AZgraphic Creative Studio

Web design elements.

PRINCIPLES OF WEBSITE DESIGNS:
1. precise target definition and stationing of the website;
2. well-considered informational structure and accurate visual hierarchy;
3. intuitive interface;
4. easy-to-use and reliable control management system;
5. unique ad concepts and scenarios;
6. correspondence with the corporate identity;
7. several different conceptual directions during the design;
8. an extraordinary graphic design, animation and sound;
9. use of modern technologies;
10. correspondence with the general accepted standards;
11. acceptable load performance;

STAGES AND PRINCIPLES OF WEBSITE DESIGN:
1. The client fills in «Order Brief», which describes the client's company specialization, principles of its work, project formulation, the client's wishes, preferable budget, etc. Brief order in Word file will be sent to the client upon request.
2. The managers of the studio determine the volume of work, stages, turnaround time, website costs depending on the client's goals including graphics and programming based on the materials provided;
3. Achievement of agreement;
4. Preliminary payment before the start of the project - 30%;
First stage:
5. Client provides all the materials needed;
6. Website analysis of the client's company scope of activity and its goals;
7. Search for competing companies and analysis of their activities and websites;
8. Indication of the determinative characteristics and associations, problem definition;
9. Collection of the additional materials (photos, graphics etc.);
10. Design of informational structure;
11. Versions of the graphical concept and interface of the website Main page (3-6 versions). Concept approval;
12. Versions of the graphical concept of typical Content pages for the website (2-4 versions). Concept approval;
13. HTML-template makeup for the Main and Content pages; Concept approval;
14. Payment - 40%;
Second stage design:
15. Design and programming of the content management system;
16. Filling of the Content pages and database of the web-site;
17. Launching, usability-testing, website server setup. Conception Approval;
18. The payment of the rest sum of money - 30%.
Third stage:
19. Passing to the client all the passwords to enter the Control Management System, initial files, in all formats needed as discussed beforehand: vector - Adobe illustrator (.ai), Corel Draw (.cdr); raster - Adobe Photoshop (.psd), others - .html,.gif, .jpeg, .png, .pdf and so on.
Files are sent via email or an FTP-server of the client or the studio.
It is also possible to send CD / DVD with all the files recorded in it.
20. Delegating all copyrights from the studio to the client (AZgraphic studio reserves the rights to demonstrate all the designs in its portfolio or in exhibitions and also to use any rejected concepts for its further designs).

PROJECT DELIVERABLES: (THINGS YOU ARE PAYING FOR)
Website design:
1. Website informational structure design (graphical scheme of hierarchy and pages correlation);
2. Creation of the principle (concept) of the website main page on the basis of the existing or simultaneously created Corporate Identity (3-6 versions of the page, detailed technological development of the elements to be arranged on the pages: navigation bar, arrangement of images, usability-oriented copy;
3. Design of the website content page: 3-6 page versions, detailed technological development of the elements to be arranged on the pages;
4. Graphic and contents design for website content pages;
5. More detailed scheme and the form of the site nave bar design (button link) and its performance (it is possible to use Flash animation technology);
6. Product catalog or portfolio concept. (Hierarchy and informational structure performance principle and its design);
7. Flash intro design for the website. Flash intro is an animated presentation accompanied by music and musical effects before the loading of the main page of the website, or on a special independent page. It is also possible to use Flash animation for the whole website.
The cost of a presentation will depend on its duration and complexity;
8. Illustration design for the page;
9. Preparation of the subsidiary graphics to be placed on each page (photos, pictograms, etc.);
10. Preparation of photos for products catalog or portfolio (retouch, graphical design, signing of the name, size optimization, etc.);
Website programming:
11. makeup: creation of HTML templates of the Main and Content pages;
12. makeup of the rest static website content pages (Product catalogue, Order cart, etc.);
13. Active pages and Content Management System design providing the ability to edit the active pages;
14. Searching for a hosting platform and its setup;
15. Website installation, its configuration, testing and launching.

DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES AND WEB-PROJECT PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:
Design is done on the basis of the standard technologies: HTML, DHTML, XML, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, VBScript, Java, CGI, ASP, Perl, as well as unique software made according to the client's demand.
Technologies & languages:
PHP 4/5, JSP, Perl, ASP, Flash, XML, XHTML, JavaScript, crossbrowser HTML and CSS corresponding to W3C standards.
Web servers: Apache 1/2, MS IIS.
Databases: MySQL 4/5, MS SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite and many other technologies related to Web and Multimedia development.