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 PLANNING
Preparation is the enemy of failure. When you approach a designer
to build your site and you've got all your ducks in a row,
you are most assuredly going to enjoy a smooth ride down the
road of your Web Design Process.
Whether you approach your web site development from a standpoint
of giving the designer creative license or you know exactly
what you want your choices are planned and well thought out.
As a tentative web site owner, take into consideration factors
that will ensure the web design process flows. Here are a
few things you might want to consider before you request a
free quote:
Do I have the pages mapped out and the
text content for each page?
Do I want my designer to map out my site for me?
How do I want to label my page navigation?
Do I want my designer to determine the labels for the navigation?
Do I have photos and graphics that my designer can use?
What colors do I want to use?
Do I need any special features such as a feedback form or
pop-up windows?
The factors above are just a few of the
items that are included in any web site development. Some
of the things you will consider are based on your personal
opinion and the vision you have for your site. The technical
aspects, such as content development, navigational architecture
(site labels and structure) etc., are all services offered
by ACA Web Consulting. But knowing ahead of time what you
can do to prepare, what you have time to do and what services
you are willing to pay for will enable you to realistically
approach your site development with your needs clearly defined.
FIRST CONTACT
You've made contact with ACA Web Consulting by filling out
the Web
Site Development Guide. Once the 'guide' is filled out
it gives me a pretty good analysis of what you want to do
with your site, what you want to say to your audience, how
your navigation will be labeled and the look and feel you
are striving to accomplish. It also clarifies the need for
specific programming as well as specialized features you may
wish to include.
PROPOSAL/QUOTE
Based on the specifics you've provided to me in the last stage
of the process, I will calculate an estimated quote. I approach
the proposal process by assessing your customized design metaphor
or theme and your desired site structure combined with additional
services you may require and the goal of your site. I will
meticulously work to achieve a realistic end-cost to you.
This is not final, but will remain fairly close to being exact
if there are no changes made to the initial information you
provided.
SIGNING A CONTRACT
The contract contains the final cost of your web site design
and development and any other services you have requested.
You will also receive a timeline that coordinates the milestones
of your web site development. If you determine that major
revisions are necessary after the initial contract signing,
ACA Web Consulting will be happy to make those changes, but
additional fees will be charged.
INFORMATION AND MATERIAL GATHERING
You will need to supply ACA Web Consulting with the
text content, graphics and photos that you wish to be included
on the site. All submitted materials should be sent via email
attachment except for photos that may need to be scanned.
NAVIGATIONAL FLOWCHART
Based on the information you have provided via email correspondence
and the Web Site Development Guide, a flowchart will be created
that shows you how all your pages are connected within your
site. You will see the navigation labeled (the actual buttons)
that link to pages within your site. The flowchart will need
to be Okayed via either email correspondence or electronic
signature.
 DESIGN
CONCEPTION AND PROOF
During this stage your design wishes combined with the type
of web site you need are assessed: business, personal, non-profit,
etc. Work begins on the theme that you have determined or
one is used that ACA Web Consulting may have proposed. The
navigation will also have been determined and the navigational
labels applied to the buttons. You will receive a design comp
to proof the layout of your site. You may choose to edit the
design once, whether it is the colors or a different button
look, etc.
PRODUCTION
Your content and graphics are placed, and then the pages are
structured to contain your message as cohesively and artistically
as possible. ACA Web Consulting will communicate effectively
with you during production keeping you posted with progress
reports. You are welcome to view the work accomplished throughout
the production process in your personal client folder loaded
on our server.
TESTING AND FINAL APPROVAL
Test, test and then test some more. This is done to ensure
your site will be seen as it was designed to be seen on the
most popular browsers the internet population is using. Rushing
this process is a huge mistake for anyone who desires to have
their site not fall apart on your neighbor's browser. You
will then receive a final review of your site on my server,
give your official Okay and your site is then published to
your host under your domain.
Would you like to get started today? Fill out the Web
Site Development Guide and receive an affordable free
quote for your customized web design project. |
