Some things to consider when planning your web site.
Type of web site
What type of web site do you need?
- Personal: A blog, photo gallery, calendar etc.
- A business brochure site: A static online version of a brochure, giving basic information for services/products, contact information, location, hours etc. Artist’s gallery sites are another example.
- An online
shopping cart: Presenting products online with the ability
for the customer to order and pay online. Site owner or a fulfillment
house
completes the delivery process.
Domain name
Do you have a domain name, or suggestion for one? The domain name
or “URL”
is your address on the internet, ie: www.yourname.com. (The registration
options are 1, 2, 5 & 10 years at a time.)
Hosting
Who will be hosting the site? A “host” is a company that “serves”
the actual site
to the viewers. Some hosts will include the domain name registration
in the
hosting costs.
Type of business
What is your type of business, and who are your clients? The anticipated
viewer
demographic data can affect the type or web site that is created.
Are your
viewer’s likely to be very web-savvy with the latest hardware/software,
or is your
target audience going to have limited resources or computer knowledge?
Content
How much information do you plan to present on the web site? Are
you showing
image galleries? Or do you have a large amount of text/data that
needs to be
searchable on the site? Do you require a database-driven site with
administrative
privileges for updates?
Forms
Do you need to gather data about your viewers? An online form can
collect email
address and other data of viewers interested in your products.
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