Built by someone who uses what they build.
Juhriah Web Solutions is a Columbus, Ohio web development business. Every site in the portfolio is a real production site — not a demo, not a mockup.
Who I Am
I’m Juhriah Smith, a Columbus-based web developer. I’ve been living on Linux servers since 2009 — standing up Apache for self-hosted webpages and running my own music and movie servers — and building for the web ever since: sites for local bands, promo pages and marketing for shows, and a stretch with a production company where the website was part of every event.
Over the years the work evolved from basic sites into complex systems — multi-domain SEO funnels, lead scoring, full business platforms. iSpec LLC, a Columbus general contracting company, is the flagship customer for that heavier work: a lead-generating main site, funnel domains that rank for local searches, and an estimating platform behind it all. What works for a Columbus contractor works for most local service businesses.
I build on Bootstrap 5, PHP with CodeIgniter 4, and — where an app needs a richer interface — Vue 3 with Node.js/Express behind it, bundled with Vite. No page builders. No WordPress unless a client specifically needs it. Hand-coded, deployed to cPanel, and built to last without monthly plugin updates breaking things.
Columbus is home base — but websites and hosting don’t stop at the city limits. If you’re a small business that needs a site that actually generates leads — not just looks good in a browser — that’s what I build, wherever you are.
How I Work
A few things I believe about web development that shape how every project gets built.
Sites should generate leads, not just exist
A site without a lead capture system is a brochure. Every site I build has a working contact form, a PHP handler, and at minimum a basic scoring system so you know which inquiries are worth prioritizing.
Local SEO is a multi-domain game
One site rarely dominates all the search terms that matter. A main site plus two or three funnel domains targeting specific queries can capture far more search intent than any single domain.
Hand-coded beats templated every time
WordPress plugins slow sites down, break on updates, and bloat the codebase. Bootstrap + PHP loads fast, runs clean, and you control everything. I’ll use WordPress if a client truly needs it, but it’s never the default.
The right tool, not the loudest one
A five-page brochure site doesn’t need a build pipeline, and an estimating tool shouldn’t be a pile of PHP includes. Static Bootstrap where it fits, CodeIgniter where structure earns it, Vue 3 + Node with Vite where the interface is the product.
iSpec LLC
iSpec LLC — a Columbus general contracting company founded in 2016 — is the customer that pushed this work from basic web dev into complex systems. iSpec is MBE certified and licensed under Columbus HIC #HIC02450.
The iSpec site ecosystem — main site plus six sister domains — is the largest body of work in the portfolio. All of the sites are live, indexed by Google, and generating real leads through the same PHP scoring and routing system.
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Columbus-based, responsive, and direct. Tell me what you need and I’ll tell you if I can build it.
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