Los Angeles Web Design Firm
ByteZero is a web design company in Los Angeles. We design and build websites for small businesses and law firms from our office in Van Nuys, and we would rather show you the sites than describe them. The grid below is live work, not mockups.
Scope, timeline and a fixed quote after one call.
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SC 01
01Law Office of Aaron P. McAllisterLos Angeles · criminal defense · brand and website, WordPress custom themeLive 08/2026 -
SC 02
02California Law Firm SEOLos Angeles · our own platform · TanStackLive -
SC 03
03LowCountry Coastal ExcursionsCharleston, SC · tour booking site · TanStack, Cloudflare, SupabaseLive -
SC 04
04Charleston Shark Teeth HuntingMt Pleasant, SC · fossil hunting tours · TanStackLive -
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05Outdoor Hardscape SolutionsCharlotte, NC · hardscape contractor · TanStack, Cloudflare, SupabaseLive -
SC 06
06Endless Handyman ServicesSouthwest Florida · handyman services · LovableLive
Dept grid · what ships with every build
What a web design company in Los Angeles should hand you
Most LA web design quotes stop at "a website". Ours lists the departments. If a line below is missing from another firm's proposal, ask them why.
| Dept | Deliverable | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Design | A named design direction, not a template | Desktop and phone comps scored against our own rubric before you see them. No theme, no page builder skin. |
| Build | Server-rendered React (TanStack), or WordPress when your team edits there | Every title, description and schema block is in the HTML Google and AI crawlers receive, not added by a script after the fact. |
| Content | Pages written to the searches your customers type | Keyword map from Search Console and Ahrefs first, then a page per service and per question. One primary term per page. |
| SEO | Title, description, schema, sitemap, Search Console, canonical rules | Set up on launch day, verified live three times. See our SEO services. |
| AI search | Structured for ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews | Answer-first sections, FAQ schema that mirrors the page, an llms.txt. See AI search optimization. |
| Speed | Mobile Lighthouse 90 or better | Our own site scores 92 on the home page and 94 on the law firm page (Lighthouse mobile, 2026-09-08). Client builds are held to the same bar. |
| Intake | Forms, click-to-call, booking and CRM wiring | Submissions land in your inbox and your CRM, with conversion tracking wired for Google Ads and GA4. |
| Ownership | Code, domain, hosting and every account in your name | You can leave with everything. No proprietary builder, no hostage hosting. |
Shooting schedule · SC 01 to 09
Recent builds
Nine sites, three states, one stack philosophy. Locations are the client's market, not a stock photo of it.
| SC | Client | Location | Stack | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Law Office of Aaron P. McAllister | Los Angeles, CA | WordPress custom theme | Brand identity from zero, seven practice-area pages, seven client guides, attorney bios, case-review intake | W · 08/2026 |
| 02 | California Law Firm SEO | Los Angeles, CA | TanStack | Our own legal marketing platform, built to be cited by AI assistants | W |
| 03 | LowCountry Coastal Excursions | Charleston, SC | TanStack · Cloudflare · Supabase | Boat tour site with Rezdy and FareHarbor booking | W |
| 04 | Charleston Shark Teeth Hunting | Mt Pleasant, SC | TanStack · Cloudflare · Supabase | Fossil-hunting tour site, sister brand to SC 03 | W |
| 05 | Outdoor Hardscape Solutions | Charlotte, NC | TanStack · Cloudflare · Supabase | Hardscape contractor site with lead capture | W |
| 06 | Carolina Custom Concrete | Cornelius, NC | TanStack | Fifty-page concrete contractor site, generated from one content source | W |
| 07 | Carolina Custom Stone and Hardscape | Lake Norman, NC | Lovable | Premium hardscape site, sister company to SC 06 | W |
| 08 | Carolina Fencing Solutions | Lake Norman, NC | Lovable | Fencing contractor lead-gen site | W |
| 09 | Endless Handyman Services | Southwest Florida | Lovable | Handyman services site | W |
W working, liveSC scene, one siteStacks named as deployed. Case studies open where one is published.
Stills · same firm, two frames
Before and after, a Los Angeles criminal defense firm
The Law Office of Aaron P. McAllister had fifteen years of courtroom record and a website that showed none of it. Both frames below are the real site, before and after the August 2026 launch.
Criminal defense is chosen under stress, usually at night, on a phone, often by a family member. The old site gave that person a wordmark and a quote. The new one gives them a page for their charge, a plain-English guide to their question, the attorney's record, and a case review they can reach from every screen. Non-attorney staff carry the California advertising disclaimer on their bios; no outcome is promised anywhere.
- Serving
- Van Nuys
- Sherman Oaks
- Studio City
- North Hollywood
- Burbank
- Glendale
- Pasadena
- Downtown Los Angeles
- Hollywood
- Santa Monica
- Culver City
- Encino
- Woodland Hills
- Long Beach
- Torrance
- Orange County
Schedule · a typical build
How a build runs
Week counts are typical, not a promise. A single-location business with a dozen pages runs about four weeks; a multi-practice law firm runs longer and we say so in the quote.
| Call | Dept | What happens | You get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Discovery | Keyword map from Search Console and Ahrefs, competitor search results, the pages you need and the ones you do not. | A page list with one primary search term per page. |
| Week 1 to 2 | Direction | A named design direction chosen against everything we have shipped, so your site does not look like another client's. Tokens, then desktop and phone comps. | Comps you can click through, scored before you see them. |
| Week 2 to 4 | Build | Pages written to the searches your customers type. Schema, forms, booking, CRM and conversion tracking wired. | A staging link that updates as pages land. |
| Week 4 | QA | Mobile Lighthouse 90 or better, readable with scripts off, reduced motion honored, every image sized, every claim sourced. | The QA sheet, with the numbers. |
| Launch | Wrap | DNS, redirects for every old URL, Search Console, sitemap submitted, three live verifications after deploy. | Your site, your accounts, your logins. |
| After | Growth | Optional monthly routine: rankings, content, Google Ads, AI-search citations. | See SEO and Google Ads. |
Budget · what sets the quote
Affordable web design in Los Angeles is a scope question
We do not publish a price list because two twelve-page sites can be a week apart in work. These seven lines are what move the number. Tell us where you sit on each and the quote is fixed.
- 01Pages
How many services, locations and questions need their own page. Each page is written, not cloned.
- 02CMS
Server-rendered React (TanStack) for speed and SEO, or a WordPress custom theme when your staff edits in WordPress. CMS web design in Los Angeles usually means the second; we build both.
- 03Content
Whether we write the pages from your interviews or edit copy you already have.
- 04Integrations
Booking, payments, CRM, intake software, live chat, phone tracking.
- 05Brand
Whether a logo and palette exist, or the identity has to be built first, as it was for SC 01.
- 06Photo and video
Real photography of your business, or a library we curate and label honestly. We do not label stock as your work.
- 07Timeline
A launch date tied to a lease, a season or a campaign compresses the schedule and the quote says so.
One call, then a custom scope, timeline and fixed quote. Small business web design in Los Angeles should not come with hourly surprises.
Notes · questions we get on the first call
Questions
Q1How much does web design cost in Los Angeles?
It depends on scope: page count, CMS, whether we write the content, integrations, brand work, photography and timeline. We do not publish a price list because two twelve-page sites can be a week apart in work. After one call you get a custom scope, timeline and a fixed quote, with no hourly surprises.
Q2Do you build websites for small businesses in Los Angeles?
Yes. Most of our builds are for owner-run businesses: a criminal defense law office, tour operators, contractors, a handyman company. We design from our Van Nuys office and meet in person across Los Angeles when it helps. See our website development service for the full scope.
Q3Which CMS do you use for web design in Los Angeles?
Two. For most builds we use server-rendered React (TanStack), because every title, description and schema block reaches Google and AI crawlers in the first response and pages load fast on a phone. When your staff needs to edit in WordPress, we build a custom WordPress theme rather than a page-builder template, as we did for the Law Office of Aaron P. McAllister.
Q4Do you design law firm websites in Los Angeles?
Yes. Law firm web design is a specialty: bar-compliant copy, a page per practice area, plain-English client guides, Attorney and LegalService schema, and intake that works at 11pm on a phone. See law firm website design in Los Angeles.
Q5How fast will my website load?
We hold every build to a mobile Lighthouse score of 90 or better. Our own site scores 92 on the home page and 94 on the law firm page (Lighthouse mobile, 2026-09-08), with server-rendered pages, right-sized images and no render-blocking fonts.
Q6Do I own my website when it is done?
Yes. The code, the domain, the hosting account, Google Analytics and Search Console are all in your name. There is no proprietary builder and no hostage hosting; you can leave with everything.
Q7Where is ByteZero located?
Our Los Angeles office is in Van Nuys, in the San Fernando Valley, and we have a second office in Huntersville, North Carolina. We work with clients across Los Angeles County and Orange County, and across the Carolinas.
Wrap · next step
Ready when you are
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