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The key to any
successful website development project is setting clear objectives and careful
planning. This Website Development Worksheet has been constructed to
assist in achieving these goals.
It will take a little time and some
thought to complete the form, but it will be worth the effort! You
may complete the entire form, or leave spaces blank. I will review the
information and work with you to create a website that meets your requirements
and your budget.
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| Phase 1
Initial Planning |
In this phase you will identify
the purpose of your website. You should consider all of your
immediate requirements as well as all potential future uses for the website.
Not only will this phase help create a terrific starter site, it will supply
information that will establish objectives for excellent, long-term website
management.
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site objectives, present and future: |
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Step 1) REVIEW POTENTIAL
OBJECTIVES Your first step is to determine the objective, or
objectives, of your site.
This can be one single item, such as
"advertising a company". Or, there can be several, diverse objectives
such as, "selling products", "customer service", "employee information" and the
like.
You should also consider if your site will supply all information
on-line, via the website and e-mail. Or, if you want your viewers to have
access to downloadable files such as, MS Word Documents, PowerPoint files and
PDF Format.
(Developing a strong on-line presence
before implementing other site information distribution methods is highly
recommended. This is because other technologies usually require that the web
surfer possess specific software programs. While use of other technologies
might be effective in a business environment with establish desktop standards,
you cannot make the assumption that your site visitors will have the required
program when targeting the general public. A good rule is to list items that
would actually provide enhancements to the site. Once listed, you can work out
the necessity and feasibility issues, as well as a short and long-term plan as
needed.) Step 2) EVALUATE AUDIENCE Once you have
your potential objectives you will need to determine who your main audience is.
Frequently, you will have several audiences each with different needs,
such as "students" and "faculty". You should also assess the potential
skill levels of your audience. This will help in determining various
aspects of your site's design and layout.
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| Phase 2
Establish Your Plan |
Step 3) SET GOALS
Now that you have examined your objectives, you should have a better
understanding of what you want to achieve with your website. You may be
ready to begin with what you have. Or, you may need to make some tough
decisions before you set your plan.
First, you will list the objectives
that you want accomplished with your first "official" web-site. These are the
goals that you want achieved the day you first launch your website on
the Internet.
(Remember it is better to have a few
clear, concise objectives, than several vague concepts with no direction.)
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INITIAL goals for your website: |
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Next you will want to list any
future goals and a preliminary time frame for implementation of each.
(The resources available to you will determine
implementation of some of your future goals. For example, an organization that
utilizes printed forms may wish to create an on-line library of downloadable
forms. In addition to site maintenance, the organization may need to allocate
personnel to manage and process these forms. By identifying a site's future
requirements during early phases of site development, an organization can more
effectively plan and budget its resource allocations.)
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FUTURE goals for your website: |
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Step 4) DETERMINE SITE
ORGANIZATION AND CONTENT Now that you have completed the first three
sections of this form, you should have a pretty good idea how your site's
information will be divided.
You may find that dividing topics
according to the audience makes sense, for example universities often have
separate sections of students and faculty. In other cases, you may need
to split your information into departments, like "biology", "engineering" and
"business".
You may also identify sub-topics that will comprise the
major sections of your site. For example, a site selling lawn supplies
may have a major sections called "products" that is divided into sub-sections,
such as "tools", "shrubs" and "seeds". Or, you may find that a single
home page with the intent of advertising your business is better suited to your
needs.
Whatever the case, it is important to establish a solid, logical
site organization, as this will be a deciding factor in for highly effective
website. Also, where possible, remember to create a brief "title" for
each section. These titles will be helpful when creating site navigation
tools like bookmarks and buttons.
If necessary, you should assign
persons responsible for each section's text. You should also determine
initial time-lines for first draft text content. Additionally you may
also want to include a list potential of graphics at this point in the process.
| List all major sections of your website and any
sub-categories, include possible section titles (Complete ONLY text
areas that apply): |
| Section 1 description/Section title:
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Section 1 sub-categories/titles:
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| Person responsible:
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| Initial text draft completion date:
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| Potential section graphics, describe:
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| Section 2 description/Section title:
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Section 2 sub-categories/titles:
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| Person responsible:
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| Initial text draft completion date:
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| Potential section graphics, describe:
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| Section 3 description/Section title:
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Section 3 sub-categories/titles:
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| Person responsible:
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| Potential section graphics, describe:
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| Section 4 description/Section title:
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Section 4 sub-categories/titles:
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| Section 5 description/Section title:
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Section 5 sub-categories/titles:
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| Potential section graphics, describe:
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Step 5) NAMING YOUR SITE
You probably have a good idea about the Domain Name that you would like
for your website (www.yoursite.com). However, Domain Names are governed
by the InterNIC and are only available on a first come first serve basis.
JS Web Solutions cannot guarantee the availability of any Domain
Name.
It is also important to determine a title
and description for your website. This is not the same as a Domain Name, rather
it is a concise definition of the purpose of your website. This is not the same
as a Domain Name, but rather a concise definition of the purpose of your
website. (Many companies will use their mission statement as a the basis for
their website title and description.) A clear descriptive title is
important because many search engines use your title information when indexing
and displaying your site listings.
This is also a good time to
create a list of META data to use when programming your site. META tags
are also very important to search engine indexing and site listings. In fact,
some search engines will display the information contained in META tags as a
sub-title to the name of your web page in their listings. I recommend that you
provide information for two types of META tags, "description" and "keyword"
META Tags. Descriptive META tags should be a concise explanation of your what
your site is offering. Keyword META tags should contain a list of words that
describe your site or may be used by an end-user to find your site in a search
engine.
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desired title for your website: |
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| List a
description of your website (for META tags): |
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| List all
possible keywords, and keyword combinations (for META tags): |
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| Do you
have a particular JS Web Solutions Website Design Package in mind? |
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