The design and build of a website is usually split into different areas. A professional web designer will be highly skilled in some or all of these important processes. A graphic designer may be skilled in some areas, a copywriter in others and a website developer in others. If you are using a content management system such as WordPress, then there may be areas which you can do yourself, such as take photos, or write the text.

 

Stages of building a website.	Role(s) Responsible
Planning the website goals, audience and required features.	Marketing Agency	Web Designer
Planning site structure ‘pages’ & areas that need to be built.
Planning the way users interact with the site, through navigation menus, links or other ways.
Graphic design of the logo and branding.	Graphic Designer	Web Designer
Graphic design of website homepage layout and style.
Website HTML design creating a homepage layout with graphics and style sheets.	Web Developer	Web Designer
Website HTML design of content pages and email templates.
Website HTML linking and programming of navigation and other interaction
Website Flash design of animations or interactive regions.
Website development of admin functions such as a CMS.	Web Developer
Website development of database interactivity features such as shopping carts, blogs, forums and other customer features.
Website development of credit card systems and integration with payment companies.
Creation of content. Writing text that populates the pages.	Copywriter
Creation of content. Photography.	Photographer
Sourcing of library images, licensing of images		Web Designer
Sourcing of library images, Photoshopping and retouching of images.	Photographer	Web Designer
Creation of content. Production of video clips or specialist content.	Filmmaker or other specialist
Installing analytics code to evaluate the sites progress.	Web Developer	SEO Expert
Creating site maps and verifying your site with the major search engines.
Setup of social media presence	SEO Expert	Web Designer
Monitoring and improving of search engine ranking

If you have established what you need you can approach established a professional web design company in Bristol such as Digital Visual. Please contact us if you can suggest updates or improvements to this page.