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Development Stages in the Design Process
I
am
able to offer high quality web site design by discussing
your needs carefully before starting any work and by
consulting with you at key stages throughout the design
process. Indeed, I need your full participation and input to
ensure that you get the best results for your web
site and also the web site you intended.
Before any work is started I need to know your company,
your ideals, and your customers. This allows me to get an
idea of your marketing style and how you would like the
company to be represented online.
At this point in the design process, you quantify exactly what
you want in terms of sections, pages, functionality, colors
and so on. The more information we have about your web site,
the better, as the site's content will determine both its
architecture and navigation. Feel free to consult with us as
much as necessary at this stage, so that we are able to
determine your needs and arrive at a specification that we
can work from.
Once
this has been done, I quote a fixed fee for the design work
taking all the above into account. Web Appraisal is a good
choice to know in advance how much does it cost the website
you dream of.
Having
reached agreement on the site outline, design elements and
overall cost, we will invoice you for 30% of the quoted fee.
On receipt of this, I will start working on your web
site. My aim at this stage is to generate a theme and 'first
impression' for the site including an homepage and index
navigation for the sections of the site. Color schemes and
any graphics and text you have provided will also be
integrated into the design.
We then publish the files for your private appraisal.
Feedback is important at this time to establish that I have
a good basis for the rest of your web site and I'm going in
the right direction. With your approval, I move on to stage
three of the design process.
The
homepage should now look pretty much as envisaged with firm
guidelines
having been established for the rest of the site.
A further 40% is invoiced and payable at this stage.
This is the longest of the three stages, with the bulk of the
site being completed and tested for usability. At this
point, I would ask that any content changes be completed
with the aim of producing a 'finished product'.
At the end of this stage, you should have a web site finished to
your specification. On satisfactory completion, you are
invoiced for the outstanding 30%, upon receipt of which, I
publish the finished files to the Internet, thus making the
site live and accessible by the public.
My relationship with you does not end there, however. I'm
always available for site updates and maintenance as well as
seasonal re-designs.
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