OK, only how long is a piece of string? How long will it take to make a site is a question that I am often asked, and the question is easy. I've been known to have the site ready to publish the same day as I've started, whereas other web sites have taken more than a year to get ready. And the one that took more than a year was only a 5-page website!
There are a few factors that will affect how long it is going to take to build your website. Here are several of the considerations.
Factor 1 - Size Of The Proposed Web site
Obviously, a 1-page web site will frequently be lots quicker than a 5-page web site and both a load quicker than an ecommerce web site or even a huge directory with numerous features. There is no reason why a 1-page site cannot be built in a day, whilst a 5-page site might 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 web site can 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 let's say WordPress is being used, then the time to get it ready is only hours to days. If numerous drafts are needed then weeks or even months could elapse.
Factor 3 - How Complicated Is The Look?
A website with plenty of complicated flash animations, fancy graphics and a different look on every single webpage is going to take a lot longer to build than a easy, clean looking web site that can be built in a matter of hours. I can, regularly, build a simple clean looking website style from scratch in around 4 hours. It is the iterations after that point that take the time!
Factor 4 - How Lots of People Are Reviewing The Web site?
This is an unbelievable factor in the build time of a site. All of my longest builds have had a group of people deciding what the new site will look like. The quickest have been built for a sole trader.
What happens is that the primary contact looks at the web 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 web site alone was restarted 5 times as more people got involved in deciding what the site should look like.
To Answer The Question
A small website might easily 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 site and get more people involved in what it should look like, the build time increases exponentially.
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