FAQ:  What Steps Are Involved in the Design Process?

 

Answer:

1. Consultation

Free initial consultation -- We have an initial meeting to determine the purpose of your website, and gather information on your target audience. We will discuss your ideas on the appearance of the site, as well as the functionality you expect it to provide. We explain the technologies involved in the more complex designs using plain language and offer pricing packages on the variations we discuss. Other issues such as site structure can be decided and a potential site map drawn up.

To give you some ideas on what to think about when planning your site we have provided a  
 Website Planner.

2.  Quotation

We provide you with a written quote - Based on our initial meeting, we offer you a web design proposal.

3.  Planning

Your website content such as text and images is collated, and the need for either modification or extra content is discussed. The content is arranged in a way that will allow users of your site to quickly find what they are looking for, and allow high priority functions of your site to operate smoothly. The site map could be adjusted at this stage and ideas are suggested to improve delivery of the content.

4.  Design and Development

   A.  Domain Name and Website Hosting - Domain names are decided (if you don’t have one already), and registered.  Web site space is allocated on the hosting server for your site.       

   B.  You submit design requirements to us via the Design Center Wizard.

   C.  A Project Manager is assigned.  He (she) reviews your materials, and submits them to graphic designers who will then create a concept.

   D.  An email is sent to you alerting you there is a conceptual design to approve. This is the rough concept of the conceptual design.  The conceptual design will be in the form of a static .jpg image.         

   F.  You either approve, or reject the conceptual design to move on to the final design phase.  If the conceptual design is rejected, the process goes back to the Conceptual Design Phase.  Note:  Two revisions are permitted in this part of the process.

   G.  The conceptual design is integrated into the website and submitted to you (via email notification) for approval.  You either approve, or reject the final design.  Our designers are unable to make revisions until the final design is either approved or rejected.  If you reject the final design, the process goes back to the Conceptual Design Phase.   Note: Two revisions are permitted in this part of the process.

Publishing
Site goes “live” - After your approval of the final design, the site gets published to the world-wide web.

Modification/Fine Tuning
Red Dragonfly monitors your site so we can make suggestions for improvement in either holding the visitors attention, or increasing the number of visitors to the most important pages.

For more detailed information, click on Features and Benefits.

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