Our Website Design and Development Process

Building a good quality website takes many stages but it ensures the end result is fit for purpose and built with the future in mind. We ensure that you are aware exactly what is happening at every stage and will usually provide you with access so you can view the development website at any time. Displayed below are the stage which need to happen to develop your website

Review and specification

The first stage of the web build process is to review your current website if you have one, review your competitors web sites and produce a technical specification of what is needed for your business.
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Website Design

After discussing with the designer what you visual requirements are for the site we will produce a visual of how the website will look. This will help you make sure that your brand will be properly promoted by the site and give you a chance to see how the new site will work. We will then discus any changes needed until you are happy to go onto the next stage.
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Template build

Once you happy with the website design produced we will create (X)HTML templates for the website and build the style sheets (CSS) for the site. A number of style sheets will be produced for each device that they will be used on. For example when printing a website page it will look different to the website with the navigation menus removed. The templates built will be accessible and comply with the disability discrimination act and will work on screen readers for people with visual impairments.
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The Content Management system Build (CMS)

The CMS will enable you to add and change page text content on the site using an interface similar to Microsoft word. You will also be able to upload images and other documents such as PDFs, Excel,Power Point and other documents to the website.
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The Web Management System Build(WMS)

The web management system will enable changes to the website as a whole such as the structure (menus) of the site, and any forms on the site. The statistics and status of the site and any other more complicated functionality needed for your web site will also be produced at this stage.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and submission

Once the site is working we will create an XML site map which is updated every night and describes all the pages in your site. We will create any other XML feeds that are needed to submit to other websites such as Right Move etc. We will then submit the site map to the search engines such as Google. Finally we will add Google analytics to the site which gives extra information about how the site is performing with your online advertising campaign,
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Testing

The final stage will be to test that the website is fully working and works in multiple browsers and platforms.