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A NON-WEB DEVELOPERS GUIDE TO A WEBSITE REDESIGN
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PHASE 4: DEPLOY

Moving forward, the website should be maintained on a regular basis. This should include Drupal updates, security updates, content maintenance, and basic page styling.

A NON-WEB DEVELOPERS GUIDE TO A WEBSITE REDESIGN
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PHASE 4: DEPLOY

The testing phase is for all participants to test the website and fix any errors before making it live to the public.

Develop a test plan.

The test plan should include:

A NON-WEB DEVELOPERS GUIDE TO A WEBSITE REDESIGN
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PHASE 1: PLAN

During the scope phase, you will identify the technical and functionality requirements for the new website. If you need to outsource any work, the information that you have gathered in the initiation, discovery, and scope phases will be critical for the external vendor.

A NON-WEB DEVELOPERS GUIDE TO A WEBSITE REDESIGN
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PHASE 1: PLAN

Once the project has been formally started, the discovery phase begins. This phase is meant to reveal the state of your website today and your competitive landscape. All team members should participate in this phase of the project.

A NON-WEB DEVELOPERS GUIDE TO A WEBSITE REDESIGN
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PHASE 1: PLAN

The project sponsors and other important stakeholders will decide whether to commit to the web project and define it at a broad level.

Introduction

Planning a website redesign is daunting, and the process is long and tedious — especially if you don't do it on a regular basis.

Have no fear: This guide aims to help make your job easier by providing an overview of the common phases and resources involved in a website redesign project so that you can set expectations and properly staff your internal and/or external teams. 

When adding a new subdomain to a PWP website, please be mindful of existing absolute URLs that may be pointing to the old domain, as the old domain will not function once the PWP website has been updated.

This functionality was added as part of the Spring 2019 spring cleaning initiative.

Unlike regular GitHub, connecting to GitHub Enterprise requires a few additional steps, as GitHub Enterprise at Georgia Tech is not publicly accessible.

Please note that it is easy to connect to GitHub Enterprise via GitHub Desktop, which natively supports enterprise installs like GitHub Enterprise at Georgia Tech.

To facilitate access to a repository in GitHub Enterprise at Georgia Tech, follow the directions below.

Git is a distributed version-control system for tracking changes in source code during software development. {Definition and links courtesy of Wikipedia}