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Guide 5. What will I do with my website?

Overview (screen 1 of 9)

In this Guide you will learn how to make your website attractive to users. You will also be taken through some of the practical decisions that need to be made in establishing a website.

• Screen 2. Your website's users: who do you want to visit your website?
• Screen 3. Your website's users: how will users access your website and from where?
• Screen 4. Website planning.
• Screen 5. Website planning: managing long documents.
• Screen 6. Website planning: backing up your website.
• Screen 7. Website planning: resourcing your website.
• Screen 8. Website planning: buy or rent?
• Screen 9. Review of Guide 5.

You might find that printing the following sample checklist will help you to assess your organisation's preparation for a website. Remember that this checklist is only a starting point, and may need to be modified to suit your particular needs.

Checklist for website planning

• Who is the target audience? 
• Have I prepared for the random visitor? 
• Why would someone want to visit my site? 
• Is my site appropriate for the technology of the target audience? 
• Does my site stimulate someone to return?
• Have I looked at a large number of websites to gain experience on the Web? 
• Is my material appropriate for a website? 
• Have I provided goods and services on my website? 
• Is my website active or passive? 
• Does my website planning include backing up? 
• How do I ensure that I have the resources to run a website?
• What level of reliability do I need?

Definitions needed? Visit FOLDOC

Imperial College, London, U.K. hosts the master Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)(1). You can visit FOLDOC any time for definitions and explanations of unfamiliar terms. FOLDOC contains over 13,000 definitions and is very simple to use.

References

1. Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing http://www.foldoc.org/