Site rescue
Rebuild your old website. Keep what's good.
Give us the address of your existing site. We read its pages, words, photographs and contact details, and rebuild it on ThemeSmith, in a design you approve, on your own domain. Your blog posts and forms come across with it. You see your new home page first, and nothing else is built until you've said yes.
£15 a page, paid once. £29 a month after a free first month.
£29 a month, and it stays £29 for as long as you're with us. New customers from 1 April 2027 pay £39.
The monthly fee covers around thirty small edits by message: a word, an opening time, a price or a photo. No contract and no setup fee; cancel from your account.
What does a rescued website look like?
Three pages from Victory Consulting, a defence consultancy in Worthing. The old site is on the left, the rescued one on the right. Same firm, same services, same contact details, in a design the firm approved.
Before
After
The home page. The old site as found; the rescued site as a desktop visitor sees it on the firm's own domain.
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After
The capabilities page. The firm's services, carried across into the new design.
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After
The contact page. The template's form, replaced by one whose enquiries are emailed to the firm.
Victory Consulting
The old site was a stock template: the firm's words sat on a photograph, and the form was the template's own. The rescue kept the words and the services and gave them a design built for the firm, on the domain it already had. Read the Victory Consulting case study →
How does a website rescue work?
Eight steps, in this order. Once you've paid, it is the same journey as a new ThemeSmith site, starting from what your old site already says.
- 1
Give us the address, see your pages by name.
On the quote page, give us your old site’s address. We find its pages, show them to you by name and give you one price: £15 each, the same as adding a page to any ThemeSmith site. Hosting is free for the first month.
- 2
We read your old site.
Once you’ve paid, we read the pages, the words, the photographs and your contact details, and bring your blog posts and forms across with them.
- 3
Choose a design direction.
Two or three directions come back, each built around what your site already says. You pick one.
- 4
Your home page, in about twenty minutes.
Built in the direction you chose, with your words and your photographs in it.
- 5
Approve it, or ask for changes.
Nothing else is built until you approve your home page. Before you do, up to five changes and one complete rethink are included in the price.
- 6
The rest of your pages follow.
Built to match the home page you approved, about ten minutes later.
- 7
It goes live on your own domain.
Connect the domain your old site uses, or buy one from your dashboard; each name shows its yearly price. Quality checks run before anything goes live.
- 8
After launch, changes are a message.
Ask in your dashboard or on WhatsApp: new hours, a price, a photo. We make the change and put it live. Business covers around thirty small edits a month, with no separate bill for them.
The pages and their journey are the same as for a new site; the difference is that you don't start from a blank chat. The full journey is on How it works →.
What do we keep, and what do we replace?
Most old websites aren't wrong, they're tired. The words are yours, the photographs are of the real place, and customers know the address. What stops working is the wrapper: a layout that doesn't fit a phone, a form that sends to a mailbox nobody reads, a certificate that lapsed. We keep the first list and replace the second.
What we keep
Your work, as it is.
- Your words. The pages you wrote, in your voice.
- Your photographs. Of your shop, your work, your people.
- Your pages. Each one you choose to rescue, £15 apiece.
- Your contact details. Address, phone, email, hours.
- Your blog posts. Included; never priced per post.
- Your forms. Included, wired to reach your email.
- Your domain. Connect the one your old site uses.
What we replace
The wrapper around your work.
- The design. Two or three directions; you approve the home page before anything else is built.
- The layout. Built for phones as well as desktops.
- The hosting. Our global network, with SSL (the padlock in the address bar) and a web application firewall.
- The safety net. A restore point before every publish from your editor.
- The form's plumbing. Enquiries are always emailed to you.
- The checks. Quality checks before anything goes live.
- The way you make changes. A message in your dashboard or on WhatsApp.
How much does it cost to rebuild an old website?
£15 for each page we rescue, paid once when you start. Every page is £15, including the first. The quote page lists your pages by name and adds up the total in front of you.
After that it is hosted like any ThemeSmith site: free for the first month, then £29 a month on Business. No contract and no setup fee; cancel from your account.
| What you pay for | Price |
|---|---|
| Each page we rescuePaid once, when you start. | £15 |
| Blog postsEvery post comes across; never priced per post. | Included |
| FormsCarried across and wired to your email. | Included |
| Hosting, first month | Free |
| Hosting after that, on BusinessUp to three sites, with around thirty small edits a month by message. No contract. | £29 a month |
| Small edits after launchA word, an opening time, a price or a photo. Covered by your monthly plan. | Included |
| Adding a page laterPlus a few credits to plan it with you by message. | £15 |
Your plan is counted in credits: Business includes 500 a month, a small edit uses about 15, and what you don't use rolls over. If you want more, top-ups start at £12 for 125 and never expire. You get 30 days' notice of any price change, and existing customers keep their price.
The plan includes hosting on our global network, SSL, a web application firewall, a restore point before every publish from your editor, your own domain connected, enquiry forms that reach you, quality checks before anything goes live, and email support. Prices for new sites are on Pricing →.
Questions people ask before a rescue
The answers are the mechanism, not a promise. If yours isn't here, message us on WhatsApp ↗.
- How much does it cost to rebuild my old website?
- £15 for each page we rescue, paid once when you start. Blog posts and forms come across included. Hosting is free for the first month, then the Business plan; its monthly price is on the pricing page.
- Do you keep my words and photographs?
- Yes. We read your existing pages and bring the words, photographs and contact details across. The design around them is new, and you approve it before anything else is built.
- Do my blog posts come across?
- Yes, included in the price. We never charge per post. Your forms come across too, wired to reach your email.
- Can I keep my domain?
- Yes. Connect the domain your old site uses from your dashboard and the rescued site goes live on it. If you'd rather start fresh, buy a new one there; each name shows its yearly price before you pay.
- What happens to my old site?
- We only read it, so it stays with your current host, unchanged. When you connect your domain to the rescued site, visitors see the new one.
- What if I don't like the design?
- Nothing else is built until you approve your home page. Before you do, ask for up to five changes and one complete rethink, all included in the price.
- How long does a rescue take?
- Once you've paid, the same as a new site: your home page in about twenty minutes, and the rest of your pages about ten minutes after you approve it, plus however long you take to choose a direction and approve.
- Can I change things after it's live?
- Yes, by message in your dashboard or on WhatsApp: new hours, a price, a photo. We make the change and put it live. Business covers around thirty small edits a month. Adding a page later is £15.
- Does changing my hours or a photo cost extra?
- There is no separate bill for it. Small edits come out of your monthly plan: Business covers around thirty a month, and what you don't use rolls over. Behind the scenes the plan is counted in credits, 500 a month on Business, with a small edit using about 15.
- Is there anything to pay beyond the monthly plan?
- Only things you choose. Adding a page later is £15. If you want more changes than your plan covers, top-ups start at £12 for 125 credits and never expire. There is no contract and no setup fee, you get 30 days' notice of any price change, and existing customers keep their price.
Keep what's good. Rebuild the rest.
Choose how many pages to rescue and give us the address of your site. Your home page comes back for approval, and nothing else is built until you've approved it.
£15 a page, paid once. First month's hosting free, then the Business plan. No contract; cancel from your account.