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Website Design & Development Process

8 step process

Interested in having a web site developed for your business or getting an existing site updated?
Etrix Technology Limited provides Professional Website Design and Development Services.

All you need to do is to develop a new business strategy and use the internet as a powerful marketing medium to expose your business, products or services to a larger audience.

Having your own website can help promote your products and services online. By providing up-to-date information to clients and prospective customers, you can generate regular sales.

Our Website Design Services include the creation of a unique and custom design for your new or existing website, which depicts your industry, image, theme and other business attributes.

The process of designing and developing a website consists of the following eight steps. The first 4 steps contribute towards the design of the website and the last 3 consist of the development phase. The last step consists of website maintenance.

The Project Definition phase allows us to identify the client requirements, and plan an outline for the project. We follow a 3 step process for it:

• Project Analysis
  Our team conducts a detailed survey of the clients' business. This analysis identifies the nature of business, brand and other business attributes. It also determines the prospective goals and target audience.
• Project Specifications
  After gathering supporting information with the help of our client survey, a detailed project brief is written. It shows the necessary requirements of the website. It also helps us to further establish a work plan.
• Project Outline
  Finally, we divide the design and development processes into different phases and time frames and make a brief outline of the tasks for each phase. This project outline is discussed with the client and approved.

After the Project Definition Phase, we lay out a website plan to identify the sections which need to be incorporated to the new site design.

• Content Summary
  Keeping in view the information gathered through project analysis, we make an outline of the site based on its goals and target audience. It includes writing, editing and categorizing the needed content.
• Site Map
  Generating the content outline helps us to develop a detailed site map. This site plan covers every possible aspect of the information gathered. It is a visual representation of the website structure.
• Site Layout
  Site layout is a non-graphical representation of a web page. It determines the elements that should be added on each page of the site such as images, content, functional elements like search, links, header, footer etc.

Once the requirements gathering stage is complete, our designers get to work to come up with sample web site designs and mock-ups.

• Design Drafting
  After several creative brainstorming sessions, our designers come up with some visual designs. They review the project specifications and site map to draft different design samples that meet the project goals.
• Design Selection
  After some more brainstorming sessions, our team of web designers and developers further refine the design drafts to improve them. Placement of elements is finalized, and color schemes are also decided.
• Initial Mock-ups
  The Design Selections are converted to final Mock-ups which are ready to present to the client for initial review, feedback and approval. We offer 3 - 4 sample mock designs for each project to give a choice to the client.

The Initial Design Mock-ups for the website are presented to the client for feedback, revisions and updates. We value client feedback and obtain clients' comments, suggestions and approval at every step

Revisions on the mock-ups are presented to the client according to the feedback and revised mock-ups are discussed with the client. We do not move on to the next level unless the client approves a final design to be used as the new website design.

Client approval is the last step for clients who do not wish to get their website developed by us.

The next phase consists of steps which are carried out for the website development process.

• Conversion of the Design
  The development phase is started by the conversion of the approved website design to HTML. Technical specifications like browser compatibility and other issues are also considered in this phase.
• Webpage Programming
  After the design conversion, the technical phase of website development is started which includes programming and coding of the pages, creation of templates, content pages, scripting, database coding and integration.

Coding the website involves several steps which include:

• CSS
• HTML
• Flash
• JavaScript
• Database Design
• Server Side Programming
• and many more
• Content Writing
  As our developers work on adding functionality to the converted design, our content writers collect information from the client and write content needed for the website sections to add them to the site.

• Quality Assurance
  After the completion of the development phase, the Quality Assurance team runs various test plans and procedures for quality assurance to remove any bugs or errors in the website content and functionality.
• Testing and Error Reporting
  Once an initial review of the website is complete, the website is uploaded to the required staging URL for testing online. The website functionality is thoroughly checked by our developers.
• Client Review
  The final website URL is sent to the client for review and suggestions. Any required changes are implemented on the website so that everything is delivered according to the client requirements.

After the client reviews and approves the final website, we shift the website from the staging URL to the actual domain where the website will work. Any deployment issues are also handled by us to make the website launch as smooth and hassle free for you as possible.

Website maintenance is an on-going process which is required after the website is deployed. The client may need to add new products or information regarding services to the website. We can take care of all kinds of website maintenance and updates for our clients.

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