A catalogue of what a website can be and do

The Website Menu

The bottleneck in scoping a site is not building it, it is knowing what is possible. This is the menu: every element has a plain-language name, what it does for the business, a live example, and an honest effort tag.

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Structural

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The bones of the page. Every site has these; the choice is how much personality and proof each one carries.

Hero section

The first screen: one claim, one visual, one action. Decides in seconds whether a visitor keeps reading.

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Navigation & mega menu

How people find things. A rich menu can preview products and content, doubling as a sitemap pitch.

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Announcement bar

A slim strip for the one thing happening now: a launch, an offer, a date. Cheap urgency.

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Logo & trust bar

A row of client or press logos. Borrowed credibility before a single word is read.

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Feature grid (bento)

A tiled overview of what you offer, each tile scannable in a second. The modern replacement for the bullet list.

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Pricing table

Plans side by side with one recommended. Publishing prices filters out bad-fit leads for free.

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Comparison ('vs') pages

You against each named alternative, one page each. Captures buyers at the exact moment they are deciding.

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Testimonial wall

Real quotes, faces and screenshots at volume. Social proof works by quantity as much as quality.

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Stats & proof band

Three or four hard numbers: clients served, hours saved, revenue generated. Numbers are quotable; adjectives are not.

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Team & story page

Who is behind this and why they care. For service businesses, the person is the product.

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Footer as second sitemap

A dense, organised footer catches everyone who scrolled to the end still undecided, and feeds search engines.

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Deliberate-minimum site

One page: who you are, how to reach you, nothing else. Absence as specification; the cheapest credible web presence.

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Interactive

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Things a visitor does, not reads. Interaction is what turns a brochure into a tool that captures leads while you sleep.

Booking & scheduling

Visitors pick a slot themselves; no email ping-pong. The single highest-leverage add for any appointment business.

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Quote & price calculator

Visitor enters their situation, gets an instant estimate. Answers the only question they came with, and captures the lead.

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Product configurator

Build-your-own with live preview and price. Turns browsing into commitment; the configured result is a hot lead.

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Quiz & recommendation finder

Five questions, then 'this one is for you'. Guides overwhelmed buyers and segments your list at the same time.

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Live chat & lead capture

A chat bubble that answers questions and collects contact details around the clock.

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Site search

Instant search across products and content. On content-heavy sites, searchers convert several times better than browsers.

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Interactive product demo

A click-through tour of the product, no signup needed. Lets buyers try before they talk to you.

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Multi-step smart forms

One question per screen, with logic that skips what does not apply. Doubles completion on long forms.

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Map & locator

Where to find you, or where you deliver and operate. Table stakes for anything local.

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Client portal

A login where clients see their project, files and invoices. Makes a solo operator feel like a firm.

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Waitlist & early access

Not ready to sell yet? Sell the queue. Validates demand and builds a launch list before anything exists.

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Events & tickets

A calendar of workshops or rides with registration built in. The site becomes the box office.

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Content patterns

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Formats that earn trust and search traffic over time. Content is the asset that compounds.

Case studies

One client's before-and-after with real numbers. The most persuasive page a service business can own.

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FAQ hub (with schema)

Every question you answer on the phone, answered once in public, and marked up so Google and AI can quote it.

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Editorial hub / field notes

A home for your thinking, in your voice. Compounds into search traffic and 'I read your piece' conversations.

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Video explainers

Short recorded answers to the questions every prospect asks. Each video replaces a category of support calls.

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Help centre / documentation

Self-serve answers organised by task. Deflects support load and signals a mature operation.

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Changelog / what's new

A public record of improvements. Proof of momentum that gives customers a reason to return.

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Glossary & programmatic pages

One page per term, model, suburb or use case, generated from data. How niche sites win hundreds of long-tail searches.

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Newsletter & lead magnet

An email list you own, fed by a genuinely useful free thing. The only audience no algorithm can take away.

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Interactive explainers

Diagrams, sliders and simulations inside articles. Readers remember what they played with.

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Now page

A single page saying what you are focused on right now. Human, low-effort, oddly magnetic.

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Podcast & media home

Episodes, player and show notes on your own domain, so the audience lands on property you control.

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Commerce

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Ways money moves through a site, from a zero-build payment link to a full store. Start with the smallest one that works.

Embedded checkout

A buy button on an existing page. The lightest way to sell one thing well.

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Full cart & store

Catalogue, cart, shipping, taxes. Only worth it past a handful of products; below that, links and buttons win.

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Subscriptions & memberships

Recurring revenue with gated content or ongoing service. Predictability is what makes a business sellable.

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Digital products

Ebooks, templates, courses: build once, sell forever, deliver automatically.

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Paid bookings & packages

Take payment at the moment of booking, including multi-session packages drawn down over time. Kills no-shows.

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Invoicing & quote-to-pay

Send a quote that becomes an invoice that takes cards. Shrinks the days between 'yes' and money.

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Donations & pay-what-you-want

Let supporters pay anything. Fits creators, causes and free-first offers.

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Gated content delivery

Video and files served only to paying customers, with the back door closed. Protects the thing being sold.

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Referral & invite codes

Members invite others with a code that tracks attribution. Word of mouth, but measurable.

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Intelligence

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AI on the site, and the site made legible to AI. This is the newest layer and where small businesses are least served.

AI chat trained on your content

A chatbot that actually knows your prices, policies and story, and answers like you would at 2am.

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AI lead qualification

The chat does not just answer; it asks, scores the lead and writes it into your CRM or sheet.

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Structured data (AEO)

Invisible markup that tells Google and AI assistants exactly who you are, what you sell and what it costs. How you get cited, not just ranked.

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llms.txt & agent-readable site

A plain-text front door for AI agents. As AI answers more buying questions, this is the new SEO.

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Personalisation

The page adapts to who is looking: industry, company size, returning visitor. One site, many pitches.

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AI answers over your docs

Search that replies with an answer, citing your own pages, instead of ten blue links.

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Dynamic social images

Share images generated per page: title, data, branding. Every shared link becomes a designed ad.

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Analytics & session replay

See what visitors actually do: where they stall, what they ignore, what they rage-click. Redesign from evidence.

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A/B testing

Run two versions, keep the winner. Ends the 'I think vs you think' debate with data.

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Agent-callable site (MCP/API)

Expose bookings, stock or quotes as an API an AI agent can call, so 'Claude, book me a session' just works. Early, and a moat.

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Novel & experimental

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Personality, motion and play. High effort, high memorability; the reason someone screenshots your site and sends it to a friend.

View transitions

Pages morph into each other instead of flashing white. The whole site feels like one smooth app.

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Personality-led design

The site as a character with a voice, not a template with a logo. Unforgettable in a sea of sameness.

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Scrollytelling

The story unfolds as you scroll: pinned scenes, numbers counting up, product rotating. Editorial theatre.

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3D & WebGL

Real-time 3D in the browser: products you can spin, worlds you can drive through. Instant 'how did they do that'.

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Generative & live visuals

Backgrounds and art computed live, different on every visit. The site as an object that is alive.

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Motion polish & micro-interactions

Buttons that respond, cards that settle, numbers that roll. Felt more than seen; reads as craft and care.

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Sound & atmosphere

Music, ambient audio, tactile clicks. Rare enough online that it defines the memory of the visit.

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Delight & easter eggs

Confetti on completion, a hidden game, a playful 404. Small surprises people screenshot and share.

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