Services | Website Development

Website Development Packages

Our Website Development Package Includes:

1. Two to four website drafts from which the client can select
2. Professional photography of the law office, legal props (supplied by the client) and photographs of lawyers. One photo shoot is included; additional visits will be charged separately.
3. HTML pages (see list below)
4. Meta tagging and optimization at the start of the project launch
5. If the client has monthly newsletters, articles or case summaries to add to the site, the posting of these newsletters on the site. Please note- this does not include the cost of researching or writing these newsletters.
6. Form-to-email submission of client inquiries
7. One year of text updates and PDF file updates
8. One year of website hosting
9. One year domain registration of an available .ca or .com domain name

HTML Pages Included:

1. Home page
2. Firm Profile page
3. Areas of Practice main page
4. Individual page for each practice area
5. Individual Lawyer Bio pages with photographs
6. News
7. Publications and/or Cases section
8. Contact page
9. Terms of Service and Privacy page

Items Available at Additional Cost:

1. FLASH components
2. Mailing list sign-up for those wanting to receive newsletters by email
3. Email blasts to mailing list
4. Blog set-up
5. Discussion Forums
6. Database applications
7. Online Payment System
8. Intranets for employee-only access (password protected)
9. Logo Design
10. Ongoing search optimization and submission- this will be referred out to a third party service specializing in search engine optimization
11. Keyword advertising, banner advertising, etc.- this will be referred out to a third party service specializing in media buys

Website Development Process

At OnPoint, we have a web development process in place to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective business relationship with our clients. Our development process has three separate stages.

1. Consultation

We believe that if you get the right people in a room at the same time you can accomplish in weeks what would otherwise take several months or years achieve. In our in-person initial consultation, the goal is to learn about our client’s firm and to generate ideas of how best to transform business components into a website solution.

2. Design & Development

OnPoint provides clients with a price quote along with a Project Plan detailing project components. Our price quotes are based on the size of the law firm, the estimated time required to complete the project and the services required.

Once the Project Plan is approved, clients sign and return it, along with the first installment equal to 50% of the price quote for the project. Once payment is received, we begin the process of creating an initial template for the website. This is an interactive process in which the client is involved to ensure the website will accurately reflect the law firm's desired design and structure.

Once the design template is completed, we post it online and send our clients a link where they can review the website.The next step in the development of the website involves laying out the content using the approved design layout. At this point, our efforts are dedicated to developing the website to completion.

Once the project is completed, clients are provided with a link where they can review the site before it is available on the Internet. This step involves final testing of the project.

We will then ask that our clients to sign off on the completed project. At sign-off, the third payment is due. This payment consists of the final 50% of the price quoted for the project.

3. Deployment

Once the project is completed and uploaded onto the client’s web address, we will continue to monitor the website’s performance. We will also periodically make suggestions for improvements as new technology becomes available. One year of text and PDF updates is included in the package (see above).

If the client elects to have OnPoint keep the substantive content on the site current (ie. case summaries, articles) on an ongoing basis, we discuss how we can best optimize this content to drive traffic to the website.