| YOU ARE HERE: BRAINSTORMING YOUR SITE |
Steps |
Further explanation |
Actions |
Plan an outline for what you want your site to accomplish |
Do you wish to sell products or communicate information? |
Sketch out an example. It will help you visualize your site better. This may not necessarily be how the site will look, but functionality, i.e. what buttons or menus should do. You know best how you’d like your content to be displayed |
If
you plan on selling over the internet, have you… |
An e-commerce account is an account between
you and a designated financial institution that will accept ad process
credit card or other forms of payment for your products or services |
Contact a financial institution for more details |
Using your sketch, will your site be textually or graphically represented? |
Textually oriented will not require optimization
of images or graphics. |
refer back to your sketch and if necessary re-adjust for new additions |
| List topics, links and any other pertinent data to include in your site | Topics would include who you are, where you're located,
times of business, employee contacts etc - Links to affiliate companies or other associated pages for clarification or endorsement |
refer back to your sketch and if necessary re-adjust for new additions |
Brainstorm a domain name |
Something imaginative and alluring to attract customers or audiences |
confer with colleagues or friends |
Second Review |
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| Have someone review your outline | A second pair of eyes may spot potential
problems or contribute great new ideas
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| Consult with a web developer for pricing, options and availability | Pricing and options differ with each developer. Availability of their services as well as when the site will be completed also varies with each designer | |
| After receiving quotes on pricing and availability, check with other developers or colleagues for comparisons | Again, pricing varies with developers. Your colleagues may have found good deals with other developers | |
Final Steps |
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| choose an ISP | Some ISP's provide at least 10 megabytes of webspace with your basic internet service. This normally suffices for most websites that don't contain a lot of graphics | |
register your domain name |
You can register your domain name with many services.
Domain registration can be as little as $5. A good tip is to register your domain with the same company as the provider of your webspace. It makes the web resolution a bit easier. |
browse online for domain registration services or contact your ISP |
submit your details
to your web developer for production |
You can submit your applicable text and graphics to your developer by e-mail, (if the images aren't too large), or by cd-rom | |
| enjoy your new website and its benefits | ||
