Getting Online:
Each web site will have it's own life cycle that will be unique to your ideas and requirements but a typical consultation will follow these stages.

Extras:
I can also design business stationary to match your website. This could include business cards, packaging or letterheads etc.

•  deciding upon which domain names (your website's address) and web hosting options (which company provides your webspace) would be most suitable.
  
  
•  if the site contains a lot of frequently updated (dynamic) content or ecommerce elements (ie your site sells things online) then we can discuss which would be the best sortware and systems to use. Much dynamic content can now be handled by free PHP software of which I have 2 years commercial experience. For ecommerce I similarly have a developers license for Actinic Catalog.
  
  
•  do you want to generate a lot of traffic through search engines? We can discuss which search terms and markets you would like to target.
  
  
•  if you have some ideas about how your website should look (this can include taking all the best parts from your competitors' sites) then I will produce a prototype homepage. This could include the design of a company logo.
  
  
•  the prototype will go through as many redesigns as it takes till you are happy. The site can then be fully implemented on a test server using the conclusions we have come to for all the above points to create exactly what you are looking for.
  
  
•  the test site will then be fully debugged, tested for search engine optimisation and redesigned where necessary until you are happy for it to go online.
  
  
•  if necessary, training can be given on how to use your website software.
  
  
•  the site will be uploaded and registered with all the major search engines (and most of the minor ones too).
  
  
•  now you will have a popular, well designed website.