1. Wireframe...

The storyboard for your new website

ONWEB begins by asking questions regarding the structure and goals of your new website. 

We then launch a development website where authorized contributors will collaborate.  We focus on the wireframes, key pages and the website map to establish how web visitors will be interacting with the data.  The development and theming of the website will be based on this primary architecture. 

Wireframes are key components of the Drupal development process because they allow both the client and our Drupal development team to visualize the structure of the website.

2. Development...

Making your website COME ALIVE with programming

Depending on your website requirements, we may need to install and/or customize contributed Drupal Software Modules.  As of September 2011, there are over 8,300 different web software modules ONWEB can plug into your website.

In the last year the number of modules has grown by 400%! 

A software module could range from forums to e-Commerce. As much as possible we use prebuilt modules developed and tested through the Open-Source community.  Using prebuilt modules means ONWEB does far less bug fixing. 

This part of the Drupal development process creates the framework for the database functionalities of your website.

3. Custom Drupal Theming...

What your website is going to look like

A theme in Drupal is what your site looks like, including the size of content and feature areas, colours, fonts, etc. There are literally hundreds of prebuilt themes that have been tested by the Drupal Open-Source community which is over 1,000,000 members strong.  Drupal does a great job of separating your website content from how it is presented through the use of Cascading Style Sheets.  At the click of a button you can switch from one theme to another.  This will save you a tremendous amount of time down the road by not needing to reinsert your content when changing the look of your site.

We specialize in taking prebuilt and tested Search Engine Optimizing (SEO) themes; we then modify the styles to match your company branding to save you time and money.  This provides you with a high level of control over each portion of your website.  Depending on where the visitor goes in your site, ONWEB can change any part of your theme and/or layout making parts of your site unique relative to the rest of the site. 

The theming process will finalize the look and feel of the site as we move through the next stages of the Drupal development process.

4. Quality Assurance...

Actual testing by a human being

ONWEB ensures that every website we develop is thoroughly tested in the most common internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari). Our Quality Assurance process involves having a human extensively test every part of your new website to ensure all the software modules are functional, and that the theme is displaying correctly.

After we have your final approval the next step is to do a backup of the whole site and then launch it under your root domain. 

All further editing of your site will then be done on the live website.

5. Maintenance...

Now that you have your fancy new website, what next?

ONWEB provides ongoing maintenance and coaching after the launch of your new website. Our Quarterly Maintenance Plans include continuous upgrading / monitoring of the site, as well as training authorized people how to best edit your site from a drupal and SEO perspective. This ensures your website will continually grow and evolve with the latest technology.

If the organic search engine listings are not delivering enough traffic to your website, we can discuss pay per click advertising campaigns.

There is only a limited amount of WebMASTER time available so make sure you secure your timeslot to get the most out of your website.  We deploy websites powered by the Drupal Open-Source platform for businesses, professionals and organizations. Now that we have shown you our process, you are encouraged to call 604.805.4748 to revamp your existing website.

Think of your drupal site as organic, growing and evolving.

 As such, maintenance of your critical company asset into the future is a very important factor to consider.  At ONWEB we have set up many websites for customers and after the first rush of getting the website live there becomes a void of energy as the client becomes distracted by other pressing day to day matters.  If the developer has no continuing monetary interest in the website, no work will be done by anyone to keep it fresh.  Contract based websites then become useless because they are out of date within a short period of time.

A Quarterly Maintenance Plan is superior because it will build a successful information rich website that will keep pace with your business.

For the purposes of clients large and small, ONWEB has determined that the Drupal Content Management System (CMS) is the best current choice to build your website on. Having done a few hundred client websites, many of the requirements become generic so we include them as part of our install profiles.  Drupal.org is an Open-Source Software Project that develops software modules for internet web servers. These modules are used in the development of every kind of website from small blogs, large community-based projects, and international corporations.  These software modules control key features to make your website search engine friendly, easy to navigate and edit for visitors and for authorized administrators.

Our intention with clients is to teach them how easy and flexible the Drupal Content Management System is!

Engineering websites since 1999, ONWEB has learned both large and small websites have a certain amount of design standardization.  For example, visitors will find a website easy to use if there is some form of navigation, either horizontal and/or vertical.  The list of features can go on, but our suggestion is to select a proven theme that is known to be SEO friendly and bug-free.  At various times throughout the life cycle of the site design modifications can be made to change the look/feel of your website.