the process
How we work is just as important as what we do. We build websites by following a strict set of design and quality steps to ensure peace of mind for our customers.
Although there is no “one size fits all” way of creating a quality website, there are a number of things a website designer must do in order to create a professional web design and functional website. Here are the steps we follow:
Communication
We believe in communication all the way to ensure no misunderstandings and wasted effort. That means NO nasty surprises.
Consulting
This is the 'information gathering phase' where we listen to you, interpret your needs and check that we understand your priorities and requirements fully. This is a valuable exercise and will challenge your thinking about your website, it's purpose and it's future.
Proposal
Once we have an in depth understanding of your requirements we will present a proposal outlining all aspects of the development process, scope, costs, deliverables and responsibilities.
Design
We will present you with web design options and walk you through our recommendations for the look and feel, information architecture and usability aspects of the website.
Build
During the build phase we will construct the website functionality and content management system to a predefined set of development and coding standards. (This is important because it ensures the design will present itself well on all browsers, be able to grow and stay up to date now and in the future.
Test
Before you accept the website we will put it through our rigorous tests to ensure that the operation matches the agreed specification and that the system is stable and robust.
Administration
We will train you or your employees on how to update the website. A simple interface allow you access to content without technical skills.
Publishing
Once agreed to, the website will be published live and you may start using it and marketing it to your customers. It's always a good idea at this stage to 'quality check' everything once more just in case of incorrect information.
Promotion
We will work with you to prepare a promotion strategy. This can include the promotion of the website both internally in terms of how it is integrated with your current systems and externally through online and offline promotions.
Maintenance
If required, we can outline and prepare a quote for a maintenance strategy for your new website.