Steps in developing a website

Step 1: Meeting with you to determine your needs.

Every good relationship starts with a face-to-face meeting. At this stage, we sit down with you to discuss your needs and desires. We work with you to create a plan to meet your business goals. We discuss all the details that go into building and maintaining a website, and we answer any questions you may have about your website in general or about our exceptional staff and work process. This step results in a roadmap showing where we are going and how we will get there.

Step 2: Design the website.

Consider this step our rough draft of your website. At this stage, we sketch out your vision for your website. We do this using the latest graphic design software so that you can see exactly how your site will look when it’s finished. This is when we collaborate with you to make aesthetic changes to your site and proceed once we have arrived at the final look and feel. We like to stress this stage, because one hour of planning at this stage will save three hours when we start programming your website. Think of Web development like a building, and the design stage as the foundation. When you have already built on the foundation, it can be very hard to change.

Step 3: Programming and database work

This is where we take the sketch and dive headfirst into the nuts and bolts of your website. At this stage, we apply our mastery of HTML, CSS, PHP, Ajax, MySQL and other programming languages to assemble the funtionality of your website. Our specialized staff has a range of capabilities, so we are able to fulfill even the most creative requests. Not only do we know all the programming languages to make the site look good, we also know the ones necessary to make it function just as well. Much of this effort is done through database languages like MySQL. We believe that all websites must have two components: awesome design and seemless functionality. You cannot have one without the other. They work hand-in-hand to give you and your visitors the best experience possible.

Step 4: Administrative tool

Many people overlook what it takes to maintain a website after it's launched. You know as well as we do that your company will change and grow, and this requires that your website change with it. The simplest way of handling this is by building an easy-to-use administrative tool to go with your website. This is one of our specialties. We can provide you a custom administrative tool to upload new content, insert new photos, edit user comments and do about anything else you can imagine. The best thing is that you don't need to know computer programming to use our administrative tools. All you need is an Internet connection and a little common sense. It's that simple.

Step 5: Finalize and launch

With all the other steps complete, we approach the finish line. In the final step, we work very closely with you to ensure that we stomp out any bugs, tweak graphics and upload any of the content that you want on the website. Testing takes priority at this stage. We understand that your website will give many customers their first impression of your company, and it will continue to provide them with a first point of contact into the future. Testing your website ensures that you're putting your best foot forward. Only when everything is working properly do we launch your website. But our services don't stop there. We pride ourselves on continued customer service. So if you ever need anything, know that we are just one call (or click) away.