Methodology

It is important that the development process is clear and allows the client and developer to work together in the most productive way. Below is the description of the key stages we will work through with you during the development process.

• Requirements
• Content
• Structure
• Design
• Build

Firstly we will work with you to find out what it is you need from your website. This will include what the business goals for the website are, who visitors to your website will be and what you want them to be able to do, how the website should look in terms of existing branding or the images you want to portray and any technical requirements you may have.

Content
Once we have your requirements we can look at what content will need to go on your website e.g. text, images, downloads, video, flash. The content will be informed by the requirements as it will need to communicate your messages to visitors and prompt them to take the action you want.

Structure
Now we know what the content is going to be we can start to structure it and decide what pages are needed and how they should be grouped and linked together. For complex websites we may also look at the different journeys a visitor could take through your website.

Design
The design stage may begin before the structure has been finalised but once this has happened and we know what pages there will be and what will be on them we can finally give you an idea of what the finalised website will look like.

Build
Once we have all the content and have finalised the structure and design we can begin to build the pages of your website.