Designing a website – Episode 1: Planning & site map!

Welcome to a new series where I’ll be taking you through the whole process of redesigning and building my website from start to finish! Please remember to subscribe http://bit.ly/1aE5UOT

The very very first thing I do when approaching a new design project is plan (shocker!). For a website, that means sitting down and thinking through firstly what the goal is for the site and why visitors might be on it, and secondly what pages and templates will need to be designed in order to bring it to life.

In this video you’ll see me make a plan for my website, both for the full site map of my new blog and portfolio, and also for an “MVP” simple landing page I’ll be starting with first.

Hope you enjoy the video and are excited about the series!

// LINKS

Concepts (the app I’m using in the video):
https://apple.co/2DHaEUQ

Webflow (what I’ll be using to build my site):
http://bit.ly/cmwebflow

Watch the full series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJQSKQvgHS6BCO8nZScJ9iw7Ukjv4f9C

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// ENJOY MY VIDEOS?

My videos no longer have pre-roll ads because I think ads are annoying. That means you don’t have to sit through ads, and it also means I don’t earn anything from the content I put on YouTube. If you want to support me and my channel the best thing you can do is join my Patreon!

You’ll get tons of extra content and ways to learn, like behind-the-scenes process info, downloadable assets or even a monthly group Google Hangout! Choose your tier and sign up here:

http://patreon.com/charlimarie

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// ABOUT ME

Hello there! I’m Charli and I’m a web and graphic designer from New Zealand currently living in London and posting design videos every Saturday about tools, projects, and concepts and vlogs every Tuesday about my life as a designer. Please subscribe and say hi in the comments so we can be friends 🙂

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// MORE

Blog: http://www.charlimarie.com
Online apparel store: http://linernotekids.com/
Design portfolio: http://charlimarie.com/portfolio
Podcast: http://designlife.fm

// SOCIAL

Twitter: https://twitter.com/charliprangley
Instagram: http://instagram.com/charliprangley
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/charlimarieTV
Snapchat: charlimarietv

My sister SmayJay’s channel: http://www.youtube.com/frangisamme

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// MUSIC & TECH

Music: YouTube Audio Library

My gorgeous intro animation was created by hand lettering animator Austin Saylor, you should hire him to do yours too: http://www.austinsaylor.com/

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