Hello from the designers at Swank Web Design!  

Thank you for filling out our design brief. Feel free to skip questions that don't apply to your site but try to answer as many as you can so we'll have all the pertinent information. The more descriptive you are the better!

Please refer to our Services page on our website for basic information regarding what we can do for you and our base prices.  Also refer to our hosting site to find out more about the hosting services we offer.

Below the questionnaire we have included a short section outlining the design process and some of our important terms of service.  This is so you can be aware of what to expect from us as your designer and what we expect from you as the client.  We want to make this experience as simple and professional as possible for you.

To read more about this please refer our Design Process page and our Terms of Service.

When you are done filling everything out please attach this to an email and send it to contact@swankwebdesign.com or if you already know which designer is helping you please email it to her directly.  

Our emails are:
Emily@swankwebdesign.com
Vicki@ swankwebdesign.com
Margot@swankwebdesign.com 
Jen@swankwebdesign.com 

Thank you!

The Swank Team,
Emily, Vicki, Margot and Jen

General Information

Full Name:

Email Address:

Site URL: 

Site name:  

Site tagline:

Site platform/content management system:

Is this a brand new site or a redesign?

Does this project have a deadline?

What is your budget or price range for this project? 

Do you need web hosting and/or a domain name?

Site Information

Please describe what type of site this is (personal blog, professional website, e-commerce, etc.) and what it’s objectives are:

About how many pages will be on your site? (about, contact, blog, etc.)  

FOR WEBSITES or WEBSITE/BLOG COMBOS ONLY: Please list any specific content that you want on your home page. For example, if you are an author you may want to feature a certain number of new and/or recent releases. If you have a newsletter, you may to feature the sign up form prominently. Maybe you want to feature recent blog posts or news. Feel free to include links to other home pages that you like.

FOR BLOG/WEBSITE COMBOS ONLY:  How should your blog design compare to the rest of your site? (matching, different color scheme, different graphics, etc.)

FOR BLOGS ONLY: How many sidebars do you need? (1 to 3 columns) Please list any sidebar headings/sections you want included (about, archives, links, etc.)

Will you have ads incorporated into your site? If so, please list specific ad sizes, positions and what pages they will appear on.

Do you want your site design to be optimized for viewing on mobile devices and tablets?

Please list any additional services or features you want (e.g. newsletter, contact forms, plugins, print graphics):

Design Preferences

What is tone or feeling that you want this new design to convey?

To help us understand your personal tastes and preferences, please list at least three sites that have a design or tone that you like.  If you can, please elaborate on which elements you like specifically.

COLOR PREFERENCES:
  
What colors do you prefer?  

Please list any colors that we should NOT use: 

Do you want a bright or a muted color scheme?  

Do you prefer a lot of colors or a more limited/monochromatic color scheme?

FONT PREFERENCES:

Do you have a font preference for the main content text?  (e.g. Arial, Times New Roman, Georgia, etc.)

Do you have any font preferences for other parts of the design? (e.g. page/post titles, other headings, etc.) This may be a specific font or just a type of font. (e.g. handwritten, serif, sans-serif, decorative, cursive, all-caps, retro, etc.)

GRAPHICS:

Please tell us about any imagery you would like to incorporate into your site design. Examples: flowers, cityscapes, landscapes, people, specific places, objects like books, food/drinks or design elements that evoke a place/time (celtic, victorian, futuristic). If there aren’t any specific images you can think of, think about certain styles, patterns, textures or shapes that you like. Feel free to include links to other sites that have imagery you like.

Do you have a preference for photography or hand-drawn/vector art work?

Do you have a logo or other graphics that must be incorporated into the design? 

If not, do you need a logo designed? Will it be on the website only or do you need it for print (business cards, stationary, etc.) as well? Please tell us your preferences for the logo colors, typeface and tone. Feel free to link to examples of other logos you like.

If you already have images and/or a logo you want to use, please send them along with this brief. 

Please add any additional information here:

Do you have any questions for us?

The Design Process

Phase 1: Project Information, Price Quote and Scheduling

At Swank Web Design, you will work with one single designer for the entirety of your project. If you have a preference you can request one of our designers up front, otherwise your project will be given to the first available designer.
The design process starts with finding out everything we can about your project. If you haven’t already submitted a design brief, we will send one to you after you first contact us. From your answers we will have more of an idea of the scope of your project and your needs so we can give you a price quote.

If you accept the price quote your designer will add your project to her schedule and let you know the tentative start date. Please be advised this may be anywhere from a few weeks to a few months away depending on her current work load.
Depending on the size of your project, your designer may send you a contract to read and sign (electronically). The contract outlines the basic rights and responsibilities of both you and your designer so please read it carefully before signing.

A down payment is due prior to the start of any work. Depending on your project/designer will need to pay 30 – 50% of the price quote up front. If partial payment is made upfront, the final payment(s) will be due upon project completion before complete control is handed over from designer to client. PayPal is preferred however we may also accept check or money order.

Phase 2: Design, Installation and Testing

A new website (or a redesign) generally takes 1-2 months but everything is dependent on the scope and complexity of your project. Your designer will be able to provide you with an estimate of how long it will take. Please note that if you decide to change the scope of your project or add any extra features/services, you will be billed (usually upon project completion) for the extra time incurred.

We will work with you and your answers from the design brief to create a mock-up of your new website which we will send to you for your suggestions and/or approval. Design includes up to two mock-ups and up to four minor revisions to the final mock-up. It is very important that, after the first mock-up, you list every change that you wish to be made for your final mock-up so that we may complete the design to your satisfaction.

After the final mock-up is complete and approved by you, the installation process begins. Your designer will need any pertinent information necessary to install your new design (i.e. CMS log in information, ftp/cpanel username and password, etc.). Please set up a temporary password for your designer if necessary.

You will be able to preview the design once it is installed and list any minor changes you wish to be made. Graphics and layout cannot be changed at this point (that was approved by you in the mock-up stage), but smaller changes may be made such as link and text colors, margins, content additions, etc. Please list all changes and we will try to implement all of your requests. Your designer reserves the right to say when you have exhausted her services, so please stay within reason.

Once all final changes have been made and approved, your designer will test out the new design. We will do our best to ensure that your new design is functional in the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari for Windows and Mac but cannot guarantee it will look the same on all browsers/platforms (especially older ones or ones in beta). If you have opted for a responsive mobile friendly design we will also test your design on multiple tablets and phones to ensure a good mobile experience.

Phase 3: Completion and Maintenance

Once the design is installed and everything is to your satisfaction we’ll send you all the pertinent logins we may have created for you and you will assume full control over the site. Your designer will also send you a tutorial for any special processes you may need to know to maintain or update your website.

You can always email your designer if you have questions or need help with anything. We also offer additional website maintenance if you don’t have the time or desire to update and/or maintain the site by yourself. Please email your designer about rates and scheduling.

Please also see our Terms of Service page for more info.

By filling out this questionnaire and sending it in, you are agreeing to all of our Terms and Conditions as stated above and on our Terms of Service page.

When you are done filling everything out please attach this to an email and send it to contact@swankwebdesign.com or if you already know which designer is helping you please send it straight to her.  

Our emails are:
Emily@swankwebdesign.com
Vicki@ swankwebdesign.com
Margot@swankwebdesign.com 
Jen@swankwebdesign.com