Design Process

Design Process

A quality process leads to a quality product, and our proven design process ensures world-class results. You can see it for yourself. Check them out in our portfolio.

Planning
Research and Strategy

During the this stage, we spend time getting to know you and your business or organization. We may ask you to provide copies of your current marketing materials and most likely we will be asking a lot of questions. We also assess your overall business strategy, marketing objectives, target audience, competition, project and design preferences, ideas, and more.
Creating
Creative Process

After we have gathered the information, goals, and objectives needed for the project, we begin to conceptualize the design and to develop the overall structure for the project. During this stage, Lifetree Creative may submit to you for your feedback & approval: Wire-Frames, Design Concepts & Mock-up(s), Project Description/Map, a detailed functionality outline, and, if Lifetree Creative is writing or editing content for the project, a complete list of the pages to be written or edited. We will ensure that the overall design suits the functionality required for the project.
Development
Development

After your approval of the design concept and overall project structure, we begin to build your website. The production phase is often the longest phase of the project. We build out all pages and propagate with content and graphics, we code and develop all technical requirements (database, e-commerce functionality, content management integration, etc), we also create the “bells and whistles” for the project (flash elements, dynamic drop down menus, etc.). Once the site has been built it will be tested by to ensure cross-browser compatibility. We then turn it over to you to review. Revisions, if needed, are made to the project based on the feedback.
Launching
The Launch

Once we receive your final approval, your site is ready to “go live”! Depending on the type of project, Lifetree Creative may: upload your web files to your live web server & submit the site to search engines (web project), submit to you the final files in printer ready format (print project), or submit to you the final files on CD Rom, DVD.