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THINGS REQUIRED TO DESIGN A WEBSITE |
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The more information you can provide us about
how you want your web site design to look and what you want
the site to acomplish, the easier it will be for us to create
a site that you will be proud of. |
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We have created a check list to
help you understand the process. Please try to have these materials
ready before we begin your web site design. |
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Necessary information includes: |
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Your business name |
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Contact name |
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Business address |
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Business phone number(s) |
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Brochures, product catalogs, text, logos, photos that
will help us prepare your pages |
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If you have text or graphics in computer files,
it is easier for us if these are emailed. If you know how to
compress your files with winzip, please do so. Graphics files
must be .gif or .jpg. You can also bring these files with you
on a 3.5" floppy, zip disk, or CD. We can scan color and
black and white photos. Reproduced photos from brochures and
magazines do not scan well. When scanning your own photos, please
scan at 72 DPI Resolution. |
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Examples of photos: |
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Your logo (preferably your original) |
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A picture of your business. |
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A picture of yourself. |
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Pictures of your employees |
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Pictures of any special equipment or projects (examples:
outfitters-people on an adventure; construction-buildings
being built; real estate-homes for sale; etc.) |
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Pictures of your products |
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Special images you feel would bring personality to your
site |
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Examples of Text |
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Your site visitors would like to know "What's
in it for me". You will want the text on your home page
to solve a problem or provide information or a solution that
your visitor will want to know more about. The rest of the web
site design will provide a way for you to solve that problem. |
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About Us information -The Internet is such
an impersonal place. By providing a little information about
your business, it lets the visitor know they are dealing with
real human beings. Do include Trade organizations you belong
to, suppliers you deal with (when applicable) and information
that affirms you are a reputable business. |
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Information about your products and services.
(Be sure to check copyrights if used on the web.) |
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Try to have a good idea of what going to be
displayed on your pages and have your information organized.
Please feel free to draw sample pages. A good idea is to cut
pictures from your brochures or product catalogs and paste them
into your sample so we can see what you have in mind for your
site. |
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Other helpful information |
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If you have found other web site designs that
are similar to what you would like your site to look like, provide
us with the URL and what you like about the site(s). This will
give us a better idea of what you are looking for in your site. |
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Links to other business related web sites |
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If you have a page to list links to related
web sites it can give visitors a place to go to find more information.
An example would be a real estate web site with links to mortgage
lenders or other community web sites providing additional information
about the area. Visit Our Clients for ideas. |
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Often, if you have a links page you can ask
other businesses to exchange links (you put a link to their
site and they put a link to yours). Since some search engines
look at how many sites link to yours for positioning, a link
exchange page can help with search engine positioning. You will
also gain additional exposure from being linked with these other
sites (especially if your site is brand new). |
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Colors and text style |
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Think about the colors you would like in your
site. An idea of colors you would like in your background and
for text is very helpful to us. If we are not provided with
color preference, we use white background and black text. If
you have special fonts you like, please let us know. Be aware
that some fonts don't look the same in the various browsers.
As a default we use Arial or Veranda. |
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Title, Description, and Keywords |
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You will need these three elements to be found
by some of the search engines. If this information is not provided
to us, we will include this information for you. However, you
know best who your customers are and what they might be looking
for. |
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| Title: |
5-7 words that describe your business (usually
your business name). When someone searches, this is what
appears above the descriptions of the sites found in the
search. |
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| Description: |
One or two sentences that describe your
pages. This is the short paragraph that shows up when
you conduct a search in the search engines. |
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| Keywords: |
These are the words someone would type into
a search engine to find your products or services. Some
search engines weigh the use of keywords in the meta tags
as well as the text in the body of your web pages. As
an additional service, we will optimize your pages with
targeted keywords for an additional fee. |
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Page Updates |
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We will maintain and update your web site
for you so you can concentrate on running your business. The
fee for clients who host their sites on our servers reasonable.
Just send us the information by email or regular mail and we
will have the updates completed within 24 hours. (Updates received
on Friday may not be completed until Monday.) |
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Results may vary. Success in ANY business
is a result of hard work, time and a variety of other factors.
No express or implied guarantees of income, search engine ranking,
or web site traffic are made when purchasing web site development
services. |
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