// Getting Started

Thank you for accepting my proposal.
I'm looking forward to getting started on your project.
Below is an overview of what I need to get started on your website project along with an introduction to the process involved to get your new site live!

Office Hours & Communication

Communication is vitally important to the success of any project.

I aim for transparency and efficiency throughout the project.
Communication for the project will be mainly on Trello and via email.

Office Hours

Monday to Friday - 8am to 5pm

1. What I Need To Get Started

The following is a list of items I will need in order to get started. You may have already provided some of these items or some will not be relevant.

All these items can be added to the Trello board or shared on email.

  • Logo files

    SVG, EPS or high resolution JPEG or PNG if possible.

  • Hosting & Domain Credentials

    Your hosting account login and/or Cpanel username and password along with domain registrar login details.

  • WordPress Login

    An administrator login to your current WordPress site (if you have an existing WP site).

  • Images and Graphics

    Current and/or new images and graphics you’d like to use on the new site.

  • Completed Planning Questionnaire

    A completed project planning questionnaire that helps me create the most effective website for your business.

  • Brand Styleguide

    Brand style guide, colours or any specific design requirements (if you have).

2. Trello

  • Trello is an easy to use online platform for communication and project management. We’ll be using this to manage the entire project; send messages, share files and track progress during the process. This will help alleviate content and images being lost in long email threads. It will serve as the project hub. We will store logins, social media profiles, links, links to Google Drive folder, brand guidelines and any other project related piece of information.

    Once your project is underway, you’ll receive an email to join the Trello board and we’ll be off and running!

    I have included an introduction video to Trello that shows how we will use it for the project.

    • 3. Google Drive

  • We will be using Google Drive to store all the content for the project. This isn’t necessary for every project, but if you have more than 10-15 images for your website or if they’re too big to send through email we will use Google Drive.

    All clients will be sent a link to their folder via email. Each website page will have its own sub-folder under content and you can upload all images and files into the relevant sub-folders. The folder structure will generally look like the image shown.

    • 4. Visual Feedback

  • To make gathering feedback easy for everyone, I use a tool called 'Markup.io" that allows clients make visual feedback on sites as I develop them.

    Once the project is underwway, you will be emailed a link to provide visual feedback. This will also be stored inside Trello too for easy access.

    I also use this tool on live sites that I manage in order to make requested changes easily. This ensures no requests for edits or changes get lost and I can work through them efficiently.

    Here is a short video on how it works.