15 website updates you can ask AI to help with
From holiday hours to a new team member to retiring a service, here are fifteen everyday website updates with a ready-to-use request, what AI needs from you, and what to check.
By The Dance teamPublished 6 min read
The short answer: AI is most useful for website updates that are clear, factual and repeated: hours, prices, services, team changes, offers, new pages from your notes, and cleanup. Each one works best as an exact request that says what to change, where, and when. Give AI the facts, and check a preview before anything goes live. Below are fifteen updates with a request you can copy, what you need to provide, and what to check.
These requests work on an AI website platform like Dance, where the change happens on your site after you approve a preview. They also work with a general AI assistant if you then paste the result into your website yourself. The request is the same; who finishes the job is different.
How to write a request that works
- Say exactly what changes. "From $65 to $70", not "update the price".
- Say where. A page name, or "everywhere it appears".
- Say when. "Starting November 1", or "now".
- Give the facts. AI should never be guessing a price, a name or a date.
- Ask to see it first. "Show me a preview before publishing."
Facts and details
1. Change your opening hours
Change our Saturday hours to 9am–2pm everywhere they appear on the site, starting November 1. Leave the other days as they are. Show me a preview first.
You provide: the new hours and the start date. Check: footer, contact page, any banner, and that no other day changed.
2. Add holiday hours or a closure
Add a notice to the top of the homepage and the contact page: "Closed Thursday November 26 and Friday November 27 for Thanksgiving. Back Saturday at 9am." Remove it automatically after November 27 if possible, or remind me to.
You provide: exact dates and wording. Check: the dates and days of the week match, and you know how the notice will come down.
3. Update a price, or several
On the Services page, change the women's cut from $65 to $70 and the kids' cut from $30 to $35. Don't change any other prices. If these prices appear on any other page, change them there too and tell me where.
You provide: every old and new price. Check: each number, and that nothing else moved.
4. Change your phone number, email or address
Our phone number is changing to (312) 555-0148. Replace the old number, (312) 555-0199, everywhere on the site, including the header, footer, contact page and any "call us" buttons. Make sure the new number is tappable on phones.
You provide: the old and new details. Check: tap every number on your phone to make sure it dials correctly.
5. Update your service area
We now cover Evanston and Skokie in addition to Chicago. Add them to the service areas section and to the line at the top of the homepage. Don't create new pages for each town.
You provide: the exact areas. Check: spelling of place names, and that you really do serve all of them.
Offers and seasonal changes
6. Add a time-limited offer
Add this offer to the homepage, under the main heading: "New students: your first class is $10 through December 31." Link it to the Classes page. Show me how it looks on a phone.
You provide: the offer wording, the end date and any conditions. Check: conditions are stated, and the offer comes down when it ends.
7. Swap in a seasonal menu or product range
Replace the Summer menu section with our Fall menu. Here are the items, descriptions and prices: [paste]. Keep the same layout. Move the summer items off the site entirely.
You provide: every item, description and price. Check: allergens, prices and any items that shouldn't be there anymore.
8. Announce news
Add a short news item to the homepage: "We've moved! From January 5 you'll find us at [new address], two blocks north of our old spot." Update the address everywhere else on the site from January 5 too.
You provide: the news and its date. Check: that everything connected to the news (here, the address) also changes.
Pages and content
9. Add a team member
Add Priya Shah to the Team page, after Marco. Title: Senior Stylist. Use this bio exactly: [paste]. Use the attached photo. Match the style of the other team entries.
You provide: the name, title, bio and a photo they've agreed to. Check: the spelling of their name and that they're happy with the bio.
10. Remove a team member
Remove Jordan from the Team page and from anywhere else their name appears on the site. Don't add anyone in their place.
You provide: just the name. Check: other mentions, like "Book with Jordan" buttons or class schedules.
11. Create a page from your notes
Create a new page for our gutter cleaning service using only these notes: [paste]. Include who it's for, what's included, how pricing works and how to book. Don't invent prices or guarantees. Link it from the Services page. Show me a draft.
You provide: your notes, ideally with customers' real questions. Check: every fact. Our service page guide has a full review checklist.
12. Answer common questions on the site
Add a "Common questions" section to the bottom of the Classes page with these five questions and my rough answers: [paste]. Rewrite the answers clearly, keep every fact exactly as I wrote it, and keep each answer under 80 words.
You provide: real questions and your answers. Check: that the rewritten answers still say what you meant. See turning customer questions into pages.
Cleanup
13. Retire a service you no longer offer
We no longer offer roof repairs. Remove roof repairs from the Services page, the homepage list and the footer. If there's a dedicated roof repairs page, tell me before removing it so we can decide what to do with it.
You provide: the service name. Check: links to the old page. A removed page should send visitors somewhere sensible.
14. Find and fix out-of-date text
Go through every page and list anything that looks out of date: past dates, expired offers, old years, "coming soon" notes, or references to things we no longer do. Don't change anything. Just give me the list with page names.
You provide: nothing but the request, then your decisions about each item. Check: the list itself. AI can flag candidates, but only you know what's still true.
15. Tidy up confusing wording
Rewrite the first paragraph of our About page so it's clearer and shorter, under 60 words. Keep every fact. Don't add claims like "best" or "leading". Show me the old and new versions side by side.
You provide: any facts that must stay. Check: that no claim was added that you can't back up.
What not to ask AI to do on your website
- Invent reviews, testimonials or ratings. Use real ones, with permission.
- Fill in prices, policies or hours it doesn't know. Give it the facts.
- Write legal or medical claims. Guarantees, health benefits, licensing statements and your privacy policy need a qualified person.
- Publish without a preview. Even small changes deserve a quick look on your phone first.
- Every fact is one you provided.
- Nothing else changed that you didn't ask for.
- It looks right on a phone.
- Links, buttons and phone numbers work.
- Anything dated has a plan to come down.
About this article
Written by the team at Dance Technologies, Inc, which publishes this site and makes Dance. We mention Dance where it is a practical next step, and the advice works without it. Businesses in examples are hypothetical unless a source is named. How we write.
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