old site. We do not need your logins or any access to your hosting.

02

Check nothing is lost

We check nothing went missing, using the old site's own totals. If something is wrong, we tell you rather than guess.

03

Design the look

We design a new look for your subject, then add what your visitors need to do, such as searching, finding places on a map or reading without a signal.

04

Go live

We set up the domain and hosting for you, and visitors using the old address can be sent to the new one automatically. If you want to change things yourself, you get a simple editor, and your changes go live on their own.

Send us its address

Step 1 of 4

Before and after

Same content, made easy to use

Not securehttp://www.eforms.org.uk/photographs_runtime/getthumbnails.aspx
The original start page: a green heading and four small search boxes on a blank white page. The rebuilt start page: society crest, a large search box, subject chips and a histogram of photos by decade. BeforeAfter
The original shows an empty form until you search. The rebuild opens on all 514 photographs.
Mobile friendly

The old Earthsea pages were about twice as wide as a phone screen, so you had to scroll sideways. Now every page fits.

No more pop-ups

One old Earthsea page opened 797 pop-up windows. Now every entry is a normal page you can bookmark or share.

Instantly see content

The old photo archive showed an empty search box until you typed. Now all 514 photos are on the first page.

  • Find as you type
  • Read without a signal
  • Maps
  • Optional editor
  • Dark mode
  • No dead ends
  • Related photos
  • Then and now
  • Secure connections

Selected work

Real sites for real societies

ALLHS Photo Archive514 local history photographs, once hidden behind an empty search form, now browsable by decade, with 430 pinned on a map. MapSimilar photosVolunteer editingCase study An Earthsea CompendiumA fan site of 1003 entries that was not mobile friendly, rebuilt to search instantly and work offline. Works offlineInstant searchFits phonesCase study Abbots Langley High StreetA spin up from a society’s PDF booklet: 74 shop histories on a street map, with then-and-now photos. Spin-upStreet mapThen and nowCase study

What we can add

What your visitors can do, and how it feels

Every feature below already runs on a live site. Choose a project to see which ones it uses. A new site can use any of them.

Find things as you type

Results appear as you type. Try it on the real list of 1003 Earthsea entries.

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    Change it yourself, if you want

    Optional. If you would like to fix text and photos yourself, we add a simple editor to your site. If not, you do not need one.

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    Undo any mistake

    With the optional editor, every change is saved with who made it and when, so any mistake can be undone.

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    Maps

    Pins come from the place names you already have, and each one says how exact it is.

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    Read without a signal

    After one visit, the whole compendium works with no connection.

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    Dark mode

    Follows the device setting. Try it on this page.

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    No dead ends

    Links to other sites are checked every three months. A broken one becomes plain text with its old address, so no visitor lands on an error page.

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    Photos in context

    Each image comes with the context its site needs: dates, places and sources, captions, or similar photos suggested automatically.

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    Things to explore

    Images and content readers can drag, filter and explore, such as old and new views of one building side by side, or photos by decade.

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    A look made for your subject

    We design each site around its content, not from a template.

    Features chosen for you

    Only what your visitors will actually use.

    Less to look after

    Nothing that needs regular upgrades to keep working.

    No hosting bill

    Each rebuild so far runs on a free plan, with no payment card.

    Contact

    Old site or new idea?

    Send us its address, or a few lines about what you want. We will look at it for free and give you a fixed quote for a respin or a spin up.

    hello@respin.design