{"id":35,"date":"2018-10-25T07:10:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T07:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mandywebdesign.com\/mandy\/?p=35"},"modified":"2025-11-28T06:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:21:43","slug":"phases-of-web-design-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandywebdesign.com\/mandy\/phases-of-web-design-development\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Phases of Website Design and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e406f01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"5e406f01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44d2318b\" data-id=\"44d2318b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90636be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90636be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Split into 6 intricate phases, our website design and development process is a proven method, used successfully for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">From gathering initial information to the creation of your website and finally, its uploading and maintenance, our team of highly-skilled and seasoned web designers and developers go above and beyond in terms creating a high-quality, high conversion website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">No matter how complex your design and development needs, we at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandywebdesign.com\/\">Mandy Web Design<\/a> will leave no stones unturned in terms of properly understanding your needs and requirements and work with you every step of the way to turn your vision into a website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here is an overview of the different phases in our process. <\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandywebdesign.com\/mandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6-phases-of-web-development.png\" alt=\"This Pic is infographic of phases of web design and development\" class=\"wp-image-161\" style=\"width:800px;height:2666px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase 1. Discovery\/Collection of information <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">From the first sales meeting, we will begin to learn about your brand as well as your goals and requirements to ensure that the services you receive are exactly what you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">This involves analysing sensibilities of the target audience, understanding goals and objectives of the client\u2019s business, analysing competitor websites and several other factors, In other words, our designers and developers do the groundwork in this stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">We will perform the following functions during this phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> A. Analysing your business <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">We at Mandy Web Design will learn and understand your business through  speaking to you, Google analytics, and doing in-depth research on your  company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B. Target audience <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to analysing your company, we will also study your target audience, including the age, education, background etc. of your target market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C. Online competitors<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Our team will discuss your online competitors as well as study their strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, our expert team will guide you through different functions and applications that will be most suited for your website. You can share reference websites that have the look, feel and\/or functionality that you are looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Find out how a website is developed from a scratch idea with our latest infographics on 6 stages of web design &amp; development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">After going through these processes, our team will draw a timeline for each phase of the project so that each milestone is recorded and achieved in a timely manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase 2. Planning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Using all the information we gathered in the discovery phase, we will chalk out a plan for your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, we will make a detailed sitemap including all main topic areas of your web portal as well as sub-topics. In addition, our web designers will also decide the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandywebdesign.com\/\" class=\"ek-link\">web designing and development<\/a> technologies to be used in the web designing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase 3. Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s now time to determine the look and feel of your website. Our design team will break down the client\u2019s requirements and planning for the project that will lead to the creation of stunning web designs that is unique to their company\u2019s brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In the design phase, we incorporate elements like your company logo or colours to strengthen the identity of your business. Our design phase includes the following three steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Wireframe<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">With the help of the information collected during the discovery phase, we will make a wireframe. Furthermore, the wireframe created by our designers will show you the basic design layout with a rough view of how the content will appear on the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B. Mockups<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Mockups are basically highly detailed designs that start with a wireframe but take things to the next level. They are static displays of how the visuals of the website should look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C. Reviews and approvals<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In this stage, we send designs for a review. If you are not satisfied, we\u2019ll tweak the designs as per your needs and requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase 4. Development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">This is the creation and development stage of the website. Our expert designers take all the individual graphic elements from the prototype and use them for creating a functional web portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">This includes not only the desktop view but also make it mobile responsive website, ensuring that your web portal is accessible to as large an audience as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">On the technical front, the code needed for front-end and back-end web development will be written at this stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase 5. Test, refine and launch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">After the implementation of the project is done, we exhaustively test your website for usability, readability, security and stability. If any issues are found, they are fixed fully before your website goes live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, we also review browser compatibility as well as code. We make sure that your site renders properly in the latest versions of all the major browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Once the testing phase is completed, we present the website one last time for approval and then launch the web portal for public or personal use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase 6. Maintenance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Your website is now live, where you do you go from here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Not to worry, we also provide website maintenance service to keep your website fresh and working properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">With cutting-edge technology, our team will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandywebdesign.com\/mandy\/top-technical-seo-tools-and-how-to-utilize-them-effectively\/\" class=\"ek-link\">keep your site up-to-date<\/a>, while you focus on what you do best, running your online business!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Split into 6 intricate phases, our website design and development process is a proven method, used successfully for many years. 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