I have a time tested process for designing and building beautiful, quality websites that produce results. We work together from start to finish, so you get the site that you want, but also the site that’ll do the best job for you. I seek out clients who are passionate and knowledgeable about their business, and who recognize the value of collaboration. No one knows your business better than you, and likewise, when it comes to design and development, those are my forte. The truly successful sites are those that are created out of a healthy back and forth, utilizing everyone’s input.

Web Design takes both a natural talent for aesthetics and hard-won practice, as well as knowledge about why certain colors make people feel a particular way, how everything from shapes to verbiage alter a user’s perception, and of course the development of it all takes years of experience writing HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP so that you’re not just putting a website together, you’re crafting a work of art that will get results from both search engines and visitors.

The information below is the typical process for Web Design, but of course I offer many additional services.

Design Phase

Initial Questions

After we’ve established what your website will be for (ie, e-commerce, a web app, a blog, etc.), we move onto a few initial questions like “What is the primary goal of your website?” and “What are any other secondary or tertiary goals?”, then move into fun things like company branding, example websites and what you like about them, and what types of content you’ll have on the site.

Web Design

I then go off and create a homepage design for you, in Photoshop, and present it for your critique (or even better, approval!) You indicate what you like or don’t like, or what you might like to see different, and I make those changes and we repeat the process. Oh, and with my full price packages, I provide unlimited design revisions, so that you’re completely happy with the exciting new website you’ll have before you know it!

Development Phase

Web Development

Largely out of your scope of view, I go off an build your new Web Design using HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, jQuery, or whatever other tools might be needed (though, I don’t do Flash, and here’s why). I meticulously code every file to be as optimized for the web, downloading and SEO as possible. For the vast majority of sites, I put WordPress behind it as a CMS, so you have control over your site’s content. Then I present to you…

The Beta

The Beta is, for all intents and purposes, your finished website. It’s your web design, my code, and WordPress all mixed together like a batch of momma’s special brownies, ready to take you as deliciously high into the ranks of Web stardom as you’re willing to take it. During the Beta, you have the opportunity to both review the front end and make certain everything is as we had discussed, and that there are no bugs I may have missed, as well as dive into WordPress to get familiar with how to create, manage and format pages, upload images, create galleries, add YouTube videos, Google Maps, and any custom functionality I’ve built into your website.

Support

All the support you can ask for is provided completely free of charge during the Beta process. And while I don’t provide free support officially, after you’re all paid up and the site has been handed over to you, I’m always available for questions, to help resolve issues, or to add new functionality down the line as your site grows. Simple questions are usually answered in a day or two and are completely free. More complicated stuff, that involves development time, does come with an additional charge.