Site Construction

PLANNING

Planning your website is a process that will have a tremendous effect on how it turns out. How well you have planned will effect how your new website will look, how well it will function, how completely it meets your needs and expectations, and how much it will cost! In this section we will try to address every question you may have about planning and creating your website. There is a great deal you can do to reduce the total cost of your site. By planning thoroughly and providing the information we need, in the form that we need, you can help us build your site quickly and to your expectations. This will save you money and possibly a few headaches!

That’s where OzMAD can assist you.

Preparation Guidelines

1. Decide purpose of site. Do you want to provide information, or sell products .

2. Do you need to register a Domain Name? (ie: www.yourname.com) If so, we can help you check availability and register your domain for you.

3. Do you need hosting? High quality hosting at very reasonable prices is available with OzMAD, or you may choose another company to host your website.

4. Plan out the number of pages and their titles. The name of your homepage might be your company name and whatever product you are offering. Titles/links to other pages might be "About Company", "Products", "Services", "Contact", "Order Form", etc.

5. Get a copy of company logo, letterhead, (hard copy or digital format) brochures, catalogues. and mail or email them to OzMAD.

6. Decide specifically what graphics/photos you would like on your site and which pages your want them on.

7. Compose and format text you want on each page. All text and information is to be provided by the client and provided via floppy disk or CD Rom, or sent to OzMAD by e-mail in Microsoft Word format. Otherwise, there will be a charge for typing.

8. Decide if you want any additional options for your site: Shopping Cart, Site-Map, Guest book, Links to Related Sites, Sound or Music, Animation, Additional Forms, Java Text Scroll & Effects, Auto responders, Password Protection, Bulletin Boards, Database etc.

9. Do some research on the www. Using various search engines, do a number of searches using keywords that you think are best for a site like yours. Bookmark the sites that come up in the top 2 or 3 positions with the keywords you chose.

10. Browse the links below for ideas about planning and building a successful website with OzMAD as your partner.

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