how to start?
Here are some tips for how and where to start.
web design & branding
This is the first step for my clientele to start when they consider to improve their online appearance.
| You (Site Owner) |
Me (Web Developer) |
- Brainstorming.
- Determine who your targeted audience is.
- Know what your services are.
- What pages you want online and what order.
- Logo and colour scheme.
- Graphic and pictures you want to show.
- Contents, graphic and pictures you want to show.
- How often you update your website.
- Know which devices your customers use and what screen size.
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- Sketch a plan.
- Building Information Architecture.
- Organization Systems
- Labelling Systems
- Navigation Systems
- Search Systems
- Build a mockup(s).
- Build a wireframe(s) for the homepage.
- Slicing with Photoshop.
- Div up the most important regions.
- Content is King. Easy to read and legible.
- Make sure a user hit a cart.
- Make sure no typo.
- Let somebody surf a to a proto-type site to see if she/he can find the "home" button or critical things.
- Budget time.
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web development
Once design is approved by my clientele, the development part begins.
| You (Site Owner) |
Me (Web Developer) |
- What functionalities you want your website to have.
- Which web hosting company you choose and confirm which operation systems are used.
- Decide when you want to launch your website.
- Decide if you want an online ecommerce website.
- Decide if you want a mobile app for your website.
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- Interaction Design - Facilitating actions.
- Know what your services are.
- What pages you want online and what order.
- Logo and colour scheme.
- Graphic and pictures you want to show.
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seo & marketing
To get most of my clientele investment, achieveing a great number of page views (means high ranked on Google Search Engine result page is critical and essential.
| You (Site Owner) |
Me (Web Developer) |
- Decide what keywords are used for each webpage.
- Use your keywords in your contents.
- Set an appropriate title for each webpage with your keywords.
- Update your website often.
- Receive good links to your website from externel websites.
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- Make sure there are a couple of critical keywords used in each content page.
- Make your keyword(s) used in a page title.
- Set up web (Google) analytics.
- Make sure proper HTML and CSS are used to create a web site.
- Use an "alt" attribute to explain each image.
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