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Welcome Studio One 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

Beta Review

Launch

Kick Off

1 day

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

~3 Days

Design Assets

  • Client to provide:
  • Logos
  • Fonts
  • Images
  • Brand guidelines

Content

  • Content mapping
  • Best practice review

Site Structure

  • Best practice review
  • Structure updates

Client Deliverables

  • Provide design assets
  • Finalize website Information Architecture
  • Provide new or updated copy

Development

~1 Week

Site set-up​

  • Client Site instance is created
    on Q4web​

Development​

  • Content Migration
  • Design assets are applied
  • Q4 Modules Configured

Quality testing

  • QA Testing
  • Revisions as required

Client Deliverables

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

Beta Review

~1 Week

Client review

  • Secure Beta site
  • BugHerd used to ​capture Feedback
  • Feedback addressed

Final review​

  • Beta updates verified
  • Development Freeze
  • Launch approval

Client Deliverables

  • Review staging site and provide feedback
  • Approve feedback
  • Provide final approval
  • Provide outstanding site setting information

Launch

1 Day

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 One Design Requirements Studio One

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 One website, we require the following assets to stay in-line with your company’s brand. (Trust us, your marketing team will love you.)

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Studio One Image Specs

If you would like to share your company's images and assets with us to implement on your new Studio One site, then click the link below for the correct specifications. Find your chosen theme by selecting from the options listed at the top of the page.

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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.

Google 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

This page contains details about how to whitelist our mail server in order to allow us to send emails on your behalf (i.e. email alerts).

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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, and that mystery ‘s’ finds its rightful home, there are a few things that need to occur.

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Client ActivationResource Library

All Design Site Settings Technical Items Best Practices