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Web Design
I can provide as much or as little design services as you need. It does not matter if you only need to design single landing page or the whole social network. I have done both, successfully in the past.
The design process
The design process always starts with a research. I try to find out as much as I can about you, your customers, your competitors. The research is usually followed by sketching and wire-framing. I do not usually show this to my customers as the grey boxes does not tell a lot about user interactions and engagement which is usually what the customer is after.
Once I have some idea about the layout of the site I start implementing the existing company branding or creating one from scratch if needed. The bradding is the primary point for setting the colour scheme, elements styles, typography and so on.
As soon as I have the first mockup ready I present it to customer so I can get the feedback in the early stage of the project. This helps me to save resources on both sites. It has proved to be the best approach to make the customer part of the design process. When the designed has been approved by customer I can start building the site.
Web Development
Web development usually consist of several stages. Font-end, back-end, testing, deployment.
The development process
The first part consist of implementing the front-end code.(HTML & CSS). When the site matches exactly the design proposal, I start implementing the back-end which is the non-static content. Most of the time we use the pre-made products such are Wordpress and customise them to meet the customer needs. This again can save significant resources.
Once the back-end is in place we start behaviour implementation. This stage brings all the on-page interactions to the site. It allows us to clear the user interface and only display certain elements when they are needed.
The code is tested in all modern browsers such are: Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 7,8, Safari, Opera.
The customer has during development access to my test server so she/he can check the progress of the project but as we have said earlier, the close co-operation in the design stage means that he/she knows exactly how every screen will look and work so there are no surprises when the project is finished.