The stages of creating a site can be divided into commercial and technical. That is, the creation of a site to order does not begin with its design, but with the search for a client. When a client is found, a contract is drawn up, negotiated, amended and approved. These are the commercial stages of creating a site.
The contract defines the mechanisms and principles of interaction between the customer and the contractor, deadlines, payment method. The Terms of Reference are attached to the contract, which describes the requirements for the site and the budget.
The direct workflow involves the following stages of creating the site: the preliminary stage, work on the design and architecture of the project, work on the technological basis, writing content, testing, setting up the project, launching the project into work.
The preliminary stage involves the identification of all customer requirements for the design of the project, as well as its technological basis. At the preliminary stage, the goals of the project, its tasks are determined and formulated, a plan for the implementation of the project is drawn up . At the preliminary stage, there are several meetings with the customer, the result of which is a “brief on design” - this is a document about the features of the graphic design of the project.
At the stage of work on the design and architecture of the project , an analysis of the conditions of the interface is performed, and navigation is created that is intuitive and understandable . These are the necessary conditions for a spectacular and effective design. Any site today should be clear to everyone who gets on it. Any user should be able to understand the interface of the site and find on it everything that is needed. Based on these studies and developments, a design concept is formed , on the basis of which a pilot project is created. Trial projects help to choose the most optimal solution for the implementation of all project functions. Then, the selected solution must be approved by the customer. During the discussion, the project is undergoing revisions and adjustments. At the output, samples of typical pages of the site are presented. All stages of creating a site are equally important, but it is the stage of work on design and architecture that creates the attractiveness of the site, its aesthetics and character.
At the third stage, work is underway to create a technological basis according to the terms of reference and design concept. During this period, work is underway on the structure of the bases, section templates, interactive services, the principles and interfaces of the administration system are being developed. This is necessary for an online update. The result of this step is a working version of the site. It is necessary to correlate the goal of creating the site with what happened at this stage.
Then comes the stage of creating content and filling the site with it. In addition to texts, a graphic addition to the site is also possible. At this stage, it is important to consider the style of the texts and their content. The goal of creating a site is largely achieved thanks to the competent content that interests users.
When all the texts and materials are laid out and posted on the site, testing of the project begins. It shows all the problems and shortcomings made during the creation of the site, and allows you to resolve them. After troubleshooting, the site is shown to the customer.
When the customer approved the creation, consultations on administration, equipment setup and maintenance of the site by the customer are held.
The process of creating a site ends with its launch and opening it for Internet users.
The site is created by specialists with experience in Internet technologies and familiar with the specifics of working on the Web. Project coordination is assigned to the manager. Also, the working team usually includes a designer, a web technologist, an HTML encoder, and a copywriter editor.