Every one of our portfolio pieces has a story. This one started with a domain that wasn’t really under the client’s control.
For well over twenty years, the practice’s web presence lived in an old hosting-and-DNS setup. Getting that sorted meant more than a DNS tweak; it meant recovering ownership, moving to a modern registrar and hosting stack, and only then shipping a site that matched our client's vision for their practice.
That migration was the foundation while the design encompasses everything that sits on top.
What we built
The new site is a multi-page experience built with React and client-side routing -- fast to navigate, easy to maintain, and structured around what patients actually look for at-a-glance: who the doctor is, what’s treated, how care works, and how to get in touch.
Visually, the goal was warm but professional. The layout leans on a restrained palette -- deep burgundy accents, warm neutrals, serif display type for headings and a clean sans for body copy. We wanted to lean into that local, trusted practice feeling while still making the site clean and easy to browse.
Content is organized into clear sections rather than one endless scroll: services and treatment approach, conditions and warning signs, patient education with filterable topics, downloadable intake forms, and a lighter scrapbook section for community and personality. The home page ties it together with hero messaging, announcements, and a contact block that puts appointment requests and map embeds in one place.
Small details matter for polish: scroll-triggered fade-ins keep the page feeling alive without being too animated, and the navigation and footer stay consistent so every route feels like part of the same brand.
Under the hood
On the technical side, the stack is deliberately straightforward: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript for something that will still make sense when we open the repo again to make additions or changes of any shape and size. Styling uses a small set of brand tokens so colors and typography stay consistent and evergreen. The goal was always to make the client request-to-deployment pipeline as seamless as possible.
What Monstera is taking away
Domain and DNS management are part of the deliverable. A beautiful build doesn’t help anyone if the URL is hostage to a defunct workflow. Getting the client onto a modernized, no-strings-attached setup that can be updated at the drop of a hat is part of what we do best at Monstera.
And that Migration projects are portfolio-worthy. They can be messier than greenfield work, but they’re also where you prove you can see a project through -- from registrar support emails to production.