Website Design Process

We have developed a proven process for developing your web project that assures a successful completion. Good communication, defining responsibilities, and check-ins are key in staying on time and on target. Our goal is for you to SMILE all the way through. 🙂 The following depicts a typical project.

Web Projects

Discovery

Understand your business needs

  • Strategy assessment to learn all about your business and your customers
  • Requirements determined
  • Proposal or quotation provided

Getting Started

No more procrastination

  • Best ways to collaborate
  • Getting started documentation
  • Logins shared securely

Strategy

Do it right

  • Goals
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Keyword Research
  • Positioning
  • Web Strategy
  • SEO Strategy
  • Phases Set

Branding and Logo 100% Guarantee

BrandAlign, make an impact

  • BrandAlign and logo questionnaires
  • Brand narrative and visual identity discovery session
  • Concepts provided
  • Feedback and edits
  • Approval

Website Navigation and UX

Exceptional client experience

  • Customer behavior workflow
  • Site map or wireframe
  • Database structure approved
  • Calls to action for conversions

Website Design Homepage

Your best first impression

  • Home page goals
  • Page structure and general content
  • Home page mock-up provided
  • Design concepts approved

SEO

Get found, make money

  • Review of strategy
  • SEO questionnaire
  • Keyword research
  • Competitive analysis
  • Metatags written
  • Advanced SEO instructions
  • Client Approval

Programming

Let us do the hard stuff

  • WordPress installation and configuration on development site Custom theming
  • Check-ins with client throughout
  • Home page and menus set for approval
  • Internal page theming
  • Plugins, cart and custom features added
  • Cart configuration
  • Migration of existing content and new content added in Client review

Design for Internal Pages

Flexible, agile, collaboration

  • Our iterative process helps speed up content creation and page design
  • Revisions and tweaking
  • Approvals page by page

Development Later Stage

Thorough, scalable & secure

  • Testing
  • SEO metatags approved and added to site
  • Integrations and APIs
  • Payment gateway
  • More testing
  • Forms and notifications
  • Security and back-up plugins
  • Final testing by client

Hosting Emails and Going Live

Your vision comes alive

  • Set up hosting, emails and any other last minute integrations
  • SSL set up
  • Going live!
  • Final testing on new host and adjustments for responsiveness
  • Page load optimization

Training & Support

Peace of Mind as your business grows

  • Training on your new site backend
  • Support during transition
  • Learn you new site
  • Follow-up on next steps
  • Affordable maintenance packages available