Cary Digital Design builds custom websites for small businesses, startups, and nonprofits. Every site comes with Inlay, our built-in editing layer, so your team can update content live — without a developer and without a confusing dashboard.
There's no dashboard to learn. When you sign in, your live site becomes your editor. Edit text in place, swap photos from your asset library, leave comments and notes for your team — and open Content in the dock to manage your menu, posts, and events.
the real editor · drafts live in the page and reset when you reload
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A custom website usually comes with a catch. Either you call a developer every time you need to fix a typo or swap a photo, or you wrestle with a separate admin area that looks nothing like your actual site. Neither one feels like editing your website — and both slow you down.
Inlay is the editing layer built into every site we make. There's no separate dashboard to log into. When you sign in, your live website becomes your editor. Click a headline, a paragraph, or a photo and change it right where it lives. What you see is exactly what your visitors will see. Read how we built it.
Click any headline, paragraph, photo, or button and change it right where it lives. Pull photos from a built-in asset library, crop them without leaving the page, and let the link picker list your own pages — so you never paste a broken URL.
Write in a full rich-text editor with cover images and inline media — publish now, or schedule it to go live later. No plugins, no second login.
Drop a comment pin anywhere, reply in threads, and resolve feedback — much like Figma. @-mention a teammate and they're taken straight to the exact comment. Leave private notes to flag a change for later, too. Visitors never see any of it.
A running feed of mentions, replies, and comments keeps your whole team in the loop on what's happening across the site. Click any alert to jump straight to the exact spot in Inlay.
File a work order for any change that needs a developer's hands — tracked right inside Inlay.
A new photo, a price change, a fixed typo — your team makes the edit in seconds, for free. No developer invoice, no waiting for an email back.
Change a menu, post an announcement, or pull a sold-out item the minute it happens — not next week when someone finally gets back to you.
One custom site built for your brand — not a rented template you wrestle with every month. You own it outright, and you can actually keep it current.
Inlay is built so your team can handle plenty on its own — everyday edits, new posts, fresh photos, all without a developer. But you're never on your own: we're glad to help manage your site in any capacity, from the occasional work order to ongoing, fully hands-off care. Do it all yourself, hand the whole thing to us, or land anywhere in between.
Every change saves as a draft first. Preview the page exactly as a visitor will see it — on desktop, tablet, or mobile — then publish. Nothing goes live by accident, and a counter always shows what's pending.
Inlay is visible only to the signed-in team members you invite, and every change is attributed to the person who made it. For visitors, the editing layer never even loads — so it can't slow your site down.
Drafts are shared, so anyone can pick up where a teammate left off and publish when it's ready. Every change is stamped with who made it and when — and your live site stays exactly as it is until someone hits Publish.
Small businesses, startups, and nonprofits who want a site that looks professional and stays easy to keep current. You get a custom website designed for your brand — plus the freedom to maintain it yourself.
We're a Cary studio working with small businesses, startups, and nonprofits across the Triangle. That means real conversations, meeting in person when it helps, and a partner who actually picks up the phone — not a faceless platform three time zones away.
A custom design built for your brand, with Inlay included from day one — the day your site launches is the day your team can start editing it.
Already have a website you like? We can bring Inlay to it, so your team can start editing on the page — on the site you already have. Feasibility depends on how your site is built; we confirm fit in a quick review first.
Yes — your site and everything in it are yours, outright. We host it for you on our own platform, built on Cloudflare's fast, secure global network, so it stays quick and online without you ever touching a server. You get the ownership of a custom site with none of the maintenance headaches.
In most cases, yes. Sites on platforms like Wix, WordPress, and Squarespace can be exported into a clean, raw website — and we build Inlay right into it, so your team can edit on the page from day one.
The one thing to watch: third-party connections and plugins — booking tools, online stores, custom integrations — can affect how involved the move is, and therefore the cost. We confirm exactly what's involved in a quick review before you commit to anything.
Projects typically start at $4k. The final number depends on the size of the site, how many pages you need, and any third-party integrations involved. Either way, you'll get a clear, itemized proposal in plain language before any work begins — no surprises.
Hosting is handled for you on our Cloudflare-backed platform — fast loading, strong security, and reliable uptime, with nothing for you to configure or babysit. You focus on your content in Inlay; we keep the infrastructure humming underneath.
Tell us about your project and we'll show you exactly how Inlay fits.