Communicating your website vision with your web designer

So you’ve decided to use an expert to build your wordpress website, and communicating with your designer can be one the challenging parts of the hiring process. We firstly ask our clients to keep an open mind about things. Your website expert can help you make informed decisions, by giving you some input on your site ideas as it’s part of our job to discuss with you what is best for the site and what’s potentially not so good.   Website Communication

When it comes to building your web site, you might think that by hiring a professional and telling them you what you want, you then sit back and relax and voila your website done. The process of developing your high quality web site that will be relevant to your target market is much your responsibility as the person building your site, so its vital that you express your ideas clearly to the professional, who’ll be handling building your website.

When you ask an expert to build your site, you should have a clear vision of what you want. I can’t say this enough, The more details you give, the better the project will be. I recommend that you firstly, do some research and find web sites that you like the look of that you believe are both visually appealing and functional and share this with your website designer

Explaining the layout of your website that you have in your mind can be a very frustrating process sometimes, but since I build websites with WordPress themes, I’m going to assume you’ll be using wordpress, the layout of most WordPress themes are generally fixed but there are now themes available that have more flexibility with the standard layout and if you don’t mind sacrificing a little artistic freedom, you’re website expert can find a suitable theme for you.  If you a site thats very unique then you can have a custom layout built for you, obviously this will cost you a little more, but its something to think about.

If your company doesnt currently have a logo, then the process of getting one will have to become a separate project to the web build. If you do request additional graphic design and logo development, then be prepared to pay additional fees for this service. You should also provide all images photos, however, your web expert can also assist you in sourcing photos, if necessary. One thing you need to be aware of is that you must have an authority to use photos on your website. These can be bought online from asite such as istock photo at a low cost.

As a business owner, you know your business better than anyone and for this reason alone you’re the best person at making decisions of what content and forms need to be placed on your site. Also when it comes to proofing and copyediting, you can get assistance for this, but ultimately, what content goes out on your web site is your responsibility. You’ll also need to consider whether updating the site’s content is something that you would like the expert to do on your behalf or whether this is a task you can do yourself. If you need to take some time to think about things, you’re most welcome to do, so but please keep your web expert informed that you you need to do this. Don’t leave us in Limbo..

If you want your web project to go smoothly and for your website professiona to get your site up as quickly as possible, then they need your cooperation during the process in almost every step of the way. Many websites are delayed because clients are are not providng the information or items needed in good time . A professional website expert will strive to get your site up and running within the best reasonable time frame, so if you can provide your info/content in a timely fashion, you site will be built in a more timely fashion with your cooperation. Your website is our desingers priority – it needs to be a priority for you, too and If we don’t get your best input/cooperation, please don’t ask us “when will the site get done?” or tell your designer ” I need it asap!” How can you possibly expect the designer to complete your site if you’re not doing your part to help make things possible in the process?

Remember, you hired a professional because you want a professional looking website and you couldn’t do it yourself. So, trust your expert’s judgment when they tell you something you want won’t work or isn’t the best way to accomplish your goals. After all, you are paying them for their expertise right, and it’s OK that your web expert gets your approval each step of the way so you can tell them if your goals are being met or not. Also, if you really don’t like how something looks and want it changed, please don’t hesitate to tell them as soon as possible. Don’t wait until everything is done and then decide you don’t like it. This is one of my biggest peeves

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