Web Site Design:

• Appropriate, thematic design & site architecture
• Per page pricing; WMBE discounts
• Disciplined, mature experience
• Artwork and incidental graphics
• Animation (DHTML, Flash, GIF)
• Logos and banners
• Shopping carts, secure server access
• Search engine submission, and more

Every Web site is the public face of its owners and has unique design requirements.  Through discussion with our clients we identify the special requirements for each client's Web presentation — what purposes the Web site is to fulfill, who are the users, and what messages the Web site should convey, both overtly and subliminally.

To a certain extent the physical design maxim "Form follows Function" also applies to design of a Web site's architecture — in how the various sections and pages are related, arranged, and navigated, and how the underlying file system is built.

The process of achieving proper visual and functional design will usually involve the following steps:

• Discussion of purposes, functionality, client's preferences as to layout, color, and style, and of present and future goals.  Discussion of layout and style is facilitated by reference to examples and through online or printed forms.  We will also explore any known potential users' expectations and tastes, and the relative merits of competitor Web presentations (if any).
• One or more Web site mock-ups, including preliminary artwork, will be provided for client review.  Depending on the complexity of the Web site, the mockups may be online pages in a password-protected previewing area of the Shadaux Web site or paper charts and printed or hand-rendered graphics.
• Revised mockups and artwork based on client review and comment and will be provided until a final design has been approved by the client.
• (Optional programming or database components completed and tested.)
• Web site constructed and brought online.
• (Optional client training provided.)