Guidelines

We listen to your requirements and put you as our first priority. As well as delivering professional websites, Kongnect Design provides you with free initial consultation and friendly advice throughout your website’s design process. Whether it is from the initial stage of design brief to the realisation of your final design, we will be with you all the way to meet your requirements.

If you don’t have a clue about the web and its terminology, don't hesitate to Contact Us or just for a start, please refer to our initial step-to-step guide below for the construction of your website:

• By now, you should know your marketing plan and understand your target market or intended consumers.
  
• Choose a number of keywords that are appropriate to the contents of your business. Write them down for our reference.
  
• Choose a domain name (domain name is the web address that appear in the URL field). The most popular UK domain name is .co.uk and .com.
  Check for its availability from the above tab 'Domain Name Checker'.
  
• Let us know the style of your website if you have one and any other preferences.
  Please list out 2 to 3 URL/ Website addresses which you may like for our visual direction.
  
• Produce and categorise your content, as it will help you to decide the required number of pages
  
• Check all your content such as product lists; make sure it is complete, concise, and clear (although we provide a proof-reading service). Make sure you supply it in digital form*.
  
• Finalise the number of pages required, as this will help us to plan ahead in terms of page layout and navigation structure. (There may be an additional charge to such alteration after the requirements have been agreed and work has been carried out)
  
• Compile and supply any materials such as logo, images and artwork.
  Make sure you supply it in digital form*.
  
• Decide whether you need any additional features such as flash animation, sound effect, gallery slideshow, video clips, ‘QuickTime VR’ panoramas (360° image viewer) or just to take photographs for your online products/ albums.
  
• If you incorporate a contact or feedback form, please decide the required fields, the most obvious ones are name, telephone, e-mail etc.

Design Structures

Our aim is to provide a simple and straightforward process to developing a website.

Following a discussion and review of your website requirements, we will be able to provide you with a definitive costing and an outline website development plan, normally within 72 hours.

If our proposal is to your satisfaction, we will then discuss your preferred design style.  All our clients are provided with a conceptual web design to approve before their site is built.

Your site is built in accordance with your chosen design.

Your site is reviewed and amended as required. Content can be added or changed at any time during or after the build using the flexible, content management system that your site would be build with.

Our objective is that you are 100% happy with your site prior to go-live, and that you are confident that following the live date you will be supported in full to ensure that your web site is a successful tool for your business/ organisation.

Other Advices

First tip is to see what sort of website your competitors have got. Spend some time surfing the Internet and find out what are the possibilities. Always keep an open mind and ask yourself what you like and what you don't like about it. If you come across a particular style of website you like, reference it as it helps to give the designer an idea of your design requirements. This could well be saving your time and money. We obviously do not copy it but use it for visual direction only.

Domain Name Checker

This easy tool will allow you to check the availability of domains instantly. Simply type your domain and the system will automatically query your input. Start searching your domain today!