Planning
the site with outlines and diagrams
Making an outline
Outline overview of model site - Flower Shopper
The home page
Basic page content
Web site navigation
Keywords and search engines
Writing dynamic copy
Building
better paragraphs
Using white space in web page design
Eye motion and computer screens
Gaudy backgrounds
Dark backgrounds and light text
Headlines and sub headlines
Using bulleted lists in web page design
The use of color in web page design
Finding color combinations using the color wheel
Color and usability
Color and legiblity
Rules for using graphics
Interlaced Gifs?
Optimizing graphics
Transparent images
Thumbnail images
Text
and images
Tables and layouts
Analyzing pages
Putting your site on the net
Setting up your own FTP directory
Planning
the site with outlines and diagrams
Building
a web site is much like starting a business.
As the business process starts with a business
plan, so the web site must begin with a plan.
Without a plan your efforts in building your
site will be like starting on a journey, without
knowing where you are going or how to get there.
The
following techniques will help you get pointed
in the right direction, develop a path and follow
it to the desired destination.
Careful
planning from the outset before you start coding
will save you time in the long run.
Making
an outline
Whether
you're writing a novel, a user's manual, a newsletter
or a web page, the process should begin with
an outline. An outline presents the main topics,
or principal ideas of a given subject. It is
the author's map to his destination.
There
are two kinds of outlines. The topic outline
is a summary of topics and sub topics, written
in phrases. The sentence outline uses complete
sentences for each idea.
All
topics of similar importance should be phrased
in similar form and indented equally. Topics
and sub topics can be organized with a sequence
of Roman Numerals, Capital Letters, Arabic numerals
and Small letters, in that order.
Using
these simple techniques, will give you a better
chance of developing well organized content
for your site. You should exit the process with
a better understanding of your desired purpose
and a blueprint for construction.
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If you have a business
website, there is a clear likelihoot that
you aren't dancing the jig because of its
performance. The question is: Why don't most
websites do what they are supposed to do?
There are many answers to that question, but
let's start with the most essential one.
Suppose
you are in a meeting with the greatest Web-success
consulting firm in the world. They ask, "
What do you want your site to do for your
company?" You answer loud and clear.
"I want to sell millions of products"
or "I want to get lots more clients"
or "I want to be recognized as the foremost
expert in my field." "Yes,"
says a voice from the other side of the table.
"There are about 3 billion other websitte
owners who have those exact same wants and
needs."
Vague desires usually don't sell products
or services, or create brands. Focused marketing
plans and targeted goals do that. It doesn't
matter if you are spending money on Web site
creation, advertising campaigns, customer
incentives or trade shows; the magic is almost
always in the upfront planning.
Fortunately, the process doesn't have to equal
pain. Marketing plan=dentist chair isn't in
this formula.
Just
start with the following questions.
* What do you want the site to do?
Is it going to sell products or services?
Is it a printable catalog so you can save
on printing and postage costs?
Is it going to spread the news about a cause?
Is it educational, informational or simply
for fun?
*
Who is your audience?
Are you targeting businesses or customers?
What is the general age group, income bracket,
marital status, etc.
What are their values, attitudes and beliefs?
Are they local, regional, national or international?
* how is the heartbeat of your site different
from your competition's?
What unique benefits does your product, service,
cause provide?
Think biggest, least expensive, most informative,
the only....
Think positioning slogans such as "Let
your fingers do the walking." or "Finger
lickin' good"..."If you succeed,
we succeed", "You deserve a break
today".
Marketing on the net is a new science. It
has its own complex set of rules. Yet, it
is still marketing, and much of the 'old school'
rules still apply. As my grandmother used
to say, "Preparation and organization
are the better part of valor and success".
Her words are still valid. If you want your
site to succeed, evaluate your products, your
audience and your positioning. Once you have
a clear vision of these three things, you
are already light years ahead of most of your
competition.