Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Need a new website?  Use our easy to follow guide to help you help us give you the website you want.

 

Not sure where to start? We can help you with that!

Creating a website requires a little pre-planning.  Before you ask us to make you a website it helps to have a general idea what you want.  You will need to tell us about your company’s needs and requirements. This page provides a few key points that may assist you in this area.
Please feel free to contact us at any time for a free consultation or with any questions, simply complete the contact form. We would be delighted to help you shape your ideas and ensure you get the website you require, we can then provide a quote -  written in plain English.

Things to consider

An excellent starting point is to find out how other people do things, search the internet for companies / organisations that promote similar products or services to your own. Find websites that you like. Important things to look for are style, layout, content and functionality.

Designs you like
What services do you want to offer?
What is the main objective of the website?
How would you describe your company?

Plan your site

Your web site will serve on the frontline of your companies customer service. It is important your web site reflects the professional image of your company.  While appearance is important, providing a functional and usable web site is just as crucial in meeting customer demands

What are your Creative Guidelines
Structure & Content
Images
Functionality

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Functionality
You may want additional features like:
  • Email forms,
  • Ecommerce / online shop
  • Forums
  • User management.
  • Upload your own content.
Images : Each picture on your site is worth 1000 words.
  • Start collecting images / pictures.  It helps to have a digital camera.
  • In total we will need hundreds of images, as only a few select pictures will be of sufficient quality for use in promoting your business.
  • If you see a picture you like whilst browsing the internet save it.
  • If you see a picture you like in a magazine cut it out, we can scan it in.

 

How much content does your project consist of?
Can it be broken down into sections? E.g. Home, products, clients, etc?
Page Structure
Decide which type of pages you want on your website
Page Names, Sub Pages & What you want to say on each page.
E.g. About us, why choose us, portfolio, contact us, forums, catalogue.
E.g. About us page, write an introduction about yourself, for why choose us write a set of sales points and expand on each bullet point with a small paragraph
What are your Creative Guidelines
Corporate colours, 
Logo
Imagery style, 
Fonts etc
Designs you like
What websites do you consider well designed and what do you like about them?

Start comparing and contrasting, write down the URL's for future reference.
What is the main objective of the website?
E.g. To encourage users to purchase products via a website?
E.g. To advertise your company / services?
What services do you want to offer
What are your main services and who are your customers?
What information do you want to convey to them?
Find examples of how other companies have acheived this.
How would you describe your company?
E.g. Professional, safe, smart, reliable, friendly, innovative etc.
Start writing introductions / descriptions.

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