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Web Design and Web Development

In today’s completive market, even the most basic web presence can give you an edge on your competition. If you’ve been asked many times by your clients “do you have a website”, and the answer was always “no”, then it’s time for you to seriously look at getting your business online.

There are many levels of websites, from simple marketing brochures, to dynamic online storefronts housing thousands of products. Even brochure sites can save you company time by centralizing your company information, not to mention the exposure and marketing benefits.

We realize that for many business owners out there, web design is a bit of a black box. Who do you trust, what's a fair price, what do I really need? We try to take the jargon and guess-work out of web design. Our web design process is below to give you an idea of how it all works.

Dre-designs stands behind its work knowing that in this business you're only as good as your reputation. We are proud that a large majority of our projects are referred by satisfied customers, or are repeat business.

Whether you are looking to move your business online for the first time, or taking your current website to the next level, it's as simple as filling out our online consultation form. We will get back to you with an free estimate, and begin a dialogue to answer any other questions you may have. Click here to get started.

Web Design Process
Consultation
1) Requirements Gathering We ask clients to fill out our online web design consultation form. It acts in two ways; 1) to get clients thinking about exactly what they want and need out of there website, and 2) gives us an opportunity to provide you with a free estimate for you work.
2) Contract Once all the requirements are established, a simple contract will be drafted outlining the timeline and costs associated with the project. Our policy is to take a 20% deposit before starting the design process.
Design
3) Graphical
Mock-ups
Initial design will begin in graphic form only. We will create mock screenshots of your new website highlighting the important user interface details. Those being navigation, colors, logo placement and fonts. This is done to save rework, and give clients a good idea of what they’re final website will look like.
4) Approval Once this mock up is approved, we will begin the development phase.

Development
5) Website Coding The mock-ups from the design phase are taken and transformed into working HTML (or flash) web pages.
6) Wire Framing The website is created as a wire frame (a skeleton navigation template and empty pages) with working links, and clients can browse around to each section making sure the navigation and flow through is as they envisioned it.
7) Content Inclusion All the content – writing, downloadable files, video, flash animation, graphics etc are also placed into the website pages.
8) Testing & Usability If your site requires a content management system (pages that you can update yourself) or other interactive tool, the usability is tested with the client to make sure it works optimally.
9) Uploading & Review Once everything is ready, the website is uploaded to the web host, and a final review/revision occurs.
Post-Development Considerations:
10) Marketing Dre designs will submit your website to the major search engines, and include all necessary keywords in the design process. However, for highly increased visibility we recommend some level of online marketing campaign.
11) Maintenance Dre designs is available for maintenance (additions, new features, text changes etc..) at a fixed hourly rate. If there is a problem in our design code and something is not working properly as a result of our coding, we will always fix it free of any charges.

If you have any questions about our web design process, please contact us. To get your web design project started, please begin with out online consultation form.

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