The Development Process

So how does all of this work?

Typically my website creation process looks like this:

The Planning Stage

• Define Project Scope & Site Specifications
  • What are the site's primary and possibly secondary objectives?
  • Who is the target audience?
  • What type of website do you need? (brochure/portfolio/magazine/store/directory)
  • How do you want your website to look? (clean/warm/friendly/fancy/simple)
  • What color schemes will best represent your online image?
  • What are some websites which have layouts, colors, and features you like? (3-5 is a good number)
  • What are some websites sites which you do NOT like? (optional)
  • Identify main features to implement (gallery, news/blog, calendar, response forms, etc)
• Generate Website Design & Development Proposal: submit for approval.

Administrative Tasks

• Upon approval of the proposal, a deposit must be secured: this is generally 30%-50% of the estimate.
• Register domain name and setup website hosting (if required)

Development & Testing

• Content Request - Time to gather up any material which will be used on your website, such as:
  • Written content for your web pages, preferably in plain text format, Word for Windows or other word processor.
  • Photos or graphics to be included on your website. Images should be one of the popular PC formats, such as GIF, JPEG, BMP, EPS, CDR, PCX, etc.
  • Your company logo (if any).
  • Samples of your printed materials (brochures, letterheads, cards, booklets, etc.)
• Design Concepts (left-right content/navigation placement/content presentation)
• Proof Presentation - This is where we show you what your website will closely resemble, and garner any additional feedback. (Up to three minor revisions).
• Design & Development - Building your website...

Publishing & Maintenance

When the website is complete, and it has been fully tested, it gets handed off to you. Further amendments at this stage are invoice-able as per our maintenance options. The balance of my fee is due on completion of your website. As soon as I've received final payment, your website will go live and you can start telling the world about it!

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