Stages of Web Design

	Planning is the first stage of good web design. One of the best things you can do is look on the internet for business web sites like yours. Select a few that you like and send us the links so we can take a look. What do you like about those web sites? The color scheme? Easy navigation? The way the products or services are presented? This gives both of us some direction to create your own original web site. Then SWD will send you an email with three or four ideas for you to consider. We will talk abuot hosting your web site and buying the domain name during this phase, too. See HOSTING for more information
	Now that we have the hosting and domain name for your web site taken established we can start building. First the structure of the design must be built. Next we will add your content to the pages. . . text, products, services, etc. How long will it take? That depends on your requirements. The BASIC web site can usually be built in about a week to ten days. An e-commerce site will take longer because it is more complicated and requires special programming. It's the same for other additional extras you may require.
	How will your new web site be found by potential clients and customers? INTERNET MARKETING is the most important consideration now. Not only do you need to be found on Google, BING, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter but you need an overall marketing strategy including local marketing in your area. SWD uses search engine optimization on all our web sites. It's built in from the start. Submitting the web site pages to the search engines is separate and comes under
	There are two considerations in maintaining a web site. First, how often will text, graphics, photos, products, etc. need to be changed and edited? Second, how will you stay on the search engines once you get there. Keeping your search engine ranking as well as your continuing marketing strategies is definately something your should consider. SWD offers very low cost maintenance for your web site and your internet marketing and search engine ranking strategy.