Identify
site goals and audience
Are you selling something? Providing
information? For whom? Clarifying who you expect to visit your
site and what you think they'll want to accomplish, is the first
step in building a successful site.
Identify
content
This is like making an outline
(remember those from school?). And while only you can know exactly
what content to provide, we've got suggestions that can apply
to any professional small business site.
Create
your SiteStructure
After outlining your content, arrange it
as pages in a site. Begin with a Home page, add a page for each
section, and go from there. It's easy in NetObjects Fusion,
where you can set up and rearrange page connections just by
dragging icons in Site view.
Find a
Web host
Some Web host offerings are standard
fare, while others, such as support for e-commerce, aren't.
Price, connection speed, and other services vary, too. Review
important considerations and search for appropriate providers.
Register a
domain name
Registering your own domain
name, so you have a friendly and descriptive site address
like www. YourSite.com, instead of something unintelligible
assigned by your Web host, is easy and inexpensive. In fact,
you can register now at Register.com.
What's hard is thinking up a name that isn't already taken.
