Who owns my website and its content after the project is completed?
The written proposal should state ownership clearly before work begins.
For a Dan Gilroy Design project, custom design and content created for the firm transfer after final payment, subject to the proposal. Third-party photography, fonts, software, plugins, and other licensed materials remain governed by their own licenses.
The firm receives WordPress administrator access and should know where its domain, hosting, analytics, and other accounts are held. Any exception belongs in the written scope, not in a surprise after launch.
Will my website be built on WordPress?
Yes. Dan Gilroy Design builds custom law firm websites on WordPress.
The theme is designed around the firm’s real content rather than a purchased page template. Common editing tasks, such as updating attorney biographies, practice pages, and articles, are modeled so authorized users can manage them without rebuilding the layout.
Third-party plugins are kept purposeful and limited. Hosting, maintenance, integrations, and the exact handoff are defined in the proposal because WordPress alone does not make a site secure, fast, or easy to maintain.
How do you approach accessibility on a law firm website?
No designer can promise legal “ADA compliance,” but a website project can be designed, tested, and documented against recognized accessibility standards.
Dan Gilroy Design uses WCAG 2.2 AA as the practical target and reviews keyboard access, heading structure, form labels, alternative text, contrast, responsive behavior, and reduced motion. Automated tools support that work but do not replace manual testing.
Content changes, third-party tools, and later integrations can introduce new issues. The firm should treat accessibility as an ongoing practice and obtain legal advice when it needs a conclusion about its obligations.
How should a law firm evaluate the value of a professional website?
Define the business and operational goals before trying to calculate a return.
Useful measures can include qualified inquiries, intake quality, referral confidence, recruiting, publishing efficiency, staff time, and whether the site accurately supports the firm’s current positioning. Establish the baseline and compare equal periods after launch.
A designer cannot responsibly promise a ranking, revenue increase, larger matters, or a specific conversion rate. Traffic data is required before any change in inquiries can be described as a conversion-rate improvement.
What training is provided for updating the website?
The handoff should cover the editing tasks the firm is expected to manage.
For Dan Gilroy Design projects, the proposal identifies the administrative access, walkthrough, and documentation included for the site’s content model. Typical tasks may include editing biographies, practice pages, contact details, and articles.
Additional training, content entry, or staff onboarding can be scoped when needed. The goal is a useful handoff, not a claim that every technical or design change can be made safely without support.
What support is available after launch?
Post-launch support is defined by the written proposal; it is not an automatic monthly package with unlimited changes.
Hosting, software maintenance, backups, security monitoring, content changes, and technical troubleshooting are separate responsibilities and may be handled by different providers. The firm should know who owns each one before launch.
Dan can quote later website changes when scope and timing are clear. Ongoing SEO campaigns, Google Business Profile management, link building, and PPC are separate services coordinated with a specialist.
How many rounds of revisions are included in the website design process?
The proposal identifies the review milestones and revision rounds included in the project.
The homepage direction is approved before the system is carried through the interior templates. Consolidated feedback and named decision-makers keep each stage useful and prevent conflicting instructions.
If the firm changes the approved direction or expands the scope, the effect on price and schedule is discussed before the additional work begins. The service is collaborative, but it is not represented as unlimited revisions.
How are legal advertising ethics rules handled?
The website can support the firm’s advertising review, but Dan is not ethics counsel and cannot guarantee compliance with every jurisdiction’s rules.
At discovery, the firm should identify the jurisdictions, required disclaimers, testimonial restrictions, specialty rules, and approval process that apply. The design and content can then accommodate those requirements.
The firm reviews and approves all substantive statements, results, testimonials, and credentials before publication. When the rules are uncertain, the firm should involve its own ethics counsel.
Can you show law firm websites you have designed in our practice area?
Usually, yes. Dan can point to relevant public work when the portfolio includes a useful comparison.
An exact practice-area match is not always the best example. Firm size, audience, content depth, number of attorneys, offices, and required functionality may be more relevant to the design problem.
The selected portfolio is intentionally curated rather than exhaustive. A proposal conversation can include additional examples when their relevance and public availability are verified.