Website development is a serious technical process that requires maximum involvement from customers and developers.
Before you order the development of the site, the customer can learn about the main stages of development, to be ready for them.
Stage 1. Analysis of the future project
At this stage, the client’s business is familiarized with the goals pursued by the creation of the site, the definition of the target audience and the identification of competitors.
Stage 2. Technical task
At this stage, together with the customer developed a technical task. In the process of preparation, there are active discussions, the essence of which is to form a budget and to fulfill all the wishes in terms of functionality and design, while saving the budget. The technical task is the main document regulating the work of the team. It reflects the stages of work, the necessary set of functionality and design.
Stage 3. Design
Website design is a visual component of the project and therefore is developed first. It should be noted that the design in this case also implies the user experience - UX design. A designer from scratch can develop a logo and other elements of corporate identity for the company.
If the company already has its own corporate identity, then the designer just needs to adapt it for the future website.
Stage 4. Development
It's time to put together the technical task, the project and the design. At this stage, the program code of the site is written, pages in HTML format, menus, hyperlinks, pages of forums, news, etc. are created. The result is the site is still without content.
Stage 5. Content
Site content is what it will be filled with - text, photos, graphics and video. It is very important that the customer provides all the necessary basic information, which can then be supplemented.