Website Development Process: For You

Website development everyone is thinking about it nowadays. As a proficient IT office or mesmerizing Brand Manager you are probably thinking the same. Here I am describing the simplest way of web development process for you.

1.Research and Information gathering:

First you need to research, as a Brand manager or IT person you have a decent idea about website. But you need to research what exactly you need? What is your competitor’s website look like? Which one is the best website in the same industry? And finally you will like some of them and those will be the referential website you will provide to your website development company.

2.Planning:

The most critical phase of the process. You need to understand the client need and goal of your website. Why you need your website? The answer will determine how your site will look like in the future. If it is an informative group website than your site will be corporate looking cool, smart website with lot of text with supplementary images and videos. It may contain annual reports, TVC and all other corporate branding things. In case you are trying to sell products and maintain the administrative role than the site will more focus on attractive design including eye-catching images of your products and services. It would also have accompanied with u-commerce or other payment gateways designated career or other marketing sections.

3.Contact with Web developer:

Now your need to search for web development company, who are the best? who will meet your requirement? Do they have adequate expertise to achieve your goal? you need to call at least 3 of them and fix-up a meeting to discuss about the whole process of development. To know detail about your need and goal you will choose one of the best one. Remember to choose someone who has the technical capabilities to fulfillment your need and as well as comfortable to work with. in this part the whole understanding is very important for both parties. The preliminary budget will be determining and upon your agreeing you will issue a work order. (you may issue work order after seeing the preliminary sample design)

4.Design:

In this phase the web development company will provide you one web developer and a graphics designer. Both they will meet with you one or several time and you will educate them what is the scope of work. After that they will provide you the sample design of the homepage of the proposed site.

5.Development:

After finalizing the design in this phase the company you hire, will start work with your website development. in this stage they will ask you the certain percentage of the advance according to the finalize price quotation. Here the web development teams will develop homepage and other pages as well as all the functionalities. If you need any plugins, customized software, product selling u-commerce or e-commerce or any other supplementary beautification the dedicated web development team will add those to your website in this website development phase. It is better to check in with your web development team regular basis and take update from them and guide them towards right direction or else they may come with something you might not like and the end.

6.Testing:

After your website is ready there are many test is required before the final launching. Make sure to ask your web development team weather they perform those test or not. These test include website speed test from multiple locations round the world using real browsers such as Firefox or Chorme. Real consumer connection speeds, multi-step transaction, content blocking, image viewer and many more.

Besides there are responsiveness test for all devices, cross browser compatibility test and least but not last the website security tests. These test will make your website more and more user friendly. Once the users are coming to your site you do not want any malfunctioning in your website, correct!

7.Delivery:

It is wise to hold up the final 50% of the payment for the delivery period (Depending on the relationship with the web development company). Because you never know unless you have the proper leverage. When they deliver their final outcome make sure to get all the source code and control such as user admin panel ID, Password. C Panel Access, Domain Name and Domain buying and updating procedures, Domain Hosting Company detail.

Some web development company such as Roopokar provide adequate training for each new clients. A 3 to 5-day long website handling training will save you lot of problem for near future. You can also hire web development company for professional website maintenance if they are offering.

Once they deliver their committed work make the full payment and keep in mind that who gave you the after sales services they are the real one who cares for you and your business.

8.Payment:

Make sure what you ask they provide you and then your part is to pay them as you promise in the contract. Congratulation you are the proud owner of a new and excellent website for your business.