Website Planning: Our 3-Step Approach
 
Here at Altima Web Consultancy our aim is to design and produce websites that look good and work effectively. While good web design may differ from designer to designer the fundamentals remain the same regardless of the size and nature of a site. We achieve this by getting the basics right and adopting a keep it simple approach.
Our 3-step approach begins with research and learning about you and your business – understanding your goals will determine how we make the best use of the internet to achieve them. Step 2 involves defining the structure of your site listing all the main topic areas. Step 3 is design where the look and feel of your website is decided.
 
Research

Without doubt the most important step in designing a successful website is the gathering of information. When we consider the look and feel of your website it is important we have a have a solid understanding of you and your business.

We’ll always start off by asking you some simple questions to help us understand you and what your business needs in a website.
Structure

Using the information we gathered in our first step…

Design

Drawing from the information gathered up to this point, it’s time to determine the look and feel of your site…Then development can begin…

 
  • Why do you want a website? Are you providing information, promoting a service, or selling a product?

  • What do you hope it will accomplish? Do you want to make money or are you sharing information?

  • Who are your intended visitors? Is there a specific group of people that will help you reach your goals?

  • What will they be looking for? Are they looking for information, a product, a service, or online ordering?
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  • Do you currently have a website?

  • Do you want to convert an existing brochure?

  • What pages do you expect to be included?

  • Do you envisage growing the site in the future?
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  • Do you already have a corporate image? What are your corporate logos, typefaces and colour schemes?

  • Is there a specific look you want to portray? Do you want a high-tech, youthful or traditional site?

  • Are there any sites that you especially like? If you can’t explain what want – or don’t like – show us
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