Straw
The free template
Up in an afternoon and looks like everyone else's. It's slow on phones, and the monthly price keeps creeping up.
Blows over
Huffman Design · Hickory, North Carolina
Websites built from brick.
Fast, good-looking websites for the Hickory businesses that make a town worth living in. You see your new site before you pay a cent, and once it's live, it's yours to keep.
Loads fast on a phoneYou own it outrightBuilt with Claude and Cloudflare
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BeforeAfter
An example, not a real business
The three little websites
Straw, sticks or brick?
Most small business websites are built from one of three things. Only one of them is still standing when the wind picks up.
Sticks
The plugin pile
A theme, a dozen plugins and a login nobody remembers. It stands until the next update knocks something loose.
Wobbles, then falls
Brick
Huffman Design
Hand-built pages on Cloudflare's network. Your domain, your files, no plugins to update and nothing to fall over.
Still standing
Work
First up: Hickory's 1934 movie house.
Carolina Theater · Downtown Hickory
Two screens, rocking-chair seats, and a website that finally matches.
The Carolina Theater opened on Christmas Eve, 1934, and still shows new movies for $5 before 6pm. We redesigned its site to feel like walking under the marquee.
- A lit marquee with what's showing tonight
- Tap a showtime to text it to a friend or add it to a calendar
- A birthday party planner that adds up the cost as you go
- An ad builder that shows your business on the big screen
A redesign we made on our own to show the theater what's possible. It isn't their live site.
How it works
You see it before you pay for it.
No forty-page proposal and no deposit. We do the work first, so you can judge the real thing.
We look
We go through your current site page by page and send you a list of what to fix, whoever ends up fixing it.
We build a preview
Your new site, with your words, photos and phone numbers, at a private link you can open on your phone.
You say yes
We move it to your domain. Every old page address keeps working, so you keep your spot on Google.
It's yours
Your domain, your files, and someone to call when you want a change.
What you get
Small, sturdy, and quick.
Under 1 second
Fast everywhere
Plain, light pages served from Cloudflare's network, close to whoever is visiting.
Thumb-sized
Made for phones
Most of your visitors are on one. Hours, directions and a tap-to-call button come first.
No lock-in
You own it
Your domain stays in your name, and the site is files you can take anywhere.
Google-ready
Easy to find
Real page titles, your business details in the format Google reads, and no broken links.
0 plugins
Nothing to update
No admin login to get hacked and no plugin updates that break the page.
Claude + Cloudflare
Modern tools, a person in charge
AI helps us build fast. A real person designs it, checks every page and answers your calls.
Old website bingo
Does your site have any of these?
Open your website on your phone and tap every square that's true. Three in a row and you win a free look from us.
0 of 9Tap a square to start.
Let's talk
Get a free look at your site.
Tell us where your website lives. We'll send back a short list of what to fix, and if you want, a preview of what it could be. It's free either way.
Huffman Design is Jon's studio, right here in Hickory. Write in and Jon writes back.
hello@huffmandesign.com