The Web Development Process
Although the design and developement process may differ slightly from site to site, the following points outline common steps in most web design projects.
01. Discuss web site goals
Identifying your online goals early can help increase revenue and decrease costs. Some common goals for web sites include:
- encourage online, sales leads, product sales or opt-ins
- service and facilitate existing customer base
- educate and enlighten customers
- provide product support
- expand customer base
- minimise brochure printings
- reduce mailing expenditure
People going nowhere always get there. A clear understanding of your web site goals are will reduce development time and get you to where you want to be quicker.
02. Identify Users and their Goals
Identify the different groups of people who will use your website, evaluate their needs and what they want to achieve on your website .
- Identify the different groups of users who will visit your website
- Determine what each of these groups wants to achieve on your website
03 Determining site structure and content priority
With user goals established, determining which content should be given priority is easily identified and assembled into a logical structure that:
- Helps visitors achieve their goals in the minimum number of clicks
- Steer them towards completing the goal or call to action you have set out for them
04. Generating design drafts
After establishing site structure and assembling a sitemap, the web site starts to visually take shape. At this point design drafts will be produced.
05. Finalise visual design
Once the design style is agreed upon, we will convert the design to a working html document and upload to a private url that only you can access. If multiple page styles are being used we will tweak the CSS and HTML to ensure each page is standards compliant.
06. Developing and testing
The web site will be uploaded to a private url on our testing server that only you can access. Here new developments can be thoroughly reviewed and tested.
07. Site Hosting
Prior to launch, a domain name will be purchased and site hosting will be set up.
08. Launching the site
On launch day, the site will be uploaded to its domain and become 'live'.
09. Search engine registration
Once the site becomes live, it will be registered with all the major search engines. Some search engines may add the new site to their databases immediately, others, such as Yahoo, will take some time and require an upfront fee for guaranteed review. If you're interested in getting top rankings in search engines for your new website please request a free consultation.
10. Ongoing maintenance
Depending on content, some web sites will require more maintenance than others. Time sensitive documents should be changed often and external links should be checked regularly. Maintenance can be arranged on a regular schedule, or on an as-required basis.
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