Old sites, made new.

Most of my web work starts with a site that’s slow, dated or hard to update. Pick one below, then drag the line to see where it started.

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The new ISWA homepage
The previous ISWA homepage
Before After

Islamic Society of the Washington Area · Silver Spring, MD

ISWA

A ground-up rebuild of a 50-year-old community’s home online: their story, their Imam, and live prayer times, all in a site that loads in a blink on any phone.

  • ~420 KBfirst visit on desktop, ~290 KB on a phone
  • Liveprayer times and events, refreshed every 30 seconds
  • Day & nighta theme that follows the sky
  • Statichosting that costs nothing during a Ramadan spike
Visit the new ISWA site

Built by its community since 1973

On the new site, the masjid draws itself as you scroll through its story, one milestone at a time. Here it builds on a loop.

1973The foundation

Scroll the real story
The new Smash Akhs homepage: Good vibes and great burgers
The previous Smash Akhs site, a placeholder page reading We are cooking something
Before After

Smash Akhs · Halal smash burger truck in the DMV

Smash Akhs

Their site was a “coming soon” page. The new one puts the burgers up front, shows where the truck is parked this week, and takes orders that go straight to the truck.

  • Orderingonline orders land in their Clover POS and print on the truck
  • Live menuitems and prices follow Clover, so the site never goes stale
  • Schedulethe owners post each week’s stops from a simple admin page
  • Built inthe orange-truck look, from the wrap to the loading screen
Visit the new Smash Akhs site
The new Muslim Community Center homepage
The MCC homepage in 2021
Before After

Muslim Community Center · Silver Spring, MD

MCC

A new site for a masjid that has served Silver Spring for over 40 years. Members get today’s prayer times, events and programs up front. Behind it is a full content system that lets MCC’s own team and committees run the site without a developer.

  • Liveprayer times with a countdown to the next prayer
  • Programseducation, services and events in one place
  • Membersa portal for membership, payments and voting
  • Self-runa CMS the masjid’s team publishes from
Visit mccmd.org

Behind the site

01

Content management

MCC’s web team publishes events, programs, pages and banners themselves, with live previews and version history.

02

Committee requests

Committees submit their own events through a guided form; nothing goes live until the web team approves it.

03

Member portal

Members sign in to see their membership, payments and voting status, and download meeting minutes.

The new Legends Chicken & Waffles homepage: now open in Lanham, with chicken and a waffle on a gold tray They had no website before

Legends Chicken & Waffles · Lanham, MD

Legends

A brand-new location with no website, only delivery-app listings. The new site puts their gold-tray platters up front, says whether they’re open right now, and lets the owners run their own hours, specials and menu.

  • Open nowlive hours, with holidays and one-off changes the owners set themselves
  • Menuowners hide items, mark them sold out and pick the favourites shown up top
  • Orderingonline ordering is next, once we confirm a few details with the owner
  • Built inthe neon sign from their counter, lighting up as the page loads
Visit the new Legends site
The new ISB homepage with Masjid Al-Rahmah and its minaret
The previous Islamic Society of Baltimore homepage
Before After

Islamic Society of Baltimore · Masjid Al-Rahmah · Baltimore, MD

ISB

A new home for a community that began in 1969. Maroon and cream echo the masjid’s domes and stonework, with prayer times up front, programs and services easy to find, and the story of Johnnycake Road woven through it.

  • The minaretISB’s own tower, drawn in 3D with lattice screens, a red dome and lanterns that light up
  • Day & nightthe masjid by daylight, then floodlit after dark with gold accents
  • Prayer timesdaily prayers, iqamah and three Jumu’ahs, with the next prayer in view
  • CommunityAl-Rahmah School, the free clinic, youth programs and events in one place
Visit the new ISB site
The new First Hijrah Foundation homepage, in their prayer hall under the oculus
The previous First Hijrah site, with a prayer times popup over the homepage
Before After

First Hijrah Foundation · Adelphi, MD & Washington, DC

First Hijrah

The old site opened on a popup and used stock desert photos for its locations. The new one opens in their own prayer hall in Adelphi, under the oculus, with today’s prayer times right below.

  • Live lightthe oculus light follows today’s prayer times, and the site turns to night after Maghrib
  • Two masjidsAdelphi and DC prayer times, a tap apart, with the month ahead
  • Amharicthe community’s name and greetings in Ge’ez script, as a second voice
  • Fikragiving, membership, hall booking and forms, set up to run through Masjid Fikra
Visit the new First Hijrah site
The new Islamic Society of Germantown homepage: the navy portico behind daffodils, with the next prayer in an arch
The previous ISG site: the same photo under a long menu and a Donate button
Before After

Islamic Society of Germantown · Germantown, MD

ISG

The old site was a WordPress theme with the iqamah table typed into its pages and the flyers kept in hand-edited files. The new one opens on the same daffodils outside the portico, with the next prayer standing in an arch like the ones it frames.

  • Arcadethe day’s prayers as six arches on one line, the next one filled navy and gold like the portico
  • Jumu’ahboth Friday prayers and their times, side by side
  • What’s onthe flyers from the masjid’s screen, in a slideshow standing in an arch
  • Fikraprayer times, events and giving, set up to run through Masjid Fikra
Visit the new ISG site

Fully managed websites.

You focus on your community. I design the site, host it, keep it secure and make the updates. One monthly price, billed automatically.

Standard

For most masjids, nonprofits and small businesses.

$99/month

+ $499 one-time setup

  • Custom, mobile-friendly site, typically 3–5 pages
  • Hosting, SSL and technical maintenance
  • Basic SEO setup
  • Minor content updates and support
  • Masjid Fikra integration when it applies
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Premium

For more pages, more features and more help each month.

$149/month

+ $799 one-time setup

  • Everything in Standard
  • More extensive design customization
  • Additional pages or advanced functionality
  • Custom third-party integrations
  • A bigger monthly allowance for updates and support
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Rather own your site outright? One-time purchase from $1,999.
  • The agreed site and its source code are yours
  • Ownership spelled out in the contract
  • Optional hosting and maintenance, $79/month
  • Custom functionality quoted separately
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The fine print, in plain words

  • Monthly plans are month-to-month, with no minimum term.
  • Your domain, branding, content and data always stay yours. On a monthly plan you license the site itself rather than owning its code.
  • Cancellation, buyout and data export terms are written into the agreement before you sign.
  • Third-party services, like a paid form or email tool, are billed separately unless the plan includes them.

Using Masjid Fikra?

Deen First Tech builds the website; Masjid Fikra runs memberships, donations and events behind it. The two work well together, but you don’t need one to use the other.

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