Web Design & Development
We can take care of everything for you. Because we offer bespoke development, we can be extremely flexible. Typical examples take three stages to build, as detailed below:
Initial Requirements and Customer Specification
Following an intial meeting to discuss the functionality and look and feel of the site, a detailed specification and costing is produced for the client to review, amend and agree. The website address (url) is agreed and registered and a holding page set up with the client's basic details.
Site Model
A site model is/are produced for review with the client. These are intended to define the 'look and feel' of the site. A website is a very personal matter and individual preferences vary hugely from client to client. The initial site model is intended to identify a set of features which may then be refined into an acceptable design. Obviously, every client varies here - some have a very clear idea about how their site should look, whilst others have a total blank sheet and are open to a broad range of designs. Appropriate search phrases will also be researched and agreed, so that the website will achieve a reasonable position in the search engines for these phrases.
Site Build and Review
When an acceptable site model has been agreed, the functionality is added, the system is tested and optimised for search engines. At this point it is 'released' onto the desired web address (URL) and made available to the general public.
After Release
Following release, FDH Designs will monitor and market the website, submitting to appropriate free directories and search engines. FDH Designs will perform weekly monitoring of the website's position and will continue to regularly build links and submit the site to search engines/directories as part of the monthly management service. All clients vary widely in the degree of involvement they require once the website is live. Some clients choose to manage the content themselves. Other clients prefer FDH Designs to take total control of the system. Costings can be arranged and discussed, depending on what is required.
