Web Design Process
This page answers the most frequently asked questions about
our web design process.
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| Initial Meeting |
Our way of working is very
proactive, and always encourage clients to take an active role
in the web design process. An initial meeting is the best way
for us to get a good idea of your business - and for you to
get a good idea of ours.
We'll talk about what your aims of the website - and your reasons
for commissioning it. If you come to us and say you want something
that we don't believe is appropriate, then we will explain the
pros and cons - and if necessary, tell you what the alternatives
are.
If appropriate, we'll show you some examples from our portfolio
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| Web Design Brief |
A design brief explains everything that a designer
needs to know about the website - including design-style, type
of content and various other technical and aesthetics requirements.
We'll help you write it the design brief if required. If you
would like to write the brief yourself, we recommend you see
our article on writing an effective design
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| Contract |
The contract is a down-to-earth agreement about
what you can expect from us, and what we can expect from you.
It primarily consists of:
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Time scale
• Costs
• Project description |
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| Initial Designs |
Based on the design brief, we'll produce a number
of designs that we think are appropriate for your requirements.
We'll send these by email - allowing you to view them on-screen,
or to print them out and have a brain-storming session with
friends and family.
This is the point where you must try to be as critical as possible,
and to choose the design/s that are most in tune with your company's
identity, and your design preferences. |
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| Feedback |
All we really ask from our clients is they are
as honest about the initial designs as possible. This is the
stage when we can gauge if we're on the right track. 99% of
the time we are. The 1% that we're not, we'll listen to your
comments and adapt our designs to suit.
You may decide that you want to take elements from one design
and mix it with another. Our initial designs may even inspire
you with ideas about other directions that the website design
could take. |
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| Further Designs and Feedback |
The feedback process will have provided us with
enough information to be able to focus on one of our initial
designs, and adapt it to suit your needs. We'll take your opinions
and fuse them with your favourite design to provide you with
a second draft.
We always ask that the client bears in mind that once the website
has to be built, we have much less flexibility over design changes,
so this is the stage where we try and get everything together.
This stage will usually last 3-4 days.
This second round of feedback is usually very short, and very
straight-forward.
It usually consists of very minor alterations such as "can
you tweak that colour?" or "can you make that font
slightly bigger?" Much of the time this second stage of
feedback consists of a one-line email saying: "Yep, go
ahead and build it!" |
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| The Website Build |
Not the most exciting stage
from our point of view, but always a favourite for the client,
because you finally get to see your chosen designs as they were
intended to be seen - online.
We'll keep you up to date with progress throughout this stage.
We'll also use this time to arrange hosting and email addresses
- ensuring that the site can go live as soon as you're happy
with everything. |
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| Site Live |
Well, that should be pretty
much it!
You get a wonderful website and we get to come back next month
and do the whole thing over again.
Well, almost. We keep in contact with all our clients, and regularly
review all the websites in our portfolio. Occasionally we may
email you with suggestions or examples of new work; and of course
we're always on the end of the phone if you need us. |
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