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Making of a good website is not an easy process. It involves many processes and compete methodology constitutes of many steps. A systematic approach is needed to make a good website. Here we have given some most important basic steps involved in Web designing process. It is necessary for any website designer to know these basic steps.
Define:
The first and foremost step is to define the exact needs and goals of your business. Your job is to teach your vision to the designers, and the designer's job is to bring it to life. A few examples of questions which will be addressed during this phase,
Whether your website is a tool for existing customers or a way of generating new business?
Do you sell products and/or services right away through the web or would you prefer to generate leads that you can follow-up for further dialog?
Do you require some kind of content management system? What type of technologies will be required to use for your web site?
How do you intend to receive your visitors?
You may have the best site in the world but without visitors it is effete. The best method is through Internet search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Therefore your site should be designed with search engine optimization and good coding style in mind right from the beginning.
Design:
After the discovery phase, we enter into the designing phase. Designers will begin to design graphic and layout samples by restraining all your goals and priorities. The site's navigation structure is one of the main focuses here as well for it must be highly optimized and quick and easy for your visitors to browse. Often an alpha site will be created without graphics to see if the site's navigation and ability to deliver content works. When both the design team and the client are completely satisfied with the proposed "look and feel," then can move forward with development.
Develop:
In the development phase, designed web pages will be developed and optimized. Import and conversion of all database informations are done at the same time. Functional beta versions of the site are created and every aspect of it is tested thoroughly before site launch. Clients can vigil the progress of their development and participate in testing on our development servers. The final site optimization is always done by hand using a text editor for every site we publish, no matter what application was used to create your site!!!
Deploy:
Deployment is the last stage of website creation. Once it is manifested that the web site functions as desired and outlined in our agreed upon proposal, it is published on your public Web server for all to see. Launches are deep-laid to ensure minimal interruption to business functions. After the successful deployment only your site should be submitted to search engines and directories. Now off-page search engine optimization can be performed along with all other web site marketing strategies.
These phases are extremely important for not only at the inception of website but also throughout its life. A slight mistake can prove to be denigrative for the success of the website.
