It is imperative for a web site development company to follow a structured process to website design consultation. And they have to develop this process to be easily scalable to suit their client’s particular project.                                                                         

This process includes:                                                                                      

Set up: The web site development company must make an initial consultation to assess the requirements set out in the website specifications, to make sure they clearly understand the issues. Then they will plan the project and agree the process, defining timescales, milestones and costs.

Content production: They should  have a number of professional photographers and website copy writers, whom can be sub contracted  when needed. This maintains that content used within the website is of the highest standard, and produced on time. Working closely with you they develop the content, to achieve accuracy and effectiveness.                                         

Website Development: The development company ought to be fully conversant in all modern web design codes and design standards, including the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) set out by W3C and also the requirements in relation to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). They have to construct the website adhering to these standards and using the most robust coding methods. If needed, they can utilise specialists for the production of specific applications, and also have trusted freelance programmers, whom they can sub contract to see projects are delivered on time. The ‘live’ website should be hosted on their secure test server, allowing the client to test, review and give feedback at key milestones during the development process, ensuring that they are fully satisfied with the end result.                               

Testing and quality assurance:The completed website is to be released live onto the company’s secure test server, where both the client and developer  can thoroughly test a full working version of the website. They have to run code validation software, throughout the entire website, ensuring that the pages are W3C compliant. They should make cent percent sure that the website is effective and works before it is released to the public domain.                                  

Deployment: When testing and development is completed, the website will be published to the internet, installing all appropriate files and server applications, maintaining full functionality.  

Measurement & Review: If required, they can monitor the effectiveness of the website after launch. Using statistics software user activity and search performance can be detailed and presented to the client in a clear, easily understood format.                           

Maintenance: If ongoing website maintenance is required, they can implement a website service agreement. This outlines the extent, type and frequency of any updating requirement, and gives their client guarantees of updating within a specified timescale. If required, the client can review any updating to the website through the web site development company’s secure test server, before being published live to the web.