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13 easy steps
1) DO YOU NEED A DOMAIN NAME?
If you run a business or any kind of organisation then the simple answer
is YES.
You may have been give some free space when you signed up with your
Internet service provider (e.g. www.members.aol.com/theweeshop ) but
this is a bit “second rate”.
Any credible business or other organisation needs its own domain name.
For larger
businesses, or those with larger aspirations, a “.com” would be best,
however many of those have already been taken. A “.co.uk” would be a
good alternative.
Domain name registration (.com) - e.g. - www.theweeshop.com - £70 for 2
years
Domain name registration (.co.uk) - e.g. - www.theweeshop.co.uk - £50
for 2 years
Other alternatives (.net, .org, etc) are available at similar costs.
Please be aware that registration fees are ongoing ;
“.com” - £35 per year “.co.uk” - £25 per year.
2) HOW MANY PAGES WILL YOUR SITE NEED?
A site can consist of as many or as few pages as you wish. Firstly try
to imagine what your site could look like, what information, photos and
illustrations you would want, and how this could be broken down into
pages or sections. A good idea is then to try to sketch out your site
using standard A4 size sheets of paper - this should give you an idea of
how many pages your web site needs.
Each page includes up to 6 photos or illustrations per page.
The length of each page & amount of text in each page will be decided
during the design process.
3) GATHER INFORMATION, WRITE TEXT & SUPPLY
PHOTOS/ILLUSTRATIONS.
Please supply photos & illustrations by any number of separate e-mails
(separate attachments) or on a computer disk.
Please supply text by e-mail (attached Word Documents are fine) or on a computer disk. Large
amounts of handwritten notes will incur a small extra charge (£20 per
hour).
4) DECIDE ON THE HOSTING OF YOUR WEBSITE
The hosting of your website is crucial to its success. If you host it
with me I will have full control over the look and operation of the
site, this will not always be the case if it is hosted by your internet
service provider or a third party. We do not charge for the first years
hosting. After the first year you will be invoiced for £30 per year (a
fixed charge - guaranteed not to increase).
5) THINK ABOUT THE “LOOK” OR “STYLE” OF YOUR
SITE.
Give me a brief idea of how your site should look. (Using example sites
is fine).
You are free to choose backgrounds, colours, layouts, text styles, etc.
6) THE DETAILED DESIGN OF YOUR SITE
The nitty-gritty. This part of the job can take a day or so (for smaller
sites) or a couple of days (for larger sites). During this time we will
be in regular contact with you ironing out the details.
7) TEST SITE
When the design stage is nearing completion, I will upload a test site
to my webspace to allow you to see the site in operation. At this stage
changes can easily be made.
8) ARRANGE & IMPLEMENT LINKS TO OTHER SITES
If you can supply me with the names of other websites you want too link
to, so much the better. This will help drive traffic to your site.
9) INCLUDE KEYWORDS & METATAGS AND UPLOAD
COMPLETED WEBSITE
When you are happy with the design & performance of your website I will
include any keywords & metatags (words which describe your business or
apply to your site) and upload the completed website. These keywords
will help search engines to find and list your site.
10) REGISTER YOUR SITE WITH SEARCH ENGINES -
GOOGLE, YAHOO, MSN, etc.
The best way to boost traffic to your site, however the results of this
process can take a few months to become apparent.
11) UPDATE YOUR SITE IF & WHEN REQUIRED
Keep it fresh, introduce new features. New Pages - £90 each. All other
work - £20 per hour.
12) PUBLICISE THE COMPLETED WEBSITE
We will both be involved. I will publicise your website wherever
possible on the internet and you can be publicising your website address
on letterheads, business cards, etc, and on any of your own promotional
literature.
13) ENJOY THE BENEFITS
Relax and enjoy the fact that you have, at
the very least, an online brochure publicising your business.
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