About Us

CodeCrane exists for one reason: building a proper website from scratch takes too long, and hiring a developer to build one from a blank page costs too much. We build the whole thing once, to a high standard, and let you take it away and make it yours.

What we do

Every product in our shop is a website unit — a complete, working website for a specific type of business (an estate agency, a sports club, a hair and beauty salon, a dating platform, a news aggregator, a mutual home exchange service, and more) built with PHP, MySQL, and a modern responsive design. Each one includes everything needed to run it: the full source code, a database schema, an installer script, and setup documentation.

You get it one of two ways:

  • Self-install — download the zip fileset and schema.sql, upload it to your own hosting via cPanel or FTP, run the installer, and you're live.
  • Install Service — tell us your hosting details and we install and configure it for you, so you never have to touch a terminal.

Why a website unit instead of a template?

A theme gives you a look. A website unit gives you a working system — products, bookings, listings, members, whatever the business needs — already wired up to a real database, with an admin area to manage it day to day. You're not starting with a blank page and a design; you're starting with a business that already runs.

Who we build for

Small business owners who need to be live this month, not next quarter. Agencies and freelancers who want a solid, professional starting point they can customise and re-skin for clients. Anyone who would rather spend their budget on marketing and stock than on redeveloping a booking system that's already been built a hundred times before.

Our standards

Every website unit we sell is built the same way we'd build it for ourselves: clean, documented code, a proper database structure, responsive design that works on a phone as well as a desktop, and an installer that does the boring setup work for you. We test the install flow before anything goes on sale.

Get in touch

Got a question about a specific website unit, need help choosing the right one, or want to ask about a custom build? Contact us — we read every message ourselves.

Testimonials

What Our Customers Say

“We went from a static one-page site to a full listings platform in about a week, including the time it took me to add our first batch of properties. The install service handled everything on our cPanel hosting — I never had to touch a config file.”

Sarah Whitfield Coastal Nest Estate Agents

“Self-installed the dating platform unit on a VPS rather than cPanel and it went smoothly — the installer's server check caught a missing PHP extension before it became a problem. Took a bit of extra time to get PayPal fully configured through admin, but support pointed me in the right direction quickly.”

Daniel Foster Founder, independent launch

“Online bookings alone paid for the website unit within the first month — clients book outside our opening hours now instead of leaving voicemails. It also looks genuinely professional on mobile, which is where most of our bookings come from.”

Priya Anand Bloom Hair & Beauty

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