Things I Did

Recovered the site’s content

Because the live site was unreliable, I used the Wayback Machine to locate archived versions of the previous website. I recovered approximately 95% of the original content, including attorney bios, practice-area information, contact content and client forms.

I used that recovery work as the starting point for the new site. Rather than transferring pages exactly as they appeared before, I reviewed how the content was organized and decided which information needed a clearer place in the navigation or a simpler structure.

Chose Webflow for the rebuild

I researched CMS options and selected Webflow because it could support a polished, responsive website, allow the firm to manage content moving forward and be built within the project’s short timeframe.

This was one of my first substantial Webflow projects. I learned how its CMS collections, classes, layers and responsive controls affected the final site while building it. Starting from an existing structure helped me launch quickly, but I heavily customized it to fit the firm’s content, style and needs.

Reorganized high-priority information

I focused the navigation around the pages visitors were most likely to need: attorney bios, legal services, client forms and ways to contact the firm.

• Moved client intake forms out of the Practice Areas section and into their own primary navigation item so prospective clients could find them more easily.
• Combined the Family Law FAQs with the main Family Law page so visitors could find answers without moving between closely related pages.
• Moved supplementary Family Law content into the blog, keeping the primary practice-area page more focused and easier to scan.
• Simplified the main navigation to reduce competing links and give key visitor tasks a clearer path.

Refined the visual experience

I kept the firm’s existing style direction so the redesigned website would still feel familiar to returning clients. I refined the font choices to better match the firm’s tone and reduced visual clutter on the homepage so the most important information and actions stood out.

I initially used stock imagery to meet the launch timeline, then replaced it with updated attorney headshots once the client provided them. This gave the final site a more personal and credible feel while allowing the firm to launch quickly.

Improved calls to action

I reviewed the homepage and key pages to make next steps more visible for visitors who wanted to contact the firm or begin an intake form. The goal was to reduce the amount of searching someone needed to do before taking action.

Continued refining the site after launch

The site launched on time, but I continued revisiting parts of the build after launch. The most challenging area was responsive behavior: Webflow’s classes, nested elements, layout rules, and size settings could create unintended results at different screen widths.

I spent time correcting those issues and learning how to build more consistent responsive layouts. I am also continuing to learn how CMS fields populate different components so future updates are easier to manage and remain consistent.

Below is a screenshot of the previous instance of the website. To see an interactive version of the other pages of the old website, visit the WayBack Machine.