Are you thinking of expanding your Business on the web, are you thinking of having a website to promote your business, are you confused about the cycle of Web designing?

Well then a little knowledge on this topic is all you need to get started. Having knowledge about the stages of Web design always helps you in communicating your requirements to your design firm and having good knowledge of these stages helps you in planning your venture beforehand too.

Here are the different stages of Web design:

  • Requirements gathering: The first stage of Web designing process is the Requirements gathering stage. Its during this stage that all the requirements considering your site’s purpose, functionality, services it offers, its target audience etc. are all taken into account before proceeding towards the all important design stage.
  • Design Stage: This is the phase where the designing of your site takes place. This is where your site takes shape and users can get a good look of how their site will look before it goes online, from its color scheme to its navigation to its services that it offers, everything can be seen here and recommended suggestions can then be given to the design firm.
  • Development: After your design is locked, comes the development stage. During this stage the actual development takes place. That is implementing your site’s services for the users, making a back end management system for the customer to control his site including managing content, inquiries, registrations, newsletters etc. Remember the services you need depend on your requirements and of course your budget.
  • Testing: After the development, its time to test your site in all aspects from functionality, usability to performance, everything is tested in this stage, the back end management system that is presented to the customer is also tested here.
  • Maintenance: After the site goes online, comes the maintenance stage. The maintenance stage takes care of any obstructions that might happen during the functioning of your site. Usually each firm provides a minimum Maintenance time for the site they make.

These are the different stages of Web design that every design firm follows. Keeping these in mind not only helps in communicating with your design firm, they also make sure that you don’t get cheated by any fake Design company, you see a little research always helps.