Web Development Life Cycle
1.) Planning
- Understand what the client wants
- Research the topic
- Understand/create a goal for the
website (Purpose of the site)
- Look at other similar sites
- Understand target audience
- Create a sitemap
- Wireframe
2) Analysis
- Gather relevant information
- How does our user benefit from our website
- What kind of resources, information, or/and
content might be useful to the visitor
3) Design
- The design of a webpage is crucial for giving the users a
trustworthy and appealing experience.
- If the design of a webpage is not good
then it’s most likely that users will
not stay in the site for long.
4) Development
- The development phase of the actual website building.
This is typically the most time consuming part of the
web design life cycle.
- Site coding
- Interactivity
- Structural SEO
- Analytics setup
5) Testing and Integration
- Testing the interactions between software modules to
ensure they work together as intended.
- This helps identify and address any errors that may
appear. When multiple components are combined into
one system.
- This has to be done before the website is launched
- You should test it when you need to ensure the
performance, reliability, and function of the units.
6) Maintenance
- The process to make sure that at least every month
you update information. Check to see if everything
is okay and if the pictures are still showing
or not. Checking if links function.
Web Questionaire
- Do you already have brand guidelines? (Specific colors, font, logo,
icons, and images that are only used for this business)
- Do you have content (text, images, video) for the website?
- Who is your audience? Do you have a specific age-group?
- What are the main features that you want/need on your site?
- What is your budget?
- What is your preferred timeline for the project?
(What is your deadline?)
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- How often will there be website maintenance?
- For your search engine optimization (SEO), what are specific
keywords or phrases in mind?
- Are there any third-party integrations/systems your website
needs to work with? (payment, social media, booking)
- How do you plan to handle ongoing maintenance and updates for
the website once it’s live?
