David ZataraEngineerData scientistProduct builder
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Case study

Hope for Americans

hopeforamericans.net

Open Hope for Americans

Say what's going on. Get one website and one first step.Free websites for faith, family and local help all sit behind one front door.

Pick the sentence that fits

  • “I have a new baby.”Mama Shepherd answers your questions from pregnancy on.
  • “My child thinks or learns differently.”MOEx guides parents of neurodivergent kids.
  • “I need food, housing or bill help.”Shepherd Flagstaff lists local help in one place.
  • “I want to read the Bible.”Free Scripture tells the Bible in short scenes.

The real problem

Each free website was built for a different need: family, mental health, local help, learning and faith. As the list grew, visitors arrived with no idea which one was theirs, and a page of logos did not help them choose.

The insightNobody is looking for a website by name. They're looking for the sentence that sounds like their day.

What was built

  1. Sorted every website into groups by need, so people look for what they need, not for a name they have never heard.
  2. Built a "help me choose" guide. A visitor picks the sentence that fits them and gets one website and one first step.
  3. Gave every website the same row layout: what it does, a first step, and one button to open it.
  4. Made one shared set of colors, type and page parts that every site in the group can reuse.

How it's built

  • Everything that changes lives in one file. Add one entry, and the tile, its page, the sitemap, the structured data and the FAQ schema all update on their own.
  • It is built with Next.js 15 and strict TypeScript. Pages are static, and the only code that runs in the browser is the text-size control and the shelf index.
  • The build stops if an internal link or a page's meta tags break, so a renamed page never goes live half-connected.

What changed

The resultNow there is one clear front door. Each visitor sees one website and one first step instead of a long list of choices.
Who it's for
Anyone looking for a free website for faith, family or local help.
Cost
Free to use

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