WEB DEVELOPMENT

Web development

Web development

Stages involved in the development of a web site

Stage 1 - Define the goals of the site.

This is the most important step in creating a website, because you cannot do the trick, if it does not, or if it is defined incorrectly. Will depend on the purpose of the whole subsequent process of creating your website, his every step. Therefore, the goal-setting must be approached with the utmost seriousness. Correct the goal - it is half the battle.

Stage 2 - Research on

Before transgress the development, it is necessary to analyze the topic, study sites of potential competitors. In the future it will help to create their own concept.

Stage 3 - Define the type of site, design and structure of the TK

At this stage, the developer together with the customer is TOR (terms of reference) for site development. TK, as a minimum, must include the following items:

Type of site (portal, promotional, business card, corporate, shop, etc)

Functional site (search, directory, news, etc)

Design style (strict, funny, dark, etc)

The structure of the site (which pages should be on the site)

The structure of the page (which blocks need to be in the pages and in what form)

In compiling TK necessarily need to remember to create the site. If any features of the Site does not contribute to the goals (or even more so - prevent) - should be abandoned: the site it will be unnecessary. For example, if the purpose of the site - to sell more units sold, the news on the site is not necessary.

Stage 4 - Graphic Design, Website Design

This stage is divided into several sub-steps:

Generation of design ideas, sets of ideas provided to the customer in the form of thumbnails with text explanations.

Develop a preliminary layout design home page

Correction of the customer comments (if any), completion of the form layout to complete

Development of internal pages on a similar algorithm

The layout should be shown in all the blocks that are on the site. If by the time the design of text and graphics are not yet ready, you can use "fish", but should not be left in the model are "empty" space.

Naturally, every step of the development of the layout design shall be in accordance with terms of reference and objectives of the site.

Stage 5 - HTML-CSS layout

Depending on the goals and objectives of the site layout must satisfy certain requirements. Typically, these requirements are:

Cross-browser compatibility - pages should display the same across browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.).

Layout flexibility - the ability to easily add / delete the information on the page.

The speed of processing code browser

Validity - compliance

Semantic correctness - a logical and proper use of HTML

Stage 6 - Programming and installation of the CMS

This is a technical step in which all the features of the site is realized. The requirements for this stage, the terms of reference.

Stage 7 - filling in the site content (information)

At this stage it is very important quality, professional copywriting. All materials, whether text or graphics must also fit in with the overall concept of the site, consistent with its goals and objectives.

8 stage - testing the site and correct errors

Site testing may hold as the developer and the ...