Web Designing Process

A clear mapping of the thoughts is very much important at the start of a process. It is as important as a blueprint of architecture before starting up the construction. They avoid this path and lead themselves to failure. This article would try to put a light over all the required pillars in a website design. This, at its most basic, is the process of design.

The Website Design Process can be segregated into five phases.
1) Research and analysis:
Before using the software tools understand the client requirements and research various designs for the client’s products and analyze the requirement to visualize the design.

2) Visualized Design:
Draw the visualized design in a piece of paper or board before touching Photoshop or any other tool.

3) Template Design:
Prepare the design now in Photoshop as a template.

4) Conversion:
After the Design, conversion takes place from PSD to HTML or XHTML.

5) Testing:
* Spelling (Use MS Word to check the spelling before adding the contents)
* Sentence (Use MS Word to check the sentence before adding the contents)
* Alignment
* Browser compatibility (IE, Chrome, Firefox)
* Check forms for clients correct E-mail Id, contact numbers etc…

Many designers jump directly on designing avoiding the first two steps and mess the whole thing. If you will follow the process carefully you will certainly give birth to a masterpiece. One more thing which needs to be present in a web designer is patience. After all, good things take time to come.