RJR Web Designs

Getting Started with Your Web Site!

one Determine why your business needs a web site and how you will measure web site success.
  • Attract new customers
  • Increase your business
  • Let customers know your products, projects, or menu
  • Give directions to your office
  • Provide pictures of your facility and staff
  • Provide contact emails, phone, fax, and mail address
  • Provide required printable forms
  • Provide links to other useful sites
  • Allow customers to shop on-line
two Select a domain name, such as yourbusinessname.com.
  • Domain name must be available. RJR Web Designs can help check for availability.
  • Keep the name short and easy to remember
three Determine the look and feel of your site - RJR Web Designs can guide you through these steps.
  • What are other web sites which you admire?
  • Do you have a logo or banner?
  • What colors, font, sizes, and navigation links do you want to use?
  • What are the pages for your site?
four Determine the hosting package from RJR Web Designs which fits your needs and have RJR Web Designs proceed. Hosting packages include:
  • Registration and fees for your domain name
  • Internet Service Provider setup and fees
  • Help with your design choices
  • Generation of pages based on your text, pictures, and design choices
  • Photograph editing for your web images
  • Graphics editing for logos, buttons, banners, ...
five Test and proofread your web site.
  • Check spelling
  • Check for operational navigation links
  • Check for completeness and accruacy
  • Test using a variety browsers
  • Have RJR Web Designs make changes
six Announce to the world that your business is on-line.
  • Put your URL (www.yourbusinessname.com) on your advertisements, business cards, etc.
  • Register your URL with search engines
  • Get your associations and affiliated business partners to list your URL