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Welcome Studio Custom Client Activation

Congratulations, your Q4 website project has officially begun! But first, let’s talk more about the Activation process. From start to finish, your Implementation Manager is here to manage the process and make it as seamless for you as possible. Whether we are building you one of our best-in-class Studio One websites, designing a brand-new website from scratch, or giving your current Q4 website a facelift, getting started is easy as 1-2-3.

Kick Off

Planning

Development

Site Acceptance

Launch

Kick Off

Kick-off call​

  • Team introductions​
  • Key deliverables ​
  • Project responsibilities​
  • Timeline
  • Next steps ​

Client Deliverables

  • Team introductions
  • Provide example websites
  • Provide brand guidelines and design assets

Planning

Design

  • Website audit
  • Discovery session
  • Best practice review
  • Asset review
  • Mock-up creation/review

Content

  • Content mapping
  • Best practice review

Site Structure

  • Best practice review
  • Structure updates

Client Deliverables

  • Finalize website Information Architecture
  • Review and approve design mock-ups
  • Provide updated copy

Development

Site set-up​

  • Client staging site is created
    on Q4 web​

Development​

  • Content Migration
  • Site Design is applied
  • Q4 Modules Configured

Quality testing

  • QA Testing
  • Revisions as required

Client Deliverables

  • Send missing images/content (if required)
  • Provide site setting information

Site Acceptance

Timeline Overview

Planning & Information Collection

 

Planning Time Variable

Development

To Be Determined Based On Custom Estimate

Site Acceptance Period

25 days

Site Launch

1 day

32 Days to Launch After Development Starts

To provide each of our clients with the attention and dedicated team of experts we promise in our service agreement, we will assign a developer to your website for the duration of the build and site acceptance as outlined here. Please ensure you can dedicate time to the project, especially during the site acceptance, to finalize the site within this timeframe.

Site Acceptance Period
25 Days

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Client Team

Round 1: Initial Review
Round 2: Second Review
Site Approval

Q4 Team

Update Feedback
Update Feedback
Pre-Production Testing

Launch

Go-Live​

  • Final Site Configuration​
  • DNS Updates Made
  • Live Site Review

Client Deliverables

  • Email security settings finalized
  • DNS updates made
  • Turn off email alerts on old site (if applicable)
  • Update corporate site to point to domain
  • Ask old provider to decommission site
Design Requirements Studio Custom Design Requirements Studio Custom

1 Design
Requirements

Let’s get this party started! Our designers and developers are on standby, ready to get crackin’ on your brand-new site. But first, we need a few things from you. Here is what is required from your team to assist us with the design phase of the process:

Required Design Assets

Before we start the build of your new Studio Custom website, we require the following assets to stay in-line with your company’s brand. (Trust us, the marketing team will love you.)

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Design Agency

If providing Q4 with finalized designs for your company’s website, there are a few items required to ensure a seamless development. The design agency you are working with will be able to assist you with these.

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Style Guide Template

To assist our development team in matching your company's brand, a comprehensive style guide is required. Click the link below to learn more or to access our template style guide.

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2 Site Settings

Once the development of your website is close to completion, there are a few additional pieces of information that we will need to make the necessary preparations for launch.

Analytics

Analytics are everything when it comes to websites, and we want to make sure you are set-up for success. Click the link below to see how to track the activity on your new site.

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Press Release Details

To ensure we are pulling-in any press releases that are issued automatically, there are a few details that are required to be included on all future press releases. Click the link below to learn more.

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Email Alert Info

Your Q4 website has the ability to alert subscribers when certain information is added to the site, like new press releases, SEC filings and upcoming events. Click the link below to learn more.

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3 The Technical
Stuff

There are some technical items to address before your new site can officially be launched - we are building a website after all. (Psst –you may want to loop in your IT department for these.)

DNS

This page outlines what will be required from your IT team as we move closer to deployment, as well as some additional considerations which we should be mindful of as we make our preparations.

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Email Security

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SSL

Ever notice how some websites start with ‘http’ and some start with ‘https’? In order to ensure your new website has the correct security, Q4 will procure, install and support your SSL certificate for your new website.

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