- Gather Specs and Assets
- Logo (color scheme)
- Content
- Keywords
- Photos
- Establish Environment
- url (.dev vs .rev)
- hosting
- baseline
- Create Menu Structure
- Pages {top level)
- Categories (blog type posts)
- Project Categories
- Projects
- Front Page Design
- Header
- Content
- Footer
- Interior Page Design
- Header
- Content
- Sidebars
- Footer
- Client Approval
- Design OK
- Suggestions or requests for improvement
- Content Build-out
- Content
- Sidebars
- Photos
- Forms
- SEO (Title Tags and Meta Descriptions)
- OK to go Live
- Final testing of user interfaces (contact forms, etc)
- Final Client Approval
- Production Transition
- Establish hosting
- Migrate new website to production hosting
- If necessary, re-point DNS
- Google Tracking Code
- 301 redirects