Step 1. Project Kick-Off Meeting
Before work on your website begins, we have a face-to-face meeting to build a common vision for the project. We discuss goals, deliverables, expectations, and process to get things off to a great start.
Step 2. Sitemap Development
Using your current sitemap as a guide, we create a new sitemap. Pages with minimal word counts may be combined with other pages to boost SEO value, or some pages may be omitted because they are no longer relevant.
Step 3. Research
This is the most important step. We conduct baseline competitor research and review their websites to identify industry trends, allowing us to determine what we should mirror and when we should break away from the pack.
Step 4. Wireframe Creation
Prior to receiving a full-color website mockup, we provide black-and-white renderings to show the skeletal structure of the website. They show the basic layout of the page elements while keeping functionality in mind.
Step 5. Mockup Design
In this step, we create a customized full-color, static design of how the website will look pixel-for-pixel on a desktop and mobile device. Decisions are made regarding font, imagery, color scheme, graphics, and design elements.
Step 6. Site Architecture, Development, and CMS Integration
This is where our developer takes each mockup and programs it, creating a living, breathing test website. You will be able to access each page as it is coded and interact with it as you would a regular website.
Step 7. Testing, Device Compatibility and Launch
When all the pages have been coded, we do a page-for-page review of the entire website, eliminating any errors that previously went unnoticed. We also test the website across all popular browsers and devices.
Step 8. Post-Launch QA and Support
Following launch, we will review the entire website again to guarantee that everything was completed successfully during launch. This includes double checking all links, buttons, menus, and images.