Speed is a feature
For the people visiting the site, and for the people paying for it. Pages open almost instantly, and the site itself launches in weeks, not months.
About
A small studio with a high bar.
htmlpoets designs and builds custom websites for businesses, organisations and people with something to say. Everything is written by hand on a modern stack, and launched in weeks, not months.
The founder
Brandon W.
Brandon is a developer and designer in British Columbia, and the person who will design and write your site. He designed the new site for the Vancouver Orcas, a junior hockey team run by the Canucks Autism Network, and built KiddReads, a kid-safe book catalogue with more than 23,000 reviewed titles.
htmlpoets is the studio he started to do that same work for other people: properly, by hand, and fast.
Why the name
A poet weighs each word before it goes;
we weigh each tag, and that is why it shows.
HTML is the language every website is written in. Most sites today are assembled by machines and page builders. Ours are written line by line, like verse, which is why they are lean, fast and accessible.
What we believe
Four things we won’t compromise on.
Every word earns its place
In the copy and in the code. Short pages, clear headings and clean markup are easier to read, easier to find and easier to keep.
Small on purpose
Two client projects at a time. You deal directly with the person designing and writing your site, from the brief to the launch.
No lock-in, ever
You own the code, the accounts and the domain. If you ever want to move on, the site goes with you.