It takes creative insight and dedication to build successful websites.

Planning

Although the people who will actually use your site will determine whether the project is a success, ironically, those very users are the people least likely to be present and involved when your site is designed and built. So often websites are designed by groups of people based on it being a 'technology problem' and it's designed from the perspective of what type of technology would work well, how many bells and whistles it will contain, what color will it be? If your site is successful it will have to be genuinely useful to your target audience, meeting their needs and expectations without being too hard to use. This is why we first determine measureable goals for you, then we determine how to make your website successful by designing it to meet the needs of your target audience.

What are your goals?

A short statement identifying two or three goals should be the foundation of your Web site design. The statement should include specific strategies around which the Web site will be designed, how long the site design, construction, and evaluation periods will be, and specific quantitative and qualitative measures of how the success of the site will be evaluated. Building a Web site is an ongoing process, not a one-time project with static content. Long-term editorial management and technical maintenance must be covered in your budget and production plans for the site. Without this perspective your electronic publication will suffer the same fate as many corporate communications initiatives - an enthusiastic start without lasting accomplishments.

Know your audience

The next step is to identify the potential users of your Web site so that you can create the site to meet their expectations. The background of your users will vary from tentative novices who need a carefully structured introduction to expert "power users" who may chafe at anything that seems to patronize them or delay their access to information. A successful website should be able to accommodate a range of users' skills and interests.

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