KieranCR Web Services / Critical Red Ltd

KieranCR Web Services, by Critical Red Ltd

Websites designed, built and looked after by one person.

I am Kieran Cripps, an independent developer in the UK. I make considered websites for small businesses, photographers and independent people, then stay around to host and maintain them.

Discuss a website View selected work
Detail of the Lens Boy gallery grid, each photograph watermarked
The Lens Boy home page, with collection filters above a grid of street photographs
The Lens Boy portfolio on a phone, the grid restacked to a single column
Selected work 01 Lens Boy Photography portfolio & custom CMS
01 Design & build Custom websites shaped around real content. 02 Content systems Simple editing and admin tools where needed. 03 Hosting & care Updates, backups, support and routine changes. 04 Site takeovers A sensible route forward for an existing site.
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Web services

A complete website service without an agency handoff.

You deal directly with the person doing the design, development and technical work. The scope stays clear, the build stays maintainable, and there is a named person to call after launch.

Plan

Structure before decoration

We work out what the site needs to say, who it needs to reassure, and what action visitors should take. That gives the design something useful to solve.

Make

Design and development together

The visual design and the build are handled as one job, so responsive behaviour, accessibility and performance are considered from the start.

Run

Hosting and ongoing care

I can manage deployment, SSL, backups, updates, small changes and day-to-day support, or hand everything over cleanly if you prefer.

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Selected work

Client project / Live site

Lens Boy

A portfolio for a street photographer, presented as an exhibition rather than a thumbnail dump. Behind it sits an admin panel built for this site alone: the photographer uploads, captions and files their own work, and the home page rotates itself.

Lens Boy / lens-boy.com Design, front-end & CMS
The Lens Boy home page: the title over collection filters and a grid of monochrome street photographs The same portfolio on a phone, the grid restacked to a single column
Visual design / front-end build / custom admin panel / hosting Open case study →
What it shows

Art direction and image-led layout, plus the admin panel that keeps the site the client's to run.

Why it matters

Design and back-end handled by one person, so the editing tools fit the site instead of the site fitting a template.

Project status

Live and in daily use, with the photographer adding new work themselves.

Read the case study Visit lens-boy.com
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After launch

A website should not become your next technical chore.

Managed care is available for clients who want the hosting, maintenance and small ongoing jobs handled. There is no mystery dashboard and no support queue: you contact me.

01

Hosting setup

Deployment, domain connection, SSL and a hosting setup suited to the site.

02

Backups & updates

Routine maintenance and a recovery plan, so the site is not one bad update from trouble.

03

Small changes

A direct route for content edits, new pages and practical improvements as the site evolves.

04

Technical support

One named person who already knows the site when a question or problem comes up.

Read about managed care
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How I work

Clear decisions, visible progress, no theatre.

You do not need to arrive with a perfect brief. We can turn a rough idea, an old site or a folder of content into a sensible scope together.

  1. 01

    Understand the job

    Goals, audience, pages, content, practical constraints and what happens after launch.

  2. 02

    Set the direction

    A visual and structural route you can respond to before the whole site is built.

  3. 03

    Build and test

    Responsive implementation, content population, device checks and launch preparation.

  4. 04

    Launch and support

    A clean handover or ongoing managed care, agreed before the site goes live.

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About

Kieran Cripps

Kieran Cripps / Developer and director

The person answering the email is the person doing the work.

I run KieranCR Web Services through Critical Red Ltd, where I am a director. I enjoy the point where visual judgement and practical engineering meet: making something feel right, then making sure it keeps working.

I keep projects direct and understandable. If a simple static build is the right answer, that is what I will recommend. If the site needs an editor, an admin tool or managed hosting, I can handle that too.

Projects and GitHub Contact Kieran
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Useful answers

Before you enquire.

Can you handle the whole website?

Yes. A project can cover planning, design, development, launch, hosting and ongoing care. If you only need part of that, the scope can be smaller.

Can you take over an existing site?

Often. I will first review what is there and tell you whether it is sensible to improve and maintain it, or whether rebuilding would be the better use of your budget.

Will I be able to update the content?

If you need to, yes. I can provide a straightforward editing setup or a focused admin tool. A site that rarely changes may be better kept simpler.

What do you need from me to get started?

A rough description of the business or project, what the website needs to do, anything that already exists, and any deadline or budget range you are working with.

New website, redesign or managed care

Tell me what needs doing.

A short outline is enough. I will come back with useful questions and an honest view of the next step.

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