OK, just how long is a piece of string? How long will it take to make a web site is a question that I am often asked, and the question is easy. I've been known to have the website ready to publish the same day as I've started, whereas other web sites have taken over a year to get ready. And the one that took more than a year was merely a 5-page site!
There are some factors that will affect how long it is going to take to build your website. Here are a few of the considerations.
Factor 1 - Size Of The Proposed Website
Obviously, a 1-page site will usually be ample quicker than a 5-page website and both heaps quicker than an ecommerce website or even a huge directory with lots of features. There is no reason why a 1-page site cannot be built in a day, whilst a 5-page website could be built in several days, depending on the rest of the factors.
Factor 2 - Is The Content Ready?
All too typically the style of the site might be ready, but the content is not ready or is an early draft. Often, the content is put in place and then redrafted a lot of times. Obviously, on those websites where the content is ready at the start or a content management system as for instance WordPress is being used, then the time to get it ready is just hours to days. If loads of drafts are needed then weeks or even months could elapse.
Factor 3 - How Complicated Is The Look?
A site with numerous complicated flash animations, fancy graphics and a different look on every single webpage is going to take stacks longer to build than a simple, clean looking web site that could be built in a matter of hours. I can, usually, build a easy clean looking web site style from scratch in about 4 hours. It is the iterations after that point that take the time!
Factor 4 - How Plenty of People Are Reviewing The Site?
This is an unbelievable factor in the build time of a website. All of my longest builds have had a group of people deciding what the new website will look like. The quickest have been built for a sole trader.
What happens is that the primary contact looks at the site, has their input with the designer and puts their stamp on it. Then the next person in the committee then gets involved, wants their tips and changes are made. Then the next person and the person after that all do the same. One site alone was restarted 5 times as more people got involved in deciding what the web site should look like.
To Answer The Question
A small web site could simply be built in a morning, but as you add in extra pages and features, take time to supply multiple drafts of the content and add in a more complicated look to the website and get more people involved in what it should look like, the build time increases exponentially.
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Written by Keith Lunt, provider of website design Formby . Call in for extra website design writing!
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