To develop an effective Website it is essential to adhere to a set of established criteria that have historically been successful in promoting sites to the highest rankings in the Internet Search Engines and accomplishing client’s marketing expectations. Website Design Northern Ireland can fulfil the criteria in creating professional Website applications.

Project Planning

The first step in Website development is project planning. This is basically a meeting of minds between the Web Company project manager and the customer to tease out the requirements of the Website based on the expectations of the customer. This lays the foundation stones and parameters upon which the Website can be developed. The Project Manager needs to know the raison deter of the client Company, their business operation and their expectations of a Website application. It will be subject to this briefing that a design brief can be issued to the design team. Website Design Northern Ireland is well versed in providing this service.

Design Stage

It is only when a detailed design brief is available that the designers can liaise with the Project Manager and begins to draw up design templates for the client’s perusal. Upon receipt of sample designs the client can consider possible changes to or acceptance of such designs. The Website Design Northern Ireland Company will be as flexible as possible in resolving any design glitches and through a process of discussion and negotiation an acceptable resolution will be reached. This stage is extremely important and must reflect exactly what the customer requires for their marketing campaign. Coding can only begin when both parties are completely satisfied with design sign off. To do so prematurely would only lead to greater problems at the coding stage where design changes could set the project back some time and incur extra charges.

Website content collation

As we have already discovered the coding cannot begin until all the required content is received from the client. This is usually the stumbling block to a timetabled project completion date as clients often procrastinate in collating the information and forwarding it to the Website developer. Sometimes copywriting is the only answer to this problem but without some basic information even this cannot resolve delays. When the complete content is available and the design has been signed off the Coders can then set to work on web programming the application. The only problem at this point could be incongruities or anomalies in the site content that is detected in the course of coding. This can be resolved through liaison with the client’s IT or Management personnel. If it is an E-Commerce application then there are other considerations for the Coders such as on line payment. This does not usually cause great problems.

Website Testing

The only criteria left to be fulfilled are the Website trial. Once this is accomplished successfully then the Website can go live.