Phases in Web Designing
A website is the core of any online activities. If you look into the marketing channels and techniques, what they actually do is bring visitors to your website. The main purpose of a website is to turn these visitors into customers. In marketing terms this is called conversion. A bad website can basically cause you a waste of money on other marketing methods because you don’t need more visitors if you can’t turn them into customers. So the better your website is the more visitors are converted into your customers. Many people in the industry call themselves web designers but most of them have little knowledge on HTML. Without proper planning they will create a website that is not that catching. Look for someone who is serious about web design. Web design is a very complex process but this is how a website should be done.
Here are some of the basics in web design.
- This is all about information gathering and identify the following:
- Website Purpose
- Website Goal
- Target audience
- This includes the following:
- Definition of Sitemap
- Website structure
- Technologies used
- Design
- Wireframe Models
- Visual Style
- Usability, UI, UX
- Content
- Choose the right copywriting
- Photos and Videos
- Search Engine Optimization
- Development
- HTML & CSS Coding
- Databases
- Responsive Design
- Test all the technical features like:
- Technical Testing
- Browser compatibility
- “Does it fulfill its purpose?”
- Deployment
- Monitoring
- Bug Fixes
- Maintenance