Business website
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A portfolio site that lets the buildings lead and turns interest into well-briefed inquiries.
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Websites and web apps built to win business.
Ortha Studio designs and builds custom websites, web apps and WordPress sites for founders and growing businesses. One team covers design, code and SEO, and you work directly with the people doing it.Custom websites, web apps and WordPress sites. One team for design, code and SEO, working directly with you.
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About the studio
The people you meet do the work.
Ortha is a small design and development studio for founders and growing businesses. The person answering your email is the one designing or coding your site, so what you approve is exactly what goes live.
Work
Concepts, planned like client work.
Each one starts from an imagined brief and works through the pages, the decisions and the stack, the way a client project would. All work
Web app
Orbit client portal
A portal and companion phone app where clients track progress, find the latest file and sign off work.
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WordPress
Fieldnotes journal
A custom WordPress magazine, fast on phones, that the editors run on their own.
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Bring us your brief.
Tell us what you’re working on. The reply comes from the people who’d design and build it.
Services
Websites, web apps and WordPress.
One team designs and builds every site, so what you approve in design is what ships in code.
For the first impression that wins the work.
Custom websites for a launch, a rebrand or a business that’s outgrown its template. Every page is planned, designed and built on a CMS your team can edit.
- Page plan & wireframes
- Design for every page
- Build, CMS & launch
For the tools your business runs on.
Custom web apps, client portals, dashboards and internal tools, designed around the people who use them daily and built on code you own.
- Product design
- Custom development
- Integrations & workflows
For teams who want to keep WordPress.
Custom WordPress themes and rebuilds that load fast and stay easy to edit, with no heavy page builder underneath.
- Custom themes
- Rebuilds & migrations
- Maintenance & support
Concept
Websites
ConceptFor the first impression that wins the work.
Custom websites for a launch, a rebrand or a business that’s outgrown its template. Every page is planned, designed and built on a CMS your team can edit.
- Page plan & wireframes
- Design for every page
- Build, CMS & launch
Web apps
ConceptFor the tools your business runs on.
Custom web apps, client portals, dashboards and internal tools, designed around the people who use them daily and built on code you own.
- Product design
- Custom development
- Integrations & workflows
WordPress
ConceptFor teams who want to keep WordPress.
Custom WordPress themes and rebuilds that load fast and stay easy to edit, with no heavy page builder underneath.
- Custom themes
- Rebuilds & migrations
- Maintenance & support
Tools we build with
Every platform here is established and well documented, so your site stays easy to host, hand over and maintain.
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- Code and reviews
- Database
- Database
- Logins
- AI features
- AI features
Process
How a project runs,
start to finish.
At every stage you know what’s happening, what you’ll receive and what we need from you.
It starts with a call about your business, your customers and what the site has to do. You then receive a written scope, a fixed price and a timeline.
Page plans and wireframes settle the structure. Full designs follow, and you review each stage before the next one starts.
The site is built and tested on phones, tablets and desktops. A live link lets you click through the real thing while it comes together.
It goes live on your domain with old links redirected. Your team gets a walkthrough, and any ongoing support is agreed before launch.
Need a fix, an update or a new page? It goes to the same people who built the site.
FAQ
Straight answers,
before you ask.
Something else on your mind? Email us and you’ll hear from the people who’d do the work.
hello@ortha.studioAre you a good fit for my business?
If you want a custom website or web app and prefer to work directly with the people building it, yes. The studio is set up for founders and small to mid-sized businesses. Unsure? Send a few lines about the project and you’ll get a straight answer.
Can you work on my existing website?
Yes. We redesign, rebuild and migrate existing sites, including moves to WordPress. First we review what already works, then recommend what to keep and what to replace.
How much does a website cost?
The price follows the scope: how many pages, what the site has to do and how much of the content is ready. After a short call you get a fixed price and a written scope, before any work starts.
How long will it take?
Counted from an approved quote, a landing page typically takes 1–2 weeks, a business website 2–4 weeks and a first web app 4–8 weeks. Your quote states the exact timeline, and content and feedback arriving on time keep it there.
Can I update the site myself?
Yes. The CMS is set up around the content you’ll change most, and your team gets a walkthrough at handover. From then on the code, design files, content and domain are yours, with no license fees.
What happens after launch?
The same people stay on hand. A monthly support plan covers updates, backups and uptime checks, and new features are scoped and quoted like any other project.
Journal
Notes on the work
Short, practical notes on how we plan, design and build for the web.
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Design in the browser sooner than feels comfortable
Static mockups look finished long before they are. Moving to real code early surfaces the problems that only exist on a real screen.
10 Sept 2026
Website or web app? How to tell which one you need
The line isn't really about technology. It's whether people come to read or come to do something — and it changes the cost.
3 Sept 2026
What to have ready before you brief a web studio
You don't need a spec document. You need answers to five questions — and being upfront about budget saves everyone a week.
27 Aug 2026
Tell us what you’re building.
A few lines about the project are enough. You’ll hear back from the people who’d do the work, with a fixed quote to follow. Rather talk first? Pick a time that suits you.
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