Getting Started.
Here’s an overview of what we need and an overview to help guide you along before we begin!
What We Need To Get Started.
To ensure a smooth and efficient launch for your project, we require a few essential items from your side. Providing these assets early allows our team to focus on crafting a high-quality digital experience tailored to your brand.
Your Logo
PDF, EPS or high res JPEG or PNG if possible.
Hosting Credentials
WordPress Login
An administrator login to your current WordPress site. (if you have one up already)
Images & Pictures
Current and/or new images and pictures you’d like to use on the new site.
Content
Page content and any updated verbiage/information for the site.
Style Guide
Brand style guide, colors or any specific design requirements.
These items can be uploaded to your basecamp project account or uploaded to your secure Google Drive folder.
Basecamp
Basecamp is an incredible online platform for communication and project management. We’ll be using this to send messages, share files and track progress during the process. This will help alleviate content and images being lost in long email threads. (Don’t worry you can still use your email. The messages will post directly to basecamp!) Once your project is underway, you’ll receive an email to set up your basecamp profile and we’ll be off and running!
Google Drive
Google Drive is a secure online image/file sharing platform. This isn’t necessary for every project, but if you have more than 15-20 images for your website or if they’re too big to send through email or post on basecamp, we can use Google Drive. We can also use this to share important logins and credentials instead of sending through email. We will set up a folder for the project and will share the folder with you via email. You can upload all images and files there.
The Design Process
Designing a website, no matter how big or small, is an extensive process that can be overwhelming. To better help you understand what to expect during the design and development, I’ve outlined my process into 3 steps:
Layout & Design
A large and time consuming part of designing a website is in the planning and layout stage of the process. We’ll create the sitemap (Page/Menu hierarchy) of the website for approval first, then we’ll design the home page and a sub page (or more upon request) for approval.
Development
Once the site layout and design is approved, we’ll move forward with the designing the entire site, pages and add all functionality and plugins. We’ll make sure your site looks great and functions nicely across all devices and web browsers before moving to the final step.
Edits & Revisions
A large and time consuming part of designing a website is in the planning and layout stage of the process. We’ll create the sitemap (Page/Menu hierarchy) of the website for approval first, then we’ll design the home page and a sub page (or more upon request) for approval.
Wrapping Up & Going Live!
Once the site is ready to go live, all unnecessary plugins, pages, images and backend files will be removed. The new site will be backed up and saved locally, should it ever need to be restored. Once live, it may take between 24-48 hours for the new site to pull up on some devices. Some computers will need to be refreshed in order to see the new site, though most computers will see the new site immediately depending on the Wifi connection and where they are in relation to the location of server that the website is on.
Your website logins and all credentials will be sent to you via basecamp or secure email insuring the security of your passwords. Though your logins and passwords will be saved by us locally, PLEASE SAVE ALL LOGINS FOR YOUR RECORDS ASWELL. Upon completion, you’ll receive a link to our maintenance and hosting plan which we highly recommend for all our clients.
