An introduction to the Website Design and Development Process

by sam Dec 8, 2010

The process of creating a website for your business can be quite overwhelming. Here are descriptions of the major steps and concepts you will need to understand.

1. Purchase a Domain Name

A domain name is the Internet address that people will enter into their browser to access your site. You must purchase this from a Domain Name Registrar. You can only buy .com.au domain names from Australian registrars. You can buy .com domains at any registrar. Australian .com.au domain names are generally more expensive than .com ones. Godaddy.com is a major registrar in the US while Net Registry is a popular one in Australia.

2. Acquire Web Hosting

A web host provides space to store your web site in a data center. A web host will ensure that your web page is visible on the Internet 99.9% of the time. Webzen can offer reliable, economic hosting solutions for your website.

3. Generate Content

Content is the building blocks of your website. Content can include the following:

• Articles that you wish to publish.
• Images you wish to put up (either provided by you or stock photography).
• Contact details.
• Information you wish to gather from people signing up on your website.

It is wise to think about your content requirements before contact a web design company as it will save time and money.

4. Create a Design

The web designer will take the content and build the design. This involves the layout, font styles, placement of pictures and the general look and feel of the page. This work will be presented to the client as an image file, at which point the client can request changes to the design.

5. Develop Website

This is the bulk of the work. Once the client is happy with the design, our developers will take the design and turn it into a working content management website. You will be given multiple opportunities to comment on the progress.

6. Deploy Website

The website is finally live and ready for business! But thats not the end of the process.

7. SEO & Internet Marketing

Search Engine Marketing, or SEO, is the process of refining a website so it is more attractive to the search engines. Most of this work is already done with a Webzen website, but SEO is a time intensive ongoing process.

We can also investigate settings up Google Adwords for your website. This is a form of pay per click (PPC) advertisting, where by your ad will appear on search results and on relevant websites, and you will pay an amount if someone clicks the ad and comes to your website. The amount you pay per click depends on the amount of competition in your market niche. Generally it is between ten cents and several dollars.