About Control X
Control X Digital is an independent web design and digital consultancy run by Richard Cross.
Website Insights
Practical notes, advice, and observations from years of designing, building, supporting, and maintaining websites.
Recent Articles
A selection of recent articles covering websites, digital publishing, hosting, SEO, creative projects, and online visibility.
Arts & Culture Charity & Non-Profit Community Design & Interiors Education & Reference Environment & Ecology Events & Venues Festival & Events Financial & Energy Services Food & Drink Health & Social Care Health & Wellbeing Industry & Technical Publishing Music & Performing Arts Outdoor & Lifestyle Publishing Retail & E-commerce Sport & Leisure Trades & Construction Travel & Hospitality
Recent Work
Humankind
Launched:
Humankind is a new humanist organisation offering meaningful, inclusive rituals to mark lifeโs key moments. I developed their WordPress site, integrating an events calendar and connecting the site with Brevo to manage membership and email communications.ย The result is a clear, accessible site that supports their mission and growing community.
Sector: Community
What Lies Beneath
Launched:
Layering traditional landscape photography with aerial views captured at the same location reveals hidden narratives in the Scottish landscape. To support this personal project, I built a custom WordPress site featuring a responsive image slider which allows visitors to explore What Lies Beneath.

Summerhall Arts
Launched:
Born from the restructuring of one of Edinburghโs best-known cultural venues, Summerhall Arts needed a fresh startโand a functional websiteโon a limited budget. I worked with the team to develop a new WordPress site with event listings, replacing the old Summerhall site which I’d managed for 12 years. The result is a lightweight site that…

Midlothian Community Action
Launched:
Following a rebrand that unified three strands of the organisation, MCA needed a fresh website to reflect their new identity. Working to a deadline to deliver a clean, accessible site built on WordPress in a way which makes it easy for staff to update content and for visitors to find the support they need.

Engelhart
Launched:
Following their acquisition of Trailstone, Engelhart needed a modern, accessible site to reflect their expanded capabilities in energy asset management and renewables. Working closely with their designer, I built a fast, standards-compliant WordPress site with a focus on technical performance, accessibility, and SEO.
Sector: Financial & Energy Services
Web Design and Development
Custom websites designed for performance, usability, and long-term maintainability. Built for businesses, organisations, galleries, and creative projects.
WordPress Hosting
Managed WordPress hosting with monitoring, backups, security updates, and proactive maintenance to help keep websites secure and running smoothly.
WordPress Support
Ongoing support covering troubleshooting, updates, training, advice, and technical assistance when you need it.











