Website Project Timeline
Stage 1:
Onboarding
After your paperwork and payment has been processed you will visit our onboarding portal to give us some ideas about your new website. This step is critical to the success of the project and will require your attention for about 30-45 minutes.
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Estimated Duration: 1 – 2 days
Stage 2:
Planning
Once you’ve completed onboarding, we will begin the research and layout of the new website.
Some things will occur during this time:
- Project budget allocation
- Website mapping
- Website mapping approval
- Website wireframe
- Project brief
- Access to project in Invision
- Website wireframe edits & approval
Estimated Duration: 3 – 5 days
Stage 3:
Design
After we settle on the layout of the website, we will begin designing the Home page, followed by the inner pages.
Some things will occur during this time:
- Home Page Design & Color Testing
- Review Design In Invision
- Round 1 Edits Submitted In Invision
- Home Page Design Approval
- Inner Pages Designed (from wireframe)
Estimated Duration: 14 – 16 days
Stage 4:
Design Edits & Content
In this stage you will approve and finalize all website page designs and submit any vital content.
Some things will occur during this time:
- Round 2 edits – submit all design based edits for processing
- Submit vital text, images and videos for the website
- Order website copy (text content) if purchased
- Begin website setup and build
- Final design approval
Estimated Duration: 5 – 8 Days
Stage 5:
Website Build & Development
It’s finally time to build your new website, either on a temporary site or on your new domain
Some things will occur during this time:
- Remaining PSD’s created for web team
- Integrations built for website
- All pages, functionality and animations created
- Website submitted to client for review. Usually in Markup
Estimated Duration: 4 – 5 Days
Stage 6:
Final Client Review & Edits
You will carefully review all pages, submit or review all copy and provide your final round of edits
Some things will occur during this time:
- Utilize Markup or text documents to provide your final instructions for all pages on the website
- Make all requested changes to the website
- Develop and code any special functionality (may extend project completion date)
- Testing
Estimated Duration: 4 – 5 Days
Stage 7:
LAUNCH!
After you’ve approved the website, we will schedule a launch date to go live!
Some things will occur during this time:
- Finalize any remaining edits and last minute changes
- On-site SEO setup including meta titles
- Pre-launch testing and speed tests
- Email setup
- Provide client access to website
- Post launch testing
- LAUNCH!
Estimated Duration: 2 Days
