Web developer in Boston: a site where every claim has an approver
Each site I build for a Boston clinic, lab or advisory firm puts every disclosure beside the claim it qualifies. The build itself is ordinary Next.js or WordPress work. When I'm your web developer in Boston, I treat the wording as the main work.
Overview
The code is the easy part here
A clinic can't claim an outcome. A biotech cannot describe its work as further along than it is. An adviser has disclosures to carry. None of that is a coding problem.
On a regulated site, the hold-up I plan around isn't the writing. It's sign-off.
I name one approver per claim, so every sentence has a clear sign-off. That list exists before any page is drafted.
Launch is not the end of it. A study updates, or a disclosure is reworded. Your staff change the sentence in the editor themselves, and the approver signs off the new wording.
Mention the review when we talk
If your wording needs a compliance review, tell me when we first speak. The review then goes into the scope as a step of its own, ahead of any design built around the text.
What a scope from me looks like
A sample scope for a practice or lab
Text that may change is kept apart from the layout. An updated study figure goes in without anyone touching the design, so a rule changing next year doesn't mean new design work.
Included
- A written scope: every page and feature as its own line, agreed before work starts
- Design to build, reviewed on a staging URL that stays open the whole project
- Mobile first — checked on a real phone
- Domain, hosting and every account created in your name from day one
- A claims list naming the person on your side who approves each one
- Disclosures placed beside the claims they qualify
- Basic on-page SEO: titles, descriptions, headings, sitemap, Search Console connected
- A runbook at handover: how to edit it, what renews and when
Phase two
- An approval step inside the editor, if sign-off has to happen there
- A second set of disclosures for a new service line
- Ongoing SEO once the site has traffic to read
- A maintenance plan once the site is live
- Logo and brand design, quoted separately from the build
Not doing
- Guaranteed rankings
- Legal or regulatory advice on your wording
What moves the number
A larger build, or a smaller one?
How much of the wording is regulated decides the size. A handful of service pages with one shared disclosure is a small job. A site where most pages carry their own regulated text is a larger one.
- 01Regulated claimsthe more there are, the more drafting and checking each page needs
- 02Disclosure blockshow many there are, and how many pages each one appears on
- 03Pages describing researcheach one has to state the stage exactly
- 04An existing site that ranksits addresses are kept so search traffic carries over
Where this comes from
Who stands behind the build?
Since 2017 I've led 900+ projects, and 600+ projects for US clients are part of that count. Consent came first for every client named on the projects page, and their own reviews sit beside the work.
Three developers, a designer and three SEO specialists in the Kolkata, India office, plus around six people working remotely, make up my team. You'll deal with me at every stage, and we work together remotely.
Nearby
More American cities
In Berkeley it is nonprofits publishing their funding, and in Chicago it's firms selling across the country.
FAQ
Questions before a regulated build
Short answers first. The detail goes into your scope.
Where does legal review fit into a website build?
- Legal review fits in before the design is finished. The text is drafted first and the design is finished around it, so an approved sentence never has to be squeezed into a layout afterwards. Your reviewer reads it on the staging link exactly as it'll go live.
Does a clinic's web developer need to know healthcare regulations?
- A clinic's web developer needs to handle regulated wording with care, not interpret the regulations. That's for your compliance lead, and I don't give regulatory advice. What I bring is the build around that wording, with each disclosure placed where it's read.
Is accessibility a requirement for a clinic or college website?
- Every site I build follows standard accessibility practice, whatever the sector. Headings run in order, and every image carries a text description. Whether a specific legal standard applies to your organisation is a question for your counsel.
Can an existing site be fixed instead of rebuilt?
- Fixing is the better move when the current site works and already ranks. I keep its addresses, so search traffic carries over, and rework the pages whose wording needs clearing. A rebuild makes sense when the editor itself is the problem and your staff can't change a sentence without help.
Can disclosures differ from page to page?
- Disclosures can differ page by page. Each one is written once, tied to the claims it qualifies, and shown wherever those claims appear. A change to its wording then updates every page that carries it.
How exact does a biotech's site need to be about its stage?
- A biotech's site should state each programme's stage in the exact words your team uses. That stage is written once and shown on every page that mentions the programme. When the work moves on, one update reaches all of those pages at once.
Next step
The page with the most to clear
I will begin with whichever page carries the most regulated text. Send me its link before we speak, and we'll look at how its claims and disclosures sit today.
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