Step 1: Investigation & Research

This stage allows us to understand your needs and requirements. You have the opportunity to assess our capabilities, peruse our portfolio and develop trust. During this stage, the meetings you have with us are purely to investigate and understand the overall objectives of your company's business plan and any future strategies you wish to implement. We spend some time researching the relevant market place to gain a comfortable understanding of the opportunities and threats your company faces.

Step 2: Brief Compilation

Once we understand your requirements and have done sufficient research on your business and market place we compile a brief.

At Design Haus we use a Site Plan to outline the main areas of the site. We've attached a copy of our proposed plan to this document. The plan will help to identify where the existing content fits in and will highlight the areas that need to be created. At Design Haus we use it to work out quotes and use it as reference throughout the life of the project.

Although this diagram does show the logical structure of the information, it does not necessarily represent how content will be displayed on each page. A good example of this is the Home page. This is the most important page on the website because it is usually the entry point for most visitors. This page needs to introduce the products on sale and carry links to the most important content on the site. These links can feature sample content or pictures illustrating the relevant area.

Step 3: Proposal

Once you are happy with the site plan and strategy, the brief is finalized and we add the relevant costs for the project. This document forms our agreement with you and includes a scope of the proposed work and how we plan to carry out the project.

Once the proposal is agreed, a 10% deposit is invoiced.

Step 4: Visuals

It is sometimes difficult to explain how a layout would work in text. One of the first deliverables from Design Haus will be "visuals" of the proposed site. "Visuals" are simply "flat" layouts showing designed pages from the proposed site.

We use visuals to demonstrate our ideas and show the first designs for the project. The home page and inside layout are usually chosen for the purpose and then are used as a reference for discussion purposes.

Once the visuals have been accepted, a 40% deposit is invoiced.

Step 5: Build

This is where all the hard work happens! The design is first turned into HTML pages which can be viewed through development URL by you. These are then turned over to our programmer for the underlying programming and coding.

At Design Haus we build our sites using the latest technologies and methods. We are well-versed in building pages that meet the W3C guidelines for accessibility. Our websites make use of the latest CSS layout techniques that help to separate styles from content. The programming work we carry out will be based on the Microsoft platform with databases built in Access and scripting carried out in ASP and .NET.

Step 6: Test

The site is then tested for its architecture, technical ability and effective usability.
This gives us the confidence that we are delivering a site to the standards and expectations we expect from all our work.

Step 7: Launch

At last the date arrives; we ready to launch your site! A "launch" involves the action of your site being uploaded onto the Internet and the relevant domain name being made active.

The remaining 50% invoice is then invoiced.

Step 8: Online Promotion and Marketing

Now that your website is live on the internet your job is just about to begin. Attracting customers to your website is what will make your online investment worthwhile. Design Haus offers a complete selection of online marketing services which bring those much needed customers to your doorstep. If this area is of interest to you we will schedule a further meeting after the launch to discuss your options.

Step 9: Reporting and Evaluation

When we run any form of online marketing for your website we setup monthly management meetings with yourself. These meetings involve the presentation of statistical web traffic reports and then having a general chat about how we can improve your customer acquisition.