Website Developer - Tasks and specialisations
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Tasks & duties
Website developers may do some or all of the following:
- meet with a client to find out the requirements for their website
- work out the purpose of the website and talk over ideas with the client
- develop the website's content and visual design
- work out the website's structure and how the user will find their way around it
- develop a technical plan for the website and ways to promote it online
- suggest production methods and necessary equipment, and investigate costs for the website
- liaise with writers, designers, system administrators and other IT staff
- intergrate the technical, visual, and content aspects of the site to produce the finished product
- ensure the client is satisfied with the end result
- maintain or update the website once it is completed by adding new content, illustrations or features
- co-ordinate other people, such as designers and writers, to help maintain the website.
Taera Crane sketching a design for a website
Specialisations
Website developers can specialise in creating the back end of a website (such as the database behind the website) or in designing the website (what visitors to the site actually see).
Updated
September 2009
