The 3 Steps

This website contains guidelines for the three essential steps you must go through in order to create a United Nations website. UN web developers should review these steps before proceeding with any work on a new site. If you have any questions, please contact the Web Services Section (WSS) of the Department of Global Communications (DGC): webmaster@un.org.

Phase 1 - Plan

The planning phase involves gathering inputs, content and information needed for making key decisions during the conception, design and development phases of the website.

blue prints of a website

Phase 2 - Design

The purpose of the design phase is to translate the site’s objectives into a visual solution and to define the site’s “look and feel”.

Wireframes

Phase 3 - Build

The purpose of this phase is to build and integrate all the components and elements of the site in accordance with all applicable requirements while developing a compliant site.

snapshot of a UN website