Website Design & Development Process

 
Only a good website can bring growth & success to the business, hence proper planning is required before diving into. Here are the stages or elements included in the Website Design & Development.
 

1. Requirement Gathering & Planning

This is the first stage in the web development life cycle. A proper discussion and analysis are done with regards to the aim and objectives of the client business and the target customers. Our aim is not just to get the website done but to build it with a thought so that it aligns with the objectives of the client business and rework can be ignored in the future.

Whether the site should be of static or dynamic in nature is decided based on the requirement & complexity involved.

A lot of discussions should happen at this phase & end result is the creation of sitemap & wireframe.

 

2. Creative Design

Once the sitemap & wireframe is approved, it’s time to design the look and feel of the site. Considering the UX (User Experience) is very important at this stage. It’s also important to consider the site colors and the company logo to strengthen the brand identity of your company on the website.

Whether the client is already having the necessary resources like the logo, images or videos should be checked or else everything should be created fresh.

Here, the web designer will create prototypes of the site and it is normally .jpg image. The client can express the likes and dislikes on the given prototype & changes will be done accordingly.

 

3. Content Writing

Contents can be either copied from the site, if it exists or our professional content writers can write industry specific and relevant contents for the site. The type of content could be either simple text, images or videos.

It is important to know the contents of the site before HTML development so that the contents can be laid out in a user friendly  and professional way.

 

4. Responsive HTML Design

Once the mockup & contents are ready, now it’s time for developers to dive in to HTML development. Before the development it should be decided whether to use any CMS (like WordPress, Drupal), framework (like Laravel or Codeignitor) or whether to go for custom development.

Converting the creative image to html files is important because the page speed matters on how the site is structured and how much the images & videos are optimized. For better performance all the repeating files should be included in to one and duplication of code should be avoided. This will help to maintain the site easily.

At the end of this phase, design lead and programming lead will ensure that the coding quality meets the industry standards.

 

5. Programming

If it’s a custom dynamic site then programming team will assess and understand the requirements and build the databases and tables with all the data structures considering the SEO of the site.

For CMS, programmers need to check the availability of required plugins or else need to create the plugins as per the requirement.

Usually, designers seek the help of programmers to integrate the designs to the dynamic pages.

 

6. Quality Assurance & Delivery

Quality Assurance includes three basic types of testing:

Requirement Testing – Checks whether the client expectations are met as per the project requirements.

Design Testing – Includes whether the site is responsive and checks the alignment, standard fonts & sizes. Test cases are prepared beforehand by quality analysts & will input different kinds of data to make sure that the site doesn’t broke and that the security is maintained. Different types of images are uploaded to make sure that the images are not blurred or looks fuzzy.

Functionality Testing – To make sure that all the functionalities of the site are working properly including the dynamic modules. Here it is important to check the flow of the functionality and that the required output are displayed.

Other than the above load test is conducted to make sure that the site will not freeze or hang even at the anticipated peak hours.

 

7. Support & Maintenance

Support & maintenance contract comes in to place when there are changes to be made in the site regularly whether it be adding more features to the site or adding the contents or images regularly.

We offer SEO services on a recurring basis so that site performance can be measured on a frequent basis to make sure that the company is growing!