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Planning Your Website?
Initially, planning a website can be difficult and
downright time consuming until you finally figure out
what it is that you want to present to your visitors.
Whether you select Feral Grafix as your web
design partner, another web design company or even chose
to build your website on your own, these are a few
things you will need to do to properly plan your online
presence.
Step 1 Determine what you want your website to do for
you by asking yourself questions such as:
Do I simply want to tell the world where I am and what I
do?
Do I want to show the world the products / services that
I offer?
Do I want to actually sell my products from this
website?
Do I want to keep the world informed of company news,
projects, events?
Step 2 Write down a list of topics that you would like
to cover on your website.
About Us
Products / Services
Locations
Hours of Operation
Step 3 Expand on each topic. Name the topic something
short these will be the links in your navigation area
(e.g. home, about us, etc.). Use a separate sheet of
paper for each topic or sub topic.
About Us
Who Are We
Mission Statement
Service Commitment
Our Staff
Products / Services
What We Sell
How We Sell It
Product Catalog
Step 4 Gather content (text and images) that you would
like to appear in each section. The images should be in
JPG or GIF format for use on the web and sized
appropriately for use on a webpage. The text would be
best given in a plain (unformatted) TXT file using the
MS Windows NOTEPAD program.
Step 5 If you do not already have a domain name now
would be a good time to select a one, or a few in the
event the one you want is already taken. You would then
need to check for the name availability, register your
domain and select a hoisting service for your future
website. Feral Grafix handles all of that
for our web design clients.
RECAP
Having a website outline, your contents, color
scheme preferences, graphics, etc. on hand prior to
having someone design your website can save you time,
money, and frustration.
As a Feral Grafix client you will be supplied with all
the tools you need to make the planning process easier.
We will provide an easy to follow website outline
document to assist you in organizing your website
navigation and contents, as well as other tools to
assist in domain name selection, and even color scheme
and layout selection.
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