Surprisingly Capable for a Low-Cost Website Service — SimpleTastes
At AEDI, we offer two types of website design services.
The first is our full-order web design service, where we carefully listen to our clients’ needs and create completely original websites from scratch — fully designed and developed to match your vision.
The second is SimpleTastes, a sub-brand of AEDI and a sister brand to our web design services.
SimpleTastes – Affordable Website Creation Service ↗︎
With the tagline:
“More accessible. Higher quality. Websites that perfectly fit the needs of businesses and organizations,”
SimpleTastes offers solutions that meet the needs of a wide range of clients — from sole proprietors to small and mid-sized companies and organizations. The service lineup includes:
- ST Base ↗︎: a versatile website creation service suitable for various industries and business types
- ST Shrine ↗︎: a specialized website design service tailored for Shinto shrines and related organizations
But SimpleTastes isn’t just about being affordable.
It’s also high-quality, and while it may not boast “high-end” features, it delivers a surprisingly complete set of essential functions — more than you might expect from a low-cost solution.
In this article, we introduce a full list of these features.
Each service offers two design themes, and we’ve included demo site links below so you can see them in action.
Personas for SimpleTastes
Features & Themes of ST Base
| Page / Theme | Details |
|---|---|
| Theme | Available themes: “ST Base Top” and “ST Base Side” |
| Common Settings Page | Site title setting |
| Site subtitle setting | |
| Logo image upload | |
| Footer location / address setting | |
| Footer phone number setting | |
| Footer copyright text setting | |
| Footer Instagram URL setting | |
| Footer X (formerly Twitter) URL setting | |
| GA4 (Google Analytics 4) ID setting | |
| Facebook OGP image upload | |
| Facebook App ID (fb:app_id) setting | |
| Top Page Settings | Top page layout (drag-and-drop layout control) enabled |
| Image slider included | |
| Multiple slider images uploadable | |
| Slider effects (crossfade / zoom-in crossfade / zoom-out crossfade) configurable | |
| Catchphrase (text) display above slider image if logo is not used | |
| Shadow effect for catchphrase (text) above slider: show/hide setting | |
| Logo image display above slider (if catchphrase not used) | |
| Alt text setting for logo image above slider | |
| Show/hide setting for news section on top page | |
| Show/hide setting for blog section on top page | |
| Content thumbnails (wide): multiple entries with page title, URL, image, summary, excerpt, and title shadow setting | |
| Content thumbnails (half): multiple entries with page title, URL, image, summary, excerpt, and title shadow setting | |
| Overlay title on thumbnail image or display at bottom-left of image: configurable | |
| About Page Settings | Greeting section heading setting |
| Representative greeting text setting | |
| Job title + representative name setting | |
| Representative image upload | |
| Company profile heading setting | |
| Company profile image + alt text setting | |
| Multiple company profile items and descriptions | |
| Map section heading setting | |
| Map info (address, phone number, etc.) setting | |
| Multiple Google Maps registrations | |
| History heading setting | |
| History image upload | |
| History image alt text setting | |
| Multiple entries for year/month and event description | |
| Service Page Settings | Multiple service/product names, images, descriptions, and URL (link) registrations |
| News Page Settings | Category feature included |
| No-thumbnail layout setting (also reflected on top page) | |
| Blog Page Settings | Category and tag features included |
| No-thumbnail layout setting (also reflected on top page) | |
| FAQ Page Settings | Introductory text setting |
| Multiple questions and answers registrable | |
| Contact Page Settings | Introductory text setting |
| Site subtitle setting | |
| Site title setting | |
| Operating company setting | |
| Address setting | |
| Phone number setting | |
| Reception hours setting | |
| Contact form included | |
| Inquiry category options setting | |
| Privacy Policy Page | Template available |
| Terms of Use Page | Template available |
| Other Settings | Top images (page title backgrounds) for all pages including category/tag archives (excluding top page) |
| Title (text) shadow: show/hide setting | |
| Hierarchical menu setting (automatically linked with Global Menu, Mobile Menu, Footer Menu) Note: Footer menu is displayed only on the first level | |
| Search function included | |
| Category badge text color setting | |
| Category badge background color setting |
Features & Themes of ST Shrine
| Page / Theme | Details |
|---|---|
| Theme | Available themes: “ST Shrine Top” and “ST Shrine Side” |
| Common Settings Page | Site title setting |
| Site subtitle setting | |
| Logo image upload | |
| Footer location / address setting | |
| Footer phone number setting | |
| Footer copyright text setting | |
| Footer Instagram URL setting | |
| Footer X (formerly Twitter) URL setting | |
| GA4 (Google Analytics 4) ID setting | |
| Facebook OGP image upload | |
| Facebook App ID (fb:app_id) setting | |
| Top Page Settings | Top page layout (drag-and-drop layout control) enabled |
| Image slider included | |
| Multiple slider images uploadable | |
| Slider effects (crossfade / zoom-in crossfade / zoom-out crossfade) configurable | |
| Catchphrase (text) above slider image if no logo used | |
| Shadow for catchphrase (text) above slider: show/hide setting | |
| Logo image above slider (if no catchphrase used) | |
| Alt text for logo image above slider | |
| Top page news section: show/hide setting | |
| Top page blog section: show/hide setting | |
| Content thumbnails (wide): multiple entries with title, URL, image, summary, excerpt, title shadow setting | |
| Content thumbnails (half): multiple entries with title, URL, image, summary, excerpt, title shadow setting | |
| Overlay title on image or show at bottom-left: configurable | |
| About Page Settings | Section heading setting |
| YouTube URL setting | |
| Direct video upload | |
| Image + alt text setting | |
| Text content setting | |
| Layout A (image: left / text: right) | |
| Layout B (text: left / image: right) | |
| News Page Settings | Category feature included |
| No-thumbnail layout setting (also shown on top page) | |
| Blog Page Settings | Category and tag features included |
| No-thumbnail layout setting (also shown on top page) | |
| Worship & Prayer Page | Worship section heading setting |
| Worship image upload | |
| Worship overview (with visual/text editor) setting | |
| Prayer section heading setting | |
| Multiple prayers with name, image, and overview | |
| Annual Events Page | Introductory text setting |
| Multiple events with date, name, image, and overview | |
| Access Page Settings | Introductory text setting |
| Multiple locations with name, address, phone number, Google Map | |
| Multiple transport options with title and description | |
| FAQ Page Settings | Introductory text setting |
| Multiple questions and answers | |
| Contact Page Settings | Introductory text setting |
| Site subtitle setting | |
| Site title setting | |
| Operating company setting | |
| Address setting | |
| Phone number setting | |
| Reception hours setting | |
| Contact form included | |
| Inquiry category options setting | |
| Privacy Policy Page | Template available |
| Terms of Use Page | Template available |
| Other Settings | Top images (page title backgrounds) for all pages including archive pages (excluding top page) |
| Title (text) shadow: show/hide setting | |
| Hierarchical menu setting (automatically linked with Global Menu, Mobile Menu, Footer Menu) Note: Footer menu is displayed only on the first level | |
| Search function included | |
| Category badge text color setting | |
| Category badge background color setting |
You might be surprised at how many features are included.
Many of these were added after SimpleTastes was first launched, as we continued improving the service based on client feedback.
We will continue to add new features and fix any bugs to keep the platform evolving and up to date.
For more details, please visit the SimpleTastes official site.
If you have any questions, you are welcome to reach out via the SimpleTastes contact page or the main website’s contact page.
Note: SimpleTastes is currently available in Japanese only, but can optionally be developed as a multilingual website with Japanese as the base language.
