Frequently asked question
How long does a website project take?
A small site: a few weeks. A site with custom work or a webshop: a few months. Honestly though, the schedule rarely depends on us. In nine out of ten projects we are waiting for text and photos.
What really sets the pace
Building is fast. Deciding is not. The weeks that count are the ones where it becomes clear what the site has to do, for whom, and what goes on it. That is not a delay, that is the work: the time you spend there comes back twice over.
The part that takes longest in practice is filling it. Writing the text and choosing the photos is harder than it looks — and it is the one part nobody else can think up for you. We can take it on, but somebody has to know what there is to tell.
How it usually goes
- Listening — what does this thing have to do, and for whom? If the idea is daft, we say so now. That is cheaper than later.
- Mapping it out — structure, page plan, what goes where
- Designing — the hardest page first, because if that one works, the rest follows
- Building — alongside the filling, not after it
- Checking and launching — testing on real devices, and only then flipping the switch
And after that?
A site is not finished at launch; that is where it starts. In the first weeks we watch what visitors actually do and adjust where it rubs. Usually it comes down to small things: a button sitting too low, a form with one field too many.