PROOF's Website Development Process
- Written by Kasio Martin
We're building you a website! This is total party time for us but we realize you may be a little anxious about the process. Don't worry, we've totally done this before and we're here for you. This is an outline of our process to put you at ease. This is so soothing you may even fall asleep reading it.
Discovery
You want an awesome website and we want to build you an awesome website! How do we do that? We will discuss how you would like your website to look and exactly what you need it to do. We will also ask you for examples of other websites that you like or don't like and gather photos and logos for the initial design. This will give us an idea of how to build a website that meets your needs and also looks super freakin cool.
Navigation
It is likely that you will want to put some stuff on your website. We call this stuff "content" and we want to make sure your future website has a place for all of it! A navigation chart is a site plan that we create to show the structure of your site and everything that it will include. We will go over this document with you so we all know the plan moving forward.
Design
Now for the fun stuff! We will design a comp to show you how your website will look once it is built. We will go over this "picture" of your website together and make any revisions necessary at this point. We will not move on until we're all absolutely delighted with the design.
Production and Programming
Once we have an approved design and you have provided us with any assets we’ve requested, we will begin production. We will build your new website on our private, password protected development server. Your current website will remain as is until launch.
Content Collection
While the desgin team begins production on your new website, we will ask you to start providing content for us. Some aspects of the production process may require real content, so starting early may help speed up your website development. We will send you a content checklist with everything we will need from you. You can begin sending us content immediately, we love content.
Content Insertion, Testing & Styling
We will add as much content to your website as we can. Once the website is produced we will work with you to make sure everything on your website is correct and nothing is missing. This is the time we will begin perfecting everything and preparing for launch. Once all of the content has been added to the site, we will do some final styling and any remaining design revisions.
Launch!
As soon as you give us the word we will schedule your launch date. Look out internet, here comes your new website!