Quick Start Guidance
The Checklist lists the things you can do to help us complete your web site in the shortest possible time. Use it as a guide to gather the materials we need in the development process. It's better to error on the side of giving us too much. Don't withhold photos or documents because they aren't quite what you want. Rather, include them along with a note on how you'd like them improved. Such information can be very valuable in guiding us quickly toward the presentation you want.
Let's Get Started Checklist
Before you turn the job over to us, do these things. |
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Gather... |
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Gather together any literature, pictures and artwork that might help our web site designers tell your story. A page layout may be helpful which is provided. |
List... |
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List all the keywords and terms someone might use to find sites like yours in a search engine. Now put your list into priority order--most important to least important search terms or phrases. |
Define... |
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Define your goals for your Web presence. |
Target... |
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Define your target audience. Tell us what type of readers you want to communicate with. |
Look... |
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Look for similar sites on the Web. List URLs for ones you love and others you hate. Tell why you feel that way about each. |
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Details
To build a good web presence for you, we're going to need details about you, your staff and your business. Consider these items. (All may not apply.)
Corporate
History
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Business
Philosophy |
Terms of
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Return
Policy |
Privacy
Policy |
Security
Measures |
Staff
Profiles |
Photos of
Facilities |
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A Word about Images
Good, crisp pictures are VITAL for Web site communications. Without great images, your readers will have little idea of what your site is all about. They will NOT take the time to read until an image forms in their heads. Images should be in JPG format if photographs and GIF format is cartoons, or line drawings. Product images for retail sites should be at least 800 pixels in their largest dimension. So long as your pictures provide good contrast and color, we can always handle format changes and downsizing of overly large images. But we cannot pump new contrast and color into dead looking photos or make tiny ones large with good results.
