Development Set to Begin
The initial design is coming to an end and we are moving into development. Web design does not end with mock ups, as we move into the front end development more changes and tweaks will continue to be made as the site begins to take shape. My posts as the web designer will be more about the other things I need to design such as a new Twitter background, format our blog into the new design, the new favicon, Apple touch icon, etc… It’s all the other design that needs to be done using the new logo, the new messaging, and visual. That will be going on over the next couple months as the site is being built. I may have some things to say about the site build.
From here the front end developer will start to write posts on the process of building this design and what we are doing to make sure the site is validated by W3C for HTML5 and CSS3. Development is set to get underway the second week of September and hopefully wrap up by early November.
I hope you enjoyed watching the site design go from the initial grid and layout…
The 960 16 Column Grid with Gray Box Layout
to the gray boxes with Lorem Ipsum…
Home Page Grid and Layout
to the black and white beginning of design…
Gray-scale
to the color being added…
The process of adding graphics #3
to the graphics being placed…
2010 Comp 3.1
through the wrong turns and ideas that didn’t stick…
Comp 3.7 - Home Page
to the finished working draft ready to start production…
Working Draft 1.1 - Home Page
I have had a lot of fun sharing with you my process for designing a website. I know I have said this a lot through out the blog, but the design isn’t over and more changes will come as we build the site. I have also taken a break from this design as I worked on other projects for eClick. It’s good to step away from a design for a little while to clear your head and look at it again later with fresh eyes. Any changes to this working draft will not be posted formally so I guess it will be a surprise at this point how the final build of the site will end up looking.
I can’t wait to get it into development.