The Website Development Process
We take developing your website as serious as you do. Below is the breakdown of the process that we use to produce your website. Due to the varying nature of some websites,
not every step may be required for your particular application.
Discovery
Industry Analysis- Competitor analysis
- Industry and market analysis
- Customer surveys and interviews
- Establish demographics
- Establish style and visual requirements
Project Definition
Overall Goals & Objectives- Determination of primary objectives
- Develop and establish measurable targets and goals
- Establish project team
- Create schedule and milestones
- Establish budget and assign hours
- Determine client deliverables
- Create testing and usability checklist
- Establish content optimization plan
- Setup internal project development space
- Establish and confirm hosting and server requirements
- Setup production management tracking
- Install base Makor CMS components
Project Structure
Project Content- Outline content requirements
- Establish content delivery plan and timelines
- Develop a site map/flowchart
- Set page naming conventions
- Establish functional and interactive pages and structure
- Establish additional Makor CMS module requirements and install
- Create screen schematics
- Determine navigation structure and methods
- Outline content and functionality
Design and Prototype/Mockup
Visual Design- Review user goals and objectives
- Concept brainstorming
- Develop initial comps
- Create graphic templates
- Establish style guide
- Produce visual mockups for client approval
- Prototype templates in HTML
- Testing and verify function and usability
Build-out and Testing
Pre-Production- Setup file structure
- Review technical requirements
- Determine site maintenance requirements
- Review site navigation
- Review content requirements and inventory content
- Slice and optimize graphics
- Create HTML templates and css style sheets
- Implement javascript as required
- Develop custom application code and implement
- Install templates into Makor CMS and create pages to match navigation
- Populate pages with content
- Review and tweak content for keyword density
- Optimize page headers
- Conduct QA Testing
- Tracking and fixing bugs
Site Launch
Making it live- Final QA and Client Approval
- Determine and establish server setup for email
- Determine and establish additional DNS entries
- Remove blocking splash page
- Update DNS and nameservers as required
- Confirm security and passwords
- Create and deliver handoff documentation
- Create and deliver HTML style guide
- Makor CMS training
- Support and maintenance training
