{"id":111,"date":"2020-05-28T19:26:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friezedesign.co.uk\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2022-06-06T12:25:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T11:25:20","slug":"web-design-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friezedesign.co.uk\/blog\/web-design-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Design Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd\"]{text-align:center;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Georgia, serif;text-transform:capitalize;color:#ea024d;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_ab8ed4-cd\">&#8220;attempt to develop a website without Proper pre-design planning : your website is almost certainly doomed to fail&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We wouldn&#8217;t even consider producing a website for you without first having a complete understanding of your central aims (Project Objectives &amp; Requirements), and who the website is for :&nbsp;your target audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Only then can we consider the best way to interpret and implement those aims, that will result in a coherent, robust and engaging website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We regard pre-design planning as the most important stage of any website design and development project. This is when all the crucial decisions are made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things you might consider as part of web design &amp; development planning:<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87:not(.this-stops-third-party-issues){margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list:not(.this-prevents-issues):not(.this-stops-third-party-issues):not(.tijsloc){margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list{grid-row-gap:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap .kt-svg-icon-list-single{margin-right:10px;}.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-level-0 .kt-svg-icon-list-single svg{font-size:24px;}.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-level-1 .kt-svg-icon-list-single svg{font-size:24px;}.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-level-2 .kt-svg-icon-list-single svg{font-size:24px;}.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-level-3 .kt-svg-icon-list-single svg{font-size:24px;}.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-level-4 .kt-svg-icon-list-single svg{font-size:24px;}.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-level-5 .kt-svg-icon-list-single svg{font-size:24px;}.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-level-6 .kt-svg-icon-list-single svg{font-size:24px;}.kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-level-7 .kt-svg-icon-list-single svg{font-size:24px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-iconlist kt-svg-icon-list-items kt-svg-icon-list-items_915d63-87 kt-svg-icon-list-columns-1 alignnone kt-list-icon-aligntop\"><ul class=\"kt-svg-icon-list\"><li class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-style-default kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-0\"><div style=\"display:inline-flex;justify-content:center;align-items:center\" class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-single kt-svg-icon-list-single-fe_arrowRightCircle\"><svg style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"10\"><\/circle><polyline points=\"12 16 16 12 12 8\"><\/polyline><line x1=\"8\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"16\" y2=\"12\"><\/line><\/svg><\/div><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\">What are the central aims of your website &#8211; 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