3. Website Planning Determination of goals for the website Analysis of audience for the website Analysis of competition from other websites Resources available with you Sitemap Creation of the website
4. Website Goals Why do you want a website? What do you gain from a website? What do you want the audience to do after visiting your website? What are the restrictions you want to put on the website
5. Analysis of Audience What is the average age of Audience? What is the Language of your Audience? What is the culture of your Audience? What is the internet connection speed of average Audience? Will the Audience be familiar with Internet? Is the Audience loking for some information? Is the Audience looking for some kind of services?
6. Competition Analysis Searching of similar websites offering services similar to you Competition in the specific region Average Search Volume per month
7. Resources Available Technological Information available with you Time you can spend on the project Website authoring software available Image editing tools available with you Outsourcing or doing it yourself
8. Sitemap Creation Creation of sitemap showing all web pages in a website Showing the website structure using box and line layout Showing how much vast is your website
9. Visual Design of Website Distribution of white space in the website Helping visitors finding information easily Making websites visually pleasing with colors Use of commonly available fonts available in common browsers Motion of elements in the website
10. Pictures & Flash Usage Making your website attractive with pictures Keeping the image size and file size less to make the image load easily and decreasing the web page loading time less Using jpeg or gif type of images
11. Steps to Make website Live Domain Name Registration Website Hosting Space Website Design using Software File transfer through FTP
12. Notes Plan your website well in advance Make it easy to navigate Get the most economical website domain name and website server space Update information periodically