Web development process might depend on the complexity of the site, but the basic steps in developing your website is as follows:

Step 1: Determine your goals

• Review goals of the project
• Address technical, functional, and production concerns
• Explore brand , identity and audience
• Form central or core concept

Step 2: Architecture

• Examine content structure
• Map out user scenarios
• Define names of sections and navigation
• Determine future additions

Step 3: Blueprints

• Organize the exact content on paper diagrams
• Define placement of key content elements
• Define functionality for technology team

Step 4: Interface Design

• Create prototype of central concept
• Internal meeting on approved phases and approach
• Usability testing of tweaked prototype
• Create mock-ups based on approved blueprints and central concept

Step 5: First Design Presentation

• Present design concepts for initial response
• Examine graphic design for functionality, goal fulfillment and audience reaction
• Choose a design direction from mock-ups

Step 6: Second Design Presentation

• Address feedback from first design presentation
• Present updated design solution
• Approval of design solution
• Initiate production

Step 7: Web Production

• Deliver designs and templates
• Test concepts and implementation for usability and platforms
• Address all formatting, design or technology issues
• Deliver and present major portion of design production
• Final Testing

Step 8: Launch

• Site goes live