Website design process

  • Our Preparation Process

    1. Study client and project specifics
    2. Review the existing web site and IT systems if integration with these is needed
    3. Check the competition and wider markets online
    4. Define the website goals and overall aims
    5. Present the proposal to the client

    Website Planning Process

    1. Website title
    2. Domain name selection & registration
    3. Mirrors & other domain-related registrations
    4. Website structure
    5. Validate wireframe

  • Website Layout ProcessLayout

    1. Overall website layout format
    2. Choose font type
    3. Headings (h1-h6)
    4. Accessibility
    5. Basic layout creation – (X)HTML/CSS
    6. Validate Site Mockup with client

    Layout test

    1. Cross-browser optimisation
    2. Optimise for SEO

  • Content optimisationContent preparation

    1. Review content providers
    2. Collect text, Art and Graphics
    3. Distribute content quantity – Keep home-page light and effective
    4. Provide a call to action for every page
    5. Copyrights, terms of use, and privacy policy,FAQs
    6. Contact details
    7. About page (with author, company information, credits, etc)
    8. Collect Testimonials & reviews
    9. Collect products description, price, dimensions etc
    10. Optimise target keywords and links on site
    11. Proofread & Validate content with client

  • Design and functionalitiesDesign

    1. Logo, favicon & corporate appearance from requirements
    2. Website layout design
    3. Design clear navigation & accessibility
    4. CSS text function
    5. Validate design and send files to client if needed

    Functionalities

    1. Build database
    2. CMS/Blog/E-commerce implementation
    3. Forms/scripts
    4. Custom applications & Functionalities development
    5. Restricted areas & account login/registration pages
    6. Other special functionalities

  • Technical and usabilityTechnical & Usability

    1. URLs meaningful & user-friendly
    2. Cross-browser optimisation
    3. Create custom 404 error page
    4. (X)HTML, CSS, javescript validation & optimisation
    5. Optimise images & files weight
    6. Protections & .htaccess functions
    7. Further website security (database, cgi-bin, etc.)
    8. Technical Testing (web standard, typo, accessibility, links and content)
    9. Site validation with client before going live
    10. Documentation supplied
    11. Site upload to server environment
    12. Statistics and optimisations setup
    13. Configure backup schedule and test recovery from backup

  • SEO and postproductionTraining of staff

    1. CMS training
    2. Community building training
    3. SEO & Web marketing training

    Marketing & SEO

    1. Create an XML Sitemap & other technical scripts
    2. Submit site to Search Engines
    3. Submit sitemap
    4. Check formatting of site results in SERPs
    5. Internet marketing (Ads buying/selling, Newsletter & Mail campaign, sign up to social networking sites)
    6. Link negotiation
    7. Second test (SEO/Security/complete online test)
    8. Site Validation & Invoice paid

  • Website launchLaunch

    1. Completion report & recommendations
    2. CD with site and files prepared
    3. Page with all accounts information (ftp, admin, etc)
    4. Launch special events/promotions

    Management Processes

    1. Project evaluation (results/plan, goals achievement, etc)
    2. SEO review (3-4 months after going live)
    3. Revised marketing plan & budgeting
    4. Ongoing roles and responsibilities
    5. Last recommendations

CreativeWRX Design - Portfolio - Our processes

Design can often be a fluffy process where both client and designers are not sure how to move a project forward. In large part CreativeWRX solve this through effective communication and close relationships with all our customers but sometimes the client can still be without a larger picture and this can often lead to confusion.

This is where our milestone document comes in handy. For our customers piece of mind, we provide this document to all our clients once a commission has been agreed. It provides a bulleted lists of hoops that must be jumped through throughout the process so both the client and us know exactly where we are in a project flow and what is coming next. We call it our 'Design Roadmap' and it has proved invaluable to us and our clients in ensuring a smooth project flow with every commission we have worked on.