Our Design Process





Alegria Tech has teamed with Shimmy Design to provide a seamless process to get your new Joomla! site up and running fast.

Our design process starts with the website pre-build statge. In this development stage we work with you to define the basic information that we need to get the web design process going. Usually this is done through a phone conference or sometimes an in-person meeting. Our goal in this phase is for us to understand your vision for your new web site. To achieve this understanding, we will focus on 4 key areas

 

  • Purpose of the website – What do you want to get done? Information Sharing, sales, technical support. This information provides the basics of our design direction
  • Goals of the website - It could be as simple as make lots of money with online sales, or to support and manage a community organization.
  • Who is your target audience for the website design? – This is a critical piece of information for you and the designer to see eye to eye on. A website look targeted to “sc4t3r d00dz” is not going to work for a real estate agent under normal conditions. So it is important for everyone to understand the target demographic for the site!
  • Website content planning – We can make your new website look great but what are you going to put on it? Now is the time to start planning your website content.

The Planning phase of our development process pulls together all of the information from pre-build and we develop a framework for your new website. We will look at your goals and content ideas and plan a website flow that will be effective to convey your message.

The Website Development phase is where the heavy lifting begins. We will design the look and feel of your new website and add the features that will make your site stand out from the rest. During this phase your site will be set up on our development server that you will have private access to . It is very important to have your inputs as the development progresses. To facilitate this you will have access to our project management portal. Here you can interact with the designer as the process continues.

When you sign-off on the development site we move to the delivery and training phase. in this phase your web site will get the final polish and be packaged for your website hosting. We will also provide you the training to do updates and add content to your site.

Normally,  the development time for our sites runs 2 to 3 weeks. That timeline is dependant on several external factors like artwork and content. But we try very hard to stay in that window.

Our website development process ensures that you are involved in every step of the production of your website and you can be confident that your goals and vision are being met!