Tessel
A website template for a small digital agency selling brand, web, marketing and apps under one roof
Tessel is built for small design, web and marketing agencies: the home page states the offer, lists the four services as numbered rows, shows four projects in a staggered grid, introduces the team and closes on a review and a call to action.
Who Tessel is for
Built for these, and tested against them.
- Small digital agency selling brand, web, marketing and apps under one roof
- Branding and web design studio with a handful of case studies
- Web development studio that wants to show projects and a team
- Marketing agency with a small in-house team
- App design and development studio
- Creative studio that wants a bright, friendly agency site rather than a dark brochure
What’s included
Everything below ships with the template, already filled in.
- Pages
- 5 pages, written and laid out
- Grows with you
- 4 project entries at /work/ — add one and its index and detail page both update
- Enquiries
- A working form — messages land in your Sitelas inbox
- Type
- Merriweather and Inter · light theme
- Everywhere
- Built and checked at phone, tablet and desktop widths
- Yours to change
- Every colour, word and photograph — in the editor or by asking an AI agent
About This Template
A studio site that shows the work and asks for the call
One signature, every page
Every page opens on a navy, grid-lined hero whose photograph, card grid or contact form overhangs into the sage band beneath it, so the site reads as one family from the first page to the last.
Projects are a collection
Add a project and it appears on the home grid, the Work page and its own detail page, with client, services, year, a short story and an optional outcome box.
When to pick something else
Tessel is the wrong template for these. Where there is a better one, it is linked.
- Creative agency wanting a dark, dramatic brochure — try Flagship
- Agency whose buyer wants dated engagements with named clients and results — try Daybook
- Brand identity studio bought purely on imagery and mood — try Obsidian
- Solo freelancer or agency-of-one — try Park or Dossier
- SaaS or developer product marketing site — try Nimbus, Slate or Reed
- Ecommerce
Free to use · No credit card required
- 1Opens in the editor with the starter content in place
- 2Change the words and pictures to yours
- 3Publish to a sitelas.com address, or your own domain
Key Highlights
Questions about Tessel
Can I change how Tessel looks?
All of it. Colours, type, spacing, photographs and every word are yours to edit — in the visual editor, or by asking an AI agent to do it for you. Nothing is locked.
Do I need to know how to code to use Tessel?
No. You edit the page by clicking the thing you want to change. There is no code to write and nothing to install.
Can I add more project entries later?
Yes — that is what the project collection is for. Adding one from the editor creates its own page at /work/ and updates the index automatically. You are not editing a list by hand.
What does Tessel cost?
Nothing to start, and there is no trial clock. A free site runs on a sitelas.com address; Pro is $16 a month per site (or $160 a year) when you want your own domain, analytics and more room.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, on Pro. Point your domain at the site and SSL is issued automatically — there is no certificate to buy or renew.
Make Tessel yours
It opens in the editor with every page already written. Change what you want, publish when it reads like you.
Free to use · No credit card required
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