Getting Started

Here’s an overview of what we need and an overview to help guide you along before we begin!

What we need to get started

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Your Logo

We would prefer to have logos and images provided in PDF, EPS or high resolution JPEG or PNG if possible.

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Images & Pictures

Current and/or new images and pictures you would like to use on the new website. These should also be in JPEG, PNG, EPS or PDF.

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Hosting Credentials

Your hosting account login and/or cpanel username and password. We can help you locate this if you are not sure where to find it.

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Content

Page content and any updated verbiage/information for your website. We can help you write some of this too.

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WordPress Login

An administrator login to your current WordPress site. If you are building a new website, we will provide credentials to you.

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Style Guide

Your style guide should contain your brand, colours, fonts and any specific layout information. We will apply this to the entire website.

Basecamp

Basecamp is a fantastic online platform for communication and project management. We’ll be using this to send messages, share files and track progress during the process. This will help alleviate content and images being lost in long email threadsEveryone loves email threads…right?! (Don’t worry you can still use your email. The messages will post directly to basecamp!) Once your project is underway, you’ll receive an email to set up your basecamp profile and we’ll be off and running!

Google Drive

Google Drive is a great online image/file sharing platform. This isn’t necessary for every project, but if you have more than 15-20 images for your website or if they’re too big to send through email or post on basecamp, we can use Google Drive. We can also use this to share important logins and credentials instead of sending through email. We will set up a folder for the project and will share the folder with you via email. You can upload all images and files there.

The Design Process

Designing a website, no matter how big or small, is an extensive process that can be overwhelming. To better help you understand what to expect during the design and development, I’ve outlined my process into 3 steps:

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Layout and Design

A large and time consuming part of designing a website is in the planning and layout stage of the process. I’ll create the sitemap (Page/Menu hierarchy) of the website for approval first, then I’ll design the home page and a sub page (or more upon request) for approval.

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Development

Once the site layout and design is approved, we will move forward with the designing of the entire site, pages and all functionality. We will make sure your site looks great and functions nicely across all devices and web browsers before moving to the final step.

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Edits and Revisions

Once the site is ready for final review, you will be able to review each page and we can make detailed edits until the site is revised completely. We ask that you please review ALL pages to make sure all spelling, grammar, addresses and information are correct before going live.

Wrapping up and going live

Once the site is ready to go live, all unnecessary plugins, pages, images and backend files will be removed. The new site will be backed up and saved locally, should it ever need restoration. Once live, it may take between 24-48 hours for the new site to pullup on some devices. Some computers will need to be refreshed in order to see the new site, though most computers will see the new site immediately depending on the wifi connection and where the location of server that the website is on

Your website logins and all credentials will be sent to you via basecamp or secure email insuring the security if your passwords. Though your logins and passwords will be saved by us locally, PLEASE SAVE ALL LOGINS FOR YOUR RECORDS. Upon completion, you will receive a link to our “Moving Forward” page where you will receive tips and tricks on what to do with your new website and also information on our Care & Security plan which we highly recommend for all clients.