A professional Joomla website,
designed by AI — from £550 +VAT
Business owners deserve a website that looks like it cost thousands — without the wait, the meetings, and the price tag. Webal combines Claude AI's coding intelligence with Joomla CMS to deliver production-ready sites at a fraction of traditional agency cost. Here is exactly what you get, how it works, and what it costs.
What exactly is an AI Starter Site?
Plain English — no jargon. Here is what you are buying and why it is fundamentally different to having a developer build a site the old way.
A real, working website — not a template
Your site is built on Joomla CMS — the same platform trusted by NASA, Harvard, and the UN. Every design is generated specifically for you using your brand colours, your content, and your goals. No template shopping. No "close enough".
Designed by AI, guided by us
Claude AI — Anthropic's most capable coding and design model — builds the site under our direction. We write the brief, review every output, and shape the design with years of web industry experience. The AI does the heavy lifting. We make sure it's right.
Joomla: you stay in control
Once built, you edit your own content without touching code. Joomla's CMS gives you an admin panel where you change text, swap images, add pages, and manage your site yourself — or we do it for you. No monthly lock-in to a builder that owns your content.
Fast — genuinely fast
Traditional web design projects run for weeks or months. Our AI pipeline collapses that. You can see a design preview before committing to the full build, and the full build follows quickly after approval. Speed is built into the process by design.
You get a unique, professional Joomla website designed by AI under expert guidance, delivered fast, and priced honestly — from £550 +VAT all in for a complete starter build.
What Claude AI brings to your website
Claude is not a chatbot that writes a few paragraphs of copy. It is a reasoning AI with deep expertise in code, design systems, and structured problem-solving — and it is what powers every site we build.
Reasons like a senior developer
Claude holds your entire project in mind simultaneously — brand guidelines, page structure, component logic, and CSS architecture — without losing consistency. It is like having a full-stack developer who never forgets anything and never gets tired.
Pixel-precise output
When we describe a layout — hero section, card grid, navigation behaviour, hover effects — Claude produces clean, production-quality code. Not scrappy prototype code. Deployed code that passes modern browser standards.
Iterates instantly
Asked to change the colour palette, swap a font, restructure a page section, or add an animation? Done in minutes. The AI does not need to redraw from scratch — it understands context and applies changes surgically, without breaking what works.
From brief to live site — how it actually works
Five clear stages. No surprises. You see a real design before you commit to the full build.
You give us your brief
Tell us about your business — what you do, who you serve, what pages you need, and any brand materials you have (logo, colours, photos). A short call or email exchange is all it takes. We handle the rest.
We generate your AI Design Preview — £30 +VAT
Before you commit to a penny more, you see a real, scrollable HTML preview of your homepage — designed by Claude AI using your brief. This is not a wireframe or a mood board. It is a working design in the browser. This preview costs £30 per project. If you want to try a completely different direction, a new preview for the same amount. The £30 is credited towards your full build if you proceed.
You review and we refine — £10 per additional round
Happy with the direction but want to tweak things? Each subsequent review round for the same project costs just £10. Swap the colour scheme, adjust the layout, change the hero text — Claude iterates fast, so rounds are quick. Most projects need one or two rounds before the client is fully happy.
We build the full Joomla site — from £550 +VAT
Once the design is approved, we build the complete Joomla CMS installation — all your pages, content, navigation, contact forms, and the installable Gantry 5 theme. You receive a fully functional website ready for hosting and content updates.
You go live — you own everything
We deliver all files. You host it wherever you like — or use our hosting service. You get the Joomla admin panel, the theme files, and full ownership of your website with zero ongoing licence fees to us.
Exactly what everything costs
No hidden extras, no surprise invoices. Everything is fixed-price before work begins. Here is the full picture.
AI Design Preview
+VAT · per new project
See a real, scrollable homepage design before committing to the full build. New direction? New project? It is £30 to tool up for that job from scratch.
- Full homepage design in the browser
- Brand colours & typography applied
- Credited to full build if you proceed
- Usually delivered within 1–2 working days
Design Revision Round
+VAT · same project only
Already have your preview and want to refine the direction? Each additional review round for the same project is just £10. Change the palette, restructure a section, swap a font.
- Applied to your existing preview design
- Fast turnaround — AI iterates same day
- Unlimited rounds available
- Most clients need 1–2 rounds max
Complete Joomla CMS Site
+VAT · preview cost credited
Everything you need to launch. Approved design built into a fully functional Joomla 5 + Gantry 5 website, ready for your hosting, your content, and your customers.
- Full Joomla 5 CMS installation
- Gantry 5 theme from your approved design
- All pages built (up to 8 pages)
- Contact form · Navigation · Footer
- Self-managed via Joomla admin panel
- You own every file — no lock-in
Your £30 preview fee is not a separate charge — it is deducted from the £550 build cost. So the total spend for a preview plus full build is £550 +VAT, not £580. The preview is the first stage of the build, not an add-on.
Why business owners choose us
There are plenty of web designers and plenty of AI tools. What there is not plenty of is deep Joomla expertise combined with AI-native production speed. That combination is rare — and it is what we offer.
What's included in the £550 build
No vague "a website" promises. Here is the definitive list of what comes with every AI Starter Site.
Up to 8 pages
Homepage, About, Services, Contact, and up to four additional pages of your choice. Each page built to the same standard as the approved design.
Custom Gantry 5 theme
An installable Gantry 5 theme file built specifically around your approved design — not a purchased theme with your logo dropped in. Completely unique to your brand.
Contact form
A working contact form that sends enquiries directly to your inbox. Built with Joomla's native form handling — no third-party subscription required.
On-page SEO foundations
Page titles, meta descriptions, heading structure, and clean semantic HTML baked in from the start. A solid base that a dedicated SEO campaign can build on.
Responsive layout
Gantry 5's responsive framework handles mobile, tablet, and desktop layouts automatically. Every site is mobile-friendly without extra effort or extra cost.
Full file delivery
You receive every file — Joomla installation, theme, media, and documentation. Not a link to a hosted version we control. Your site, your files, your hosting choice.
Businesses that get the most from this
AI Starter Sites are not for every situation — but for the right business, they are unbeatable value. Here is where they shine.
Need a full ecommerce store, a complex membership portal, or something bespoke? Webal handles those too — we have been building advanced Joomla solutions since 2019. Get in touch and we will give you an honest assessment of what your project needs and what it will cost, before any work starts.
See your website design before you commit
Get your AI Design Preview for £30 +VAT. A real, scrollable design — not a wireframe. Credited to your full build. No risk, no contract, no obligation to continue.
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