I have just signed for a professional web design plan. what should i do now?

Answer by: George Kaloyanov, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

Thank you for choosing Aplus.Net’s professional web design services. To begin the process of designing your website, we will need your assistance as we work to design a website that matches your requirements and needs. The document below will explain the whole process of having a web site designed by our Web Design team.

ORDER APPROVAL AND PAYMENT:

For your own security, we require that each web design order be approved by our Billing department. Once you initiate a web design, you will receive a CCA (Credit Card Authorization) form and Web WDA (Design Service Agreement) form from our Billing department via email or alternatively by fax. Please complete the CCA form, sign it, and fax the form back to 1-913-890-7705. A Billing representative will apply the payment required for your web design services.

Note: You will have to complete and fax a CCA form, only if you chose to pay by Credit Card. This form is not required for Check Payments or Wire Transfers. Please make sure to include your registration number on the form to avoid any delay on your project.

WEB DESIGN PROJECT MANAGER:

As soon as the above mentioned forms are received and the plan is paid for, you will be assigned a Web Design Project Manager. The Project Manager will be in charge of your web design project from start to finish. It is best to consult your Project Manager all your web design related questions. You will receive an email with instructions and a welcome call from your assigned Project Manager. You will also receive his/her direct phone number and email address so you can receive updates on the status of your project.

CHOOSE YOUR WEB DESIGN TEMPLATE:

In order to start your web design project you will need to choose:

Logo design (optional)
Flash Intro (optional)
Design Template (required)

Please log into our web design gallery at: http://design.aplus.net/?o=g using your Aplus.Net registration number and customer password. Choose your Logo design, Flash Intro and Template from our gallery that contains more than 4000 web design templates, 1000 logo design ideas, 150 Flash Intros. Save the respective IDs so you can send them to your web design project manager.

Note: Some of the design templates provide Flash version at additional cost. The Flash version details and additional cost are listed below the template screenshot.

Once you choose a web design template that matches your needs and requirements, you have to define the structure and the page titles (site map) of your website. Please submit the chosen Logo Design ID (optional), Flash Intro ID (optional), Design Template ID, your site structure, and page titles to your project manager by email.

Note: If you chose a flash version of a given template instead of its static version, please inform your project manager.

Your Project Manager will collect all the information mentioned above and will prepare a confirmation form (named: “Appendix A”) that contains all details of your web design plan. Please sign the form and fax it back to 1-913-890-7786.

WEB SITE CONTENTS AND DEMO URL:

Once your website template and structure is defined, you will need o provide your project manager with the actual contents of your web pages (text, pictures, video files, sound files, and description of where you want to place them on your web pages)

The number of days required to complete your project depends on the type of plan ordered:

Palette – 6 business days
Sunshine – 10 business days
Rainbow – 30 business days
Reflections – 45 business days

Important: Without this vital information, our web design team cannot start designing your web site. The turnaround time starts after all the required materials (contents) are submitted. If you do not send the contents on time, you risk having your own project delayed.

Once received, our design team will start designing your web site. Your Project Manager will provide you with a demo URL that you can use in order to see the progress on your web site at any stage.

WEB SITE APPROVAL:

Once your web site is designed, you will be contacted by your project manager to test and approve it. We suggest that you go over your designed web site one more time and report any last corrections that needs to be applied to your site (text misspells, inconsistent hyperlinks, .etc).

You will be then sent a release form by your Project Manager in order to approve your designed website. Please sign the form, and fax it back to 1-913-890-7786.

Important: Aplus.Net will publish your site only after the release form has been received.

WEB SITE PUBLISHING:

Once Aplus.Net receives the release form, our design team will publish your website to your hosting server.

Important: If your hosting service is not with Aplus.Net, please provide your FTP login information so our team is able to publish your site.