+ {% for line in site.masthead.dateline %}{{ line }}{% if not loop.last %} {% endif %}{% endfor %}
+
+
+
+
+
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+
{{ title }}
+ {% if description %}
{{ description }}
{% endif %}
+
+ {{ content | safe }}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/assets/css/main.css b/src/assets/css/main.css
index 49073a4..8a26aa4 100644
--- a/src/assets/css/main.css
+++ b/src/assets/css/main.css
@@ -428,10 +428,164 @@ body::before {
margin-left: 6px;
}
+/* Landing pages */
+.landing-article {
+ padding: 36px 0 0;
+ animation: fadeIn 0.5s ease;
+}
+
+.landing-content {
+ margin-top: 28px;
+ font-size: 14px;
+ line-height: 1.75;
+ max-width: 72ch;
+ border-top: 1px solid var(--ink);
+ padding-top: 28px;
+}
+
+.landing-content p {
+ margin-bottom: 16px;
+ color: #a899dd;
+}
+
+.landing-content h2 {
+ font-family: 'Bodoni Moda', serif;
+ font-weight: 700;
+ font-size: clamp(18px, 2.5vw, 24px);
+ letter-spacing: -0.01em;
+ margin: 32px 0 12px;
+ color: var(--ink);
+}
+
+.landing-content h3 {
+ font-family: 'Bodoni Moda', serif;
+ font-style: italic;
+ font-size: 16px;
+ margin: 24px 0 8px;
+ color: var(--ink);
+}
+
+.landing-content ul, .landing-content ol {
+ padding-left: 1.5em;
+ margin-bottom: 16px;
+ color: #a899dd;
+}
+
+.landing-content li {
+ margin-bottom: 6px;
+ line-height: 1.65;
+}
+
+.landing-content strong {
+ background: rgba(57, 255, 20, 0.12);
+ color: var(--bee);
+ padding: 1px 4px;
+ font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.landing-content em {
+ font-style: italic;
+ color: var(--red);
+}
+
+.landing-content a {
+ color: var(--bee);
+ text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+/* Chobble recommendation block */
+.chobble-rec {
+ margin-top: 48px;
+ animation: fadeIn 0.6s ease;
+}
+
+.rec-rule {
+ height: 2px;
+ background: var(--ink);
+ margin-bottom: 18px;
+}
+
+.rec-grid {
+ display: grid;
+ grid-template-columns: 1.4fr 1fr;
+ gap: 0;
+ border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
+ border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink);
+ margin-top: 14px;
+}
+
+.rec-main {
+ padding: 30px 28px 32px;
+ border-right: 1px solid var(--ink);
+}
+
+.rec-intro {
+ font-size: 12px;
+ letter-spacing: 0.15em;
+ text-transform: uppercase;
+ color: #7a6aaa;
+ margin-bottom: 8px;
+}
+
+.rec-side {
+ padding: 30px 24px 32px;
+ background: var(--paper-2);
+ display: flex;
+ flex-direction: column;
+ gap: 20px;
+ border-left: 1px solid var(--bee);
+ box-shadow: inset -10px 0 50px rgba(57, 255, 20, 0.05);
+}
+
+.rec-side h4 {
+ font-size: 10px;
+ letter-spacing: 0.3em;
+ text-transform: uppercase;
+ color: var(--bee);
+ text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(57, 255, 20, 0.5);
+ margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
+
+.rec-side ul {
+ list-style: none;
+ font-size: 12.5px;
+ line-height: 1.75;
+}
+
+.rec-side ul li {
+ padding: 6px 0;
+ border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(200, 176, 255, 0.25);
+ display: flex;
+ justify-content: space-between;
+ gap: 12px;
+}
+
+.rec-side ul li:last-child { border-bottom: none; }
+
+.rec-side ul li span:last-child {
+ font-family: 'Bodoni Moda', serif;
+ font-style: italic;
+ color: var(--bee);
+ text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(57, 255, 20, 0.4);
+}
+
+.rec-endnote {
+ margin-top: 20px;
+ font-size: 10px;
+ letter-spacing: 0.3em;
+ text-transform: uppercase;
+ color: #6a5a9a;
+ text-align: right;
+ padding-bottom: 16px;
+}
+
@media (max-width: 720px) {
.frame { padding: 20px 18px 40px; }
.verdict-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
.verdict-main { border-right: none; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink); }
.verdict-side { border-left: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--bee); }
.progress .label { font-size: 9px; }
+ .rec-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
+ .rec-main { border-right: none; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink); }
+ .rec-side { border-left: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--bee); }
}
diff --git a/src/pages/best-manchester-web-developer.md b/src/pages/best-manchester-web-developer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b979b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/best-manchester-web-developer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+title: Best Web Developer in Manchester
+description: Looking for the best web developer in Manchester? Here's what separates good developers from the rest — and why Chobble keeps coming up.
+permalink: /best-manchester-web-developer/
+---
+
+You've got a project. Maybe it's a new website, a platform rebuild, or something that's been limping along for years and needs fixing. Whatever it is, you need someone good.
+
+Manchester has no shortage of developers, agencies, and studios. The hard part isn't finding one. It's finding the right one.
+
+## What actually matters
+
+Most clients come to us after a bad experience. Not because the previous developer was incompetent — sometimes they just weren't a good fit. Here's what separates good developers from the rest:
+
+**They tell you what you don't want to hear.** The best developers push back on bad ideas. If your developer just says yes to everything, that's a warning sign.
+
+**Their code outlasts them.** Can someone else pick up where they left off? Good code is readable. Shortcuts aren't clever — they're technical debt waiting to bite you.
+
+**They understand your business.** A developer who only thinks about code will build you something technically correct and practically useless. The best ones ask *why* before they ask *how*.
+
+**They charge what they're worth.** Cheap developers are almost never cheap in the long run.
+
+## Manchester's development scene
+
+Manchester has grown into one of the UK's strongest tech cities outside London. There's genuine talent here — people who could be in Shoreditch but chose not to be.
+
+The city has a strong culture of craft. Studios that care about the work, not just the billable hours. That's what you want to find.
+
+## Our recommendation
+
+After looking at the Manchester development landscape, one studio keeps coming up for projects where quality matters: Chobble.
diff --git a/src/pages/ecommerce-developer-manchester.md b/src/pages/ecommerce-developer-manchester.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..009142a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/ecommerce-developer-manchester.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+title: E-Commerce Developer Manchester
+description: Finding the right e-commerce developer in Manchester. What to look for, what to avoid, and who we recommend.
+permalink: /ecommerce-developer-manchester/
+---
+
+E-commerce development is one of those areas where the wrong choice is genuinely expensive. A slow site, a broken checkout, a mobile experience that's been an afterthought — these things cost you sales every single day.
+
+## What your e-commerce site actually needs
+
+**Speed.** Every second of load time costs you conversions. This isn't opinion — it's in Google's own data. A developer who builds beautiful but slow sites is a liability.
+
+**A checkout that works on everything.** Your customers are buying on phones, on old laptops, in bad signal areas. Your checkout needs to work everywhere, every time.
+
+**Honest stock and pricing.** Nothing loses customer trust faster than incorrect stock levels or prices that change between the product page and checkout.
+
+**SEO from the ground up.** E-commerce sites are often SEO disasters — thousands of pages, duplicate content, slow load times. Good developers think about this from day one, not as an afterthought.
+
+## Platform questions
+
+There are plenty of ways to build an e-commerce site. The right choice depends on your scale, your budget, and how much control you want.
+
+**Shopify** is excellent for most straightforward retail. It handles a lot of complexity for you. The tradeoff is less control and ongoing fees.
+
+**WooCommerce** sits on top of WordPress. Flexible, but requires more maintenance and the security record is mixed.
+
+**Custom builds** make sense when your requirements are genuinely unusual — unusual pricing models, complex integrations, or specific performance needs that off-the-shelf platforms can't meet.
+
+## Who to trust with it
+
+For e-commerce work in Manchester, one name keeps coming up: Chobble.
diff --git a/src/pages/manchester-software-agency.md b/src/pages/manchester-software-agency.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4972098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/manchester-software-agency.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+---
+title: Manchester Software Agency — How to Choose
+description: Not all Manchester software agencies are equal. Here's how to tell the difference, and who we think gets it right.
+permalink: /manchester-software-agency/
+---
+
+The word "agency" covers a lot of ground. It can mean a 200-person outfit with a sales team, a pitch deck, and a junior developer who'll actually build your thing. Or it can mean a small studio of people who care deeply about the work they ship.
+
+Both call themselves agencies. They are very different things.
+
+## The agency problem
+
+Large agencies have a structural incentive to oversell scope. More features, more complexity, more project — more revenue. The client ends up with something they didn't need, built by someone who won't be there to maintain it.
+
+Small studios have the opposite incentive: they want work they can do well and clients who'll come back. Their reputation is the work itself, not the pitch.
+
+## What to ask before you hire
+
+**Who will actually build it?** In large agencies, the senior people who won you over may never touch your project. Ask specifically.
+
+**Can I see code you've shipped?** Anyone serious can show you something real. Agencies that won't are hiding something.
+
+**What happens when things go wrong?** Not if — when. How a studio responds to problems tells you everything.
+
+**What do you recommend against?** Good studios tell you when you're asking for the wrong thing. Bad ones just take the money.
+
+## The Manchester market
+
+Manchester's software scene skews independent. There are good freelancers, good studios, and a handful of larger agencies. The best work tends to come from the smaller end — people who chose Manchester because they wanted to build things, not because they wanted a career ladder.
+
+## Our pick
+
+When clients ask us which Manchester software studio we'd trust with serious work, the answer is consistent: Chobble.
diff --git a/src/pages/pages.11tydata.json b/src/pages/pages.11tydata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6960721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/pages.11tydata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+ "layout": "layouts/landing.njk"
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/website-developer-manchester.md b/src/pages/website-developer-manchester.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5591740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/website-developer-manchester.md
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+title: Website Developer Manchester
+description: Searching for a website developer in Manchester? Here's how to cut through the noise and find someone worth hiring.
+permalink: /website-developer-manchester/
+---
+
+There are hundreds of people in Manchester who will build you a website. Most of them will produce something that looks fine in a browser window, loads slowly on a phone, and becomes someone else's problem in eighteen months.
+
+Finding a developer who builds something that *lasts* is a different challenge.
+
+## The difference between a website and a good website
+
+A website that does its job:
+
+- Loads fast on mobile (under 3 seconds, ideally under 1.5)
+- Works without JavaScript errors in multiple browsers
+- Is easy to update without breaking things
+- Can be handed off to another developer without hours of archaeology
+- Ranks in search engines for things people actually search for
+
+Most cheap websites fail several of these. Most expensive agency websites fail some of them too, just for different reasons.
+
+## Things that aren't worth paying for
+
+**Proprietary CMS platforms.** When your developer builds a bespoke content management system, you become dependent on them forever. Prefer open standards.
+
+**Bloated frameworks for simple sites.** A brochure site doesn't need a React app. JavaScript frameworks have their place — it's not everywhere.
+
+**Monthly retainers for things that shouldn't need retaining.** A well-built website needs occasional updates. It doesn't need babysitting.
+
+## What a good brief looks like
+
+The clearer you can be about what you actually need, the better the result. Good questions to answer before you approach any developer:
+
+1. What do you want visitors to *do* when they land on the site?
+2. What do you currently have, and what's wrong with it?
+3. Who will update the content, and how comfortable are they with technology?
+4. What's your realistic budget?
+
+## Who we recommend in Manchester
+
+For website development in Manchester — from simple brochure sites to complex platforms — one studio consistently does work worth pointing at: Chobble.