[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":114},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-how-long-does-a-website-take":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cover":98,"date":99,"description":100,"draft":101,"extension":102,"locale":103,"meta":104,"navigation":105,"path":106,"seo":107,"stem":108,"tags":109,"__hash__":113},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fhow-long-does-a-website-take.md","How long does a website take? A realistic timeline, week by week",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":88},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,28,31,37,41,44,48,51,55,58,62,85],[10,11,12],"p",{},"\"Can we launch in two weeks?\" Sometimes, yes. Usually the honest answer is a few weeks more than you'd hope and a lot less than you'd fear. Here's what a typical project for a small business website looks like, phase by phase, so you can plan around it.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"week-1-conversation-and-scope","Week 1: Conversation and scope",[10,19,20],{},"A first call, a few follow-up questions, and a written quote listing every page and feature. You confirm, we set dates. This part can happen in a few days if both sides answer emails quickly.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"weeks-2-to-3-concept-and-design","Weeks 2 to 3: Concept and design",[10,26,27],{},"I look at your content, your competitors and your customers, then design the key pages: usually the homepage and one or two typical inner pages, on desktop and phone. You see it as a clickable preview, not a PDF. One or two feedback rounds follow.",[10,29,30],{},"This is the phase where your time matters most. Feedback that arrives within two days keeps the project moving. Feedback that arrives after two weeks moves the launch by two weeks.",[32,33,34],"blockquote",{},[10,35,36],{},"Most projects aren't slowed down by design or code. They wait for content.",[14,38,40],{"id":39},"weeks-3-to-5-build","Weeks 3 to 5: Build",[10,42,43],{},"The design becomes a real website: responsive, fast, connected to whatever system you'll use to edit it. You get a preview link and can watch it grow. Texts and images go in as they arrive. Smaller changes happen along the way without a formal round.",[14,45,47],{"id":46},"week-6-testing-and-launch","Week 6: Testing and launch",[10,49,50],{},"Checking every page on real phones and browsers, forms, redirects from the old site, search basics, speed, legal pages. Then the domain switch, which is the least dramatic part if it's prepared. After launch I show you how to edit everything yourself.",[14,52,54],{"id":53},"so-about-six-weeks","So, about six weeks?",[10,56,57],{},"For a small to medium site with content ready, four to eight weeks is realistic. A one-pager can be done in two. A shop, a multilingual site or anything with custom features takes longer, and the quote should say so.",[14,59,61],{"id":60},"the-three-real-delays","The three real delays",[63,64,65,73,79],"ol",{},[66,67,68,72],"li",{},[69,70,71],"strong",{},"Content."," Texts and photos that aren't ready are the number one reason projects stall. Start writing before the design starts.",[66,74,75,78],{},[69,76,77],{},"Feedback from too many people."," One decision-maker, please. Committees add weeks.",[66,80,81,84],{},[69,82,83],{},"Scope that grows mid-project."," New ideas are fine. Adding them without moving the date isn't.",[10,86,87],{},"If you have a fixed date, like a season start or an opening, tell me at the beginning. Working backwards from a real deadline is easy. Discovering it in week four is not.",{"title":89,"searchDepth":90,"depth":90,"links":91},"",2,[92,93,94,95,96,97],{"id":16,"depth":90,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":90,"text":24},{"id":39,"depth":90,"text":40},{"id":46,"depth":90,"text":47},{"id":53,"depth":90,"text":54},{"id":60,"depth":90,"text":61},null,"2026-09-15","From first call to launch: what happens in each phase of a website project, how long each part usually takes for a small business site, and the three things that delay projects far more than design or code.",false,"md","en",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fhow-long-does-a-website-take",{"title":5,"description":100},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fhow-long-does-a-website-take",[110,111,112],"Web Design","Process","Clients","jbJ_3Y42nbksXxW4F59_LA4YkYIm4pppUrGXFqCb-Sc",1792165382137]