The Design Process

Initial Requirements

Following initial contact we can arrange a meeting to discuss your requirements for your website. If you are within a reasonable driving distance I can travel to meet you at a suitable location or we can maintain contact through telephone or email, whichever you prefer.
We will discuss the 'look and feel' of the site and it's functionality following which I will provide a detailed specification and costing for you to review and agree.
Following your signing of the agreed proposal & contract a website address is agreed and registered and a holding page put in place containing your basic details.

Prototyping

I usually start the design process by drawing up an idea for the home page of the site. This usually includes a banner image, navigation menu and some basic text and images. I will then present this initial idea to the client to ascertain whether it meets with their approval. A website is a very personal matter and individual preferences vary from client to client. Some have a very clear idea of what the site should look like and others are open to various design concepts. The important thing is here that before any further work is carried out on the site the basic shell is agreed and refined to your liking.

Further to the actual design aspects at this stage, we will also ascertain other factors around the site such as

  • Rate of change in content and how this content will be updated
  • Keywords and description identified so that search engines can find your site
  • Are email addresses required e.g. you@yoursite.co.uk
  • Identification & analysis of competitors sites

Building the site

Having obtained your approval of initial design features and obtained the relevant information from the list outlined above I can then forge ahead with designing additional pages, add functionality, optimise your pages for search engines and test your site across browsers and devices. Your site can then be uploaded to a web host of your choosing and made available to the web viewing world!

If you would like to discuss your requirements verbally please send me your contact number and I will call you within 24hrs (between 9:00am - 8:00pm)

Name:

Contact Number:

Or....

Use our Estimator Tool to apply for an online estimate for your website.