Today, website development is a quite popular service offered by many web studios and individual developers. Let’s find out the stages of creating a modern web resource in a solid company that has successfully implemented more than one similar project.
As you know, a correctly set task is the key to the success of any project. It is important to decide for what purpose the site is being created, and to carefully analyze the niche and competitors. It is also necessary to choose the most appropriate type of web resource for its purpose and functionality. For example, a business card site will be quite enough for someone. Others should stop at the landing page format to present and promote a specific product or service. And for conducting successful online trade, you cannot do without a functional online store — a convenient and effective tool for business on the Internet.
Creation of a technical task for site development
By analogy with the construction industry, drawing up a technical task can be compared to the development of a project for the construction of a building or structure. Work on the creation of the future site is carried out precisely on its basis. Therefore, a well-written technical task is like a reliable foundation on which all other stages of web resource development are implemented. The document defines the goals, structure, characteristics of the project and methods of solving the tasks. At the same time, it is important to create it in such a way as to exclude the ambiguity of any definitions and interpretations.
Site prototype
The stage of building a website prototype and providing a ready-made solution for approval to the customer helps him see “in action” and evaluate the future web resource: its structure and elements, and familiarize with the emphasis placed. For example, you can see how site users will place orders in the online store, or sort products by different categories.
Creation of site page design layouts
Based on the technical task and prototypes, layouts of the design of the website pages are developed. The visual perception of the resource and the ease of use of the site depend on their uniqueness and the professionalism of the performers. The main and typical pages (for example, product, news, etc.) have their design. In graphic file is created for each page, consisting of different layers that form the overall picture. During the negotiation process, the customer can make small changes to the proposed layouts.
The layout of the template
After the approval of the web design, the graphic image is “sliced” into separate pictures. They will later be used to make an HTML page. As a result of the layout, the resulting code can be viewed in a regular browser. Next, the programmer works with ready-made HTML files that can be used as templates in the future. You can program a new “engine” yourself or use ready-made CMS — web resource management systems. In this case, it is necessary to integrate the design layouts into the CMS and configure its operation.
Project testing
Verification of the website and the functioning of its elements continues until the complete elimination of possible errors. The convenience of using the resource by its potential visitors is also analyzed.
Delivery of the project
The customer accepts the work and, in case of a positive decision, signs the corresponding act with the executor. The customer’s representative is trained to work with the admin area of the web resource.
