Why your site should look like this.
This page isn't a sales pitch. It's a plain-English look at what your current website is doing well, what it's doing poorly, and what Launchpad would change if you gave us the green light.
- The copyright still reads 2023
The footer on every page says "Copyright © 2023 Bernie's Bar & Grill." It is a small thing only the owner notices, but it quietly tells customers the site has not been touched in two years.
- The whole menu is buried inside a dropdown folder
On the current site the menu lives inside a "Folder: Our Menu" dropdown with six separate sub-pages. Every category is its own click, and on a phone it becomes a nested menu nobody scrolls. The new preview puts the entire menu on one scrollable page with jump-nav buttons at the top.
- The food photos never reach the menu
Bernie's has genuinely great food photography, the wings, the parm sandwich, the steak, but on the current site the menu pages are plain text lists. The shots only appear on the home page. The new preview pairs every section with the real photo.
- Two locations, one confusing "choose your location" wall
Byron, North and a "Sherwood" label all appear across different pages, with addresses that do not match. The new preview presents both locations cleanly, with the correct addresses, tap-to-call numbers, and a directions button.
- Paying Squarespace every month for a brochure
A monthly Squarespace bill, forever, for what is mostly a static menu. With Launchpad it is $250 once, you own the site, and the monthly fee disappears.
- Squarespace charges you every single month
And the day you stop paying, your website disappears. You don't own it, you rent it, forever. For most small businesses that's $300 to $500 a year, just to have a website exist.
- The full menu, every dish, one scrollable page
All six categories, every appetizer, salad, sandwich, pasta, burger and entree, with the verbatim descriptions from your current site and the 14 wing sauces shown as a row. Jump-nav at the top so people scan straight to what they want.
- A dedicated Specials page, front and centre
The 99 cent wings and daily happy hour get their own page instead of a buried mention, with the real details and a direct line to order.
- Order Online everywhere it counts
An Order Online button in the header, the hero and the closing call to action on every page, three chances to convert per visit, plus a clean reservations page.
- A site that actually looks like a real business
Modern design that matches how your business actually feels, not a clicked-together template that looks like everyone else's.
- Works perfectly on phones
Most people looking for you are on a phone. This site is built for phones first, then tablets, then laptops, in that order.
- Everything you already have, better organized
Your hours, your services, your photos, your prices, your booking link, your menu, all of it, in one clean place that people can actually find.
- Fast, secure, and runs itself
Hosted on Cloudflare, the same network that powers Shopify and Discord. Always online, always secure, always fast. No plugins to update.
- You own it. Pay once. Forever.
$250 one time. No monthly fees for hosting. No subscription. No lock-in. The site is yours to keep, forever.
$250. One time. Yours forever.
You pay once. You own the website. Hosting is $0 per month. No monthly fees, no subscription, no surprise renewal email. If you ever stop using Launchpad, nothing happens, the site stays yours.
The monthly fees you'd be paying elsewhere.
Most website builders charge you every single month. The day you stop paying, your website is gone. Here's what that actually looks like over a year:
Your site can be live by tomorrow.
Call or email Launchpad Media and we will deploy this preview to your own domain in under 24 hours. No long contracts. No back and forth. Pay when it is live.