Planning
your website is a process that will have a tremendous effect on
how it turns out. How well you have planned will effect how your new
website will look, how well it will function, how completely it meets
your needs and expectations, and how much it will cost! In this section
we will try to address every question you may have about planning
and creating your perfect website. There is a great deal you can do
to reduce the total cost of your site. By planning thoroughly and
providing the information we need in the form that we need, you can
help us build your site quickly and to your expectations. This will
save you money and possibly a few headaches!
Easy
Step
Preparation Guidelines
1.
Decide purpose of site.
Do you want to provide information for
clients and customers, or sell products directly (Do you need a Shopping
Cart, Merchant Account?)
2.
Do you need to register a Domain Name? (ie: www.yourname.com)
If so, we can help you check availability and register your domain
for you.
3.
Do you need hosting? High quality hosting at very reasonable
prices is available with Website Designerz, or you may choose another company
to host your website.
4.
Plan out the number of pages and their titles. The name of
your homepage might be your company name and whatever product you
are offering. Titles/links to other pages might be "About Company",
"Products", "Services", "Contact", "FAQ",
"Guestbook", "Order Form", etc.
5.
Get a copy of company logo, letterhead, (hard copy or digital
format) brochures, catalog,etc. and mail or email them to Website Designerz.
6.
Decide specifically what graphics/photos you would like on
your site and which pages your want them on. Label them by name and
where they will be located on your site. Send the photos for scanning
or send digitized images on a diskette or CD-Rom.
7.
Compose and format text to be on each page of site. All text
and information is to be provided by the client and provided via floppy
disk or CD Rom, or sent to Website Designerz by e-mail on Microsoft Word.
Otherwise, there will be a small charge for typing.
8.
Decide if you want any additional options for your site: Shopping
Cart, Site-Map, Guestbook, Links to Related Sites, Sound or Music,
Animation, Additional Forms, Java Scollers & Effects, Autoresponders,
Password Protection, Bulletin Boards, Database
9.
Do some research on the www. Using various search engines,
do a number of searches using keywords that you think are best for
a site like yours. Bookmark the sites that come up in the top 2 or
3 positions when the keywords you have used bring up a lot of relevant
websites. This will give you important keyword knowledge, ideas for
the layout and content of your site, and examples of sites that rank
high with search engines for Website Designerz to work from to design effective
meta tags and keyword content.
10.
Browse the links below or at the top of this page for answers
to questions and for ideas about planning and building a successful
website with Website Designerz as your partner.
