How does a website get put together - A 4-step process

4steps

Our approach to all our projects is simple and accommodating. We understand there is a lot of ‘internet jargon’ out there, so we ensure you understand the whole process every step of the way.

  1. Firstly, we meet and discuss your business and what you want to achieve from a website. This allows us to get a good feel for your business, for you to understand how the process will work and to make sure the right website package is offered to deliver the best results.
  2. Secondly, we provide the basic ‘frame’ of your website (similar to a family tree) to make sure you have all the areas of your business covered, understand which areas may be linked to another and to physically see the website taking shape.
  3. Thirdly, we provide the homepage design to show the style we feel best represents your business & the message you want to portray. We then discuss, refine and agree before moving onto the website programming itself.
  4. Finally, we build the website, provide the back-end programming and put the whole website together. We then make any final changes and take the site ‘Live’.

Building a website – The processes and software

A lot goes into the design and programming of a website. Here are the processess we use:

Designing:

  • Sketched designs – Starts the process of design for 90% of our work.
  • Adobe Photoshop - To produce mock-ups and ‘Internet Ready graphics’ and manipulate images.
  • Adobe Illustrator - To produce graphics, used for items such as logos.
  • Adobe Flash - For animation, movement & interaction.
  • CSS - Cascading Style Sheets. CSS is a universal styling document used in conjunction with HTML to design a website.

Developing - The back-end Coding:

  • HTML - Hypertext Markup Language - the basic language of a web-site.
  • XHTML - A more in depth Language providing a standards compliant finish to a website.
  • XML - A way of storing data.
  • RSS - 'Real Simple Syndication'  for real time feeds to allow publishing of frequently updated articles like blogs.
  • MySQL - Is a Open Source Database platform used in conjunction with PHP to store and retrieve data.
  • PHP - A scripting language to produce dynamic web sites.
  • Javascript - A scripting language to provide the ‘fancy’ styling to browser based interaction.
  • AJAX - A scripting language to intergrate javascrip.
  • CMS - Content Management System - A programme that allows a non-programer to change and update websites.
  • Keyword Tags, ALT Tags, Headings, Links - all used to provide basic SEO (search engine optimisation) to a website.

Open Source Software:

As well as bespoke designs we use  open source Source software which includes applications such as blogging, content management and e-commerce.

  • Joomla - An open source Content management system - CMS.
  • Paypal - The most popular and safe method of sending and receiving money via the internet.
  • Google Checkout - Google's way of paying online.
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