Website Development Process
The first step to starting a website is to obtain a quotation. If you have a set budget and you know the number of pages that you want and don't want to go through the full development process, you can simply submit all website content, logo, images and form designs and we will issue you a quote based on the information that you provide and the work we will be required to do.Our prices are extremely competitive and we believe that customers should get value for money but for larger websites we recommend customers undertake the full development process; which follows both a prototyping/systems development model of website development.
Our website development process differs from most website designers and website developers because you get to see the draft site live on the internet and are able to make changes to that draft. Website development is important to your business and therefore to ensure that it is done right, we provide you with the site in HTML, so you can see what it will look like, how the pages will navigate, how quickly the pages will load and freedom to make changes to the design and copywriting based on feedback provided.
Before you start developing a website, you need to;
- Identify Target Audience - who is coming to the website and what are they looking for? Identify your target audience. Existing customers, new customers, suppliers, shareholders, journalists and investors.
- Identify Purpose - Is the purpose of your website to market to existing customers, to rank well on search engines for the purposes of marketing to new customers, to publish current company information, to sell online, etc.
- Develop draft content - write down all the information that is necessary for your website and develop a plan. To begin with
Every website should have the following pages -
Homepage - concise statement of business activities, featured products and services, latest news, login area, links to products and services.
Contact Us - full business address, postal address, telephone and fax numbers, email address and web contact form. See The Importance of a good Contact Us Page
About Us - detailed information about company.
Privacy Statement
Copyright Statement
Products and Services General Information Pages
Additional pages - Information about Careers or Job Vacancies, Supplementary Information or Links to relevant websites, Refunds and Delivery Information, Maps, Catelogues, details about products and services.
Design and Planning
You will, in consultation with us, choose a homepage design and layout.
Passion Computing will then refine the chosen homepage design and we will send you a temporary website address, so that you can view the homepage and make changes if required. Once the homepage design is agreed upon, the other pages will adopt the same look and feel and therefore, client's must be sure that the homepage design is exactly right.
Once we have an agreement on homepage design and functionality we work with you to develop a site map and identify webpages that require written website content. You will also need to choose keywords, page descriptions and titles for each page. This is for search engines to properly index your website. We will provide you with detailed instructions on researching keywords and keyword phrases.
Once homepage design has been finalized, we will then implement the other webpages for review on a temporary URL.
You are required to review the draft website and let us know if there are any changes required. In order to issue competitive quotes, we do not allow for major changes or lots of minor changes, after the draft homepage has been agreed upon. We try to be as flexible as possible, by clients should be aware that it is during the drafting of the homepage and/or additional templates that any problems or requested changes need to be made then and not after all the pages have been implemented.
Once you are satisfied we will then implement your website to your hosting account.
Domain Transfer and Website Hosting
Passion Computing arrange domain name transfer or domain name registration, website hosting, email accounts and website administration (if required). If you are developing a static HTML website and have an existing web hosting provider that you wish to use, we will upload the website to your account.
Testing
After completing the website, we test again to ensure that there are no broken links, that static HTML websites are XHTML compliant and functionality like webforms, ordering and autoresponders are working.
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