Web design or web development is a process of designing, encoding, programming and implementing a website, that client can use to promote a personal or company’s online presence.

Usually “website design” is far more than just a design. You can break it down into:

• Creating a website design with Adobe Photoshop
• Encoding a PSD (Photoshop file) into HTML+CSS files
• Putting HTML files into a CMS (Content Management System) so that client can manage the content by him/herself.
• Optimizing the website for search engines – also called SEO (Search Engine Optimization), so that people can find client’s website.

There are also technical aspects of domain name registration, hosting, and support which can be bought for additional fee.