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Nowadays there are a lot of Internet users who are familiar with the basics of web design. You have surely heard about the process of creating websites and the work of web designers in general, haven't you? No? Then web design studio WebStudio2U will briefly tell you about the backstage life of web studios.
There is a widespread opinion that a couple of hours is enough to create a site.This opinion is totally wrong. In fact, the process of website development takes much more time.
Everything starts with an idea. With the client's idea: “I need a site!” With this idea he comes to us, to our web design studio. The client does not know yet, what his site must look like, what functions it must perform. That is why the main task of the specialists of the studio is to help the client formulate the aims of the project and his requirements competently.
In case of need we advise the client on technical peculiarities of realization of the project, and then get to the development of the site concept. The site concept is not a mere sketch by hand (“here we will put a red button, and there we will put a blue one”). The site concept is a preliminary document; on its basis we make up the requirements specification, perform website development and carry out the control of project goals.
The site concept describes the goals of website development and ways of reaching these goals. Development of the site concept is impossible without analysis of the target audience and analysis of competitive websites. Analysis of the target audience allows to figure out the preferences of the target visitors of the site depending on their age, social status, material welfare etc.
Analysis of competitive websites helps us and out client assess their effectiveness. What is the attendance of these sites? What positions in the TOP of the search engine results page do competitive sites occupy? What are the main strengths and weaknesses of the competitors? Answers to these questions help to solve a very important task later on – to show the client's site to the best advantage in comparison with its competitors.
All above-described works and processes comprise the preliminary stage of website development – nothing more. However, as a result we receive clear information picture that describes:
- current state of the company: market niche occupied by it, competitive advantages, marketing strategy, level of competition;
- existing problems: low sales, low conversion, problem of entering new market or capturing the existing one, problem of attracting partners etc.
On the basis of received information the specialists of our web studio develop the ways of solving the problems of the company. In the upshot we make up the requirements specification; it is the main document that regulates website development. Requirements specification contains complete functional and technical requirements of the client as far as realization of the project is concerned. As a result, the site budget is calculated in accordance with the requirements specification.
As a rule, requirements specification consists of several dozens of pages, and it can take more than a week to conform and sign it. Why does it happen so? At this stage the client's idea acquires concrete forms, and sometimes money equivalent of these forms is far from the client's expectations. In this case we face the necessity to shave the costs for development of the project; for that we have to reconsider the site concept and requirements specification together with the client and get rid of everything unnecessary. The final version of requirements specification, that satisfies both parties, is signed, and we can get directly to website development.
Website development works are carried out by several specialists at once; such approach allows to use material and time resources of the web studio more effectively. Besides, one specialist can be responsible for several projects at once; it also helps to distribute the load on the employees of the studio in the best way and use the working hours as effectively as possible.
Website design specialist develops design layout of the main page of the site and its typical pages, using Adobe Photoshop graphics editor and other graphics editors (if necessary). The main task of the designer is to develop website design layout on high artistic level and to optimize received images for placement on the Web.
Most projects of out web studio are based on Joomla! CMS. It is a very popular free content management system. While creating each website, out web programming specialists either edit already existing modules of the systems individually or develop necessary modules “from scratch” in order to achieve complete correspondence of the site functional with the set goals.
Ready program modules and design layout of the site are transmitted to the html layout specialist. This specialist connects all components and turns website layout into a program code, achieving its full compliance with all requirements of different browsers. Now the site will be displayed equally well (as it should be) in any version of any browser.
Files that contain the program code of your site, images, different multimedia files should be stored somewhere. We provide out clients with hosting services; our own hosting is optimized for work with our projects. At the client's will we can choose the most convenient and memorable domain name of the site and register it.
We can perform filling of the site with content, further maintenance and development of the site as a part of the entire complex of website development works. You can also order these services separately. Content managers and SEO specialists optimize the site content for its promotion in the search engines.
Along with website development to order web design studio WebStudio2U performs development and maintenance of its own projects. Such project as “Strana Sovetov” is a website that provides its visitors with useful information about different goods and tips for all occasions.
The “Tips” section of the site contain recommendations concerning pets, beauty, fashion, hobbies, household, computers, career, kids, interior, health etc. The “Reviews” section contains consumers' reviews of the newest cars, household appliances, cosmetics, movies, books etc.
“3D Architech” Internet portal is a popular information portal devoted to 2D and 3D computer graphics. On 3D Architech Internet portal you can always find the latest news of the computer graphics world, useful tutorials, scripts, renders, plug-ins for various 3D software.
“3D Lenta” project is an online shop of 3D models. Models, that are presented on the site, are available in .max and .3ds formats. For your convenience all 3D models are divided into topical categories; it will help you to find the very model you are searching for.
Website development is a complex creative process; that is why everyday work of out web studio includes round tables, brainstorming, working till late at night – that is how the most brilliant ideas are born. We are sure that the best way to achieve really high-quality result that will satisfy out clients is to put all our energy into the project.
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