Getting Started On Your New Web Design
First Things First:
Choose Your Desired Domain (Website) Name (e.g. Your BusinessName.com) Have a few "back-ups" in case your desired name is not available.
Register & Purchase Your Domain Name
Below are a few sites that I have personally used. I prefer Site5.com and Cheapnames.com. Site5.com also offers incredible deals on hosting plans!
- Yahoo - $9.95/year
- CheapNames.com - $6.95/year
- Site5.com - $8.88/year
Write Down Your Registration Username & Password (You will need it later for changing DNS Servers.)
Choose Your Hosting Company
Register with the hosting company you chose and purchase your hosting plan.
Write down your username and password from your hosting company, you will need this to upload your website files to your server.
On To the Fun Part:
Once all of the technical details are finished, we can begin putting together the look and feel of your website!
I always ask my clients to go online and look at websites out there. You will usually run across one or two (or more) that you really like. This is always helpful to me when we are putting together your design.
Write these website names down exactly as they are in your address bar on top of your computer. When you are looking at sites keep a few things in mind.
Layout - How is the information and graphics layed out on the page? What do you like about it?
Graphics & Backgrounds - If you like a certain type of background, or the way the buttons run across the top of the page, etc.
Color Scheme - If you come across certain color combinations that you really like, write down that website address.
If you have graphics or business logos that you want to use, please have those ready to send to me also.
When we sit down and go over what you want on your website, all of these will be useful to me. Working together, we can come up with just the right layout, colors and graphics for what you wish to accomplish.
