Goals

What is your business and how will a Web site advance it?

What message is the Web site supposed to convey?

Who is the primary audience for the Web site?

The primary age group of the audience?

Their professions, disciplines, and interests?

(If the target is a broad-based, international audience, with potentially slow modems, old browsers, or expensive service, this might limit design options.)

What are the secondary goals of the Web site?

Is this an informational site or an avenue for internet-based marketing or revenue?

What subjects, in order of priority, should be covered on the Web site?





Define at least five separate area of subject matter and state what is unique about your business.

Online Education

Do you understand the difference between the Web and an online email service such as America Online?
:Yes :No
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol TCP/IP. The Internet is a combination of numerous commercial, academic, domestic, and government networks. It carries a lot of information resources and services such as electronic mail, online chat, and documents of the World Wide Web (WWW). AOL is an online service that provides access to the Internet and World Wide Web. It brings you the various features offered on the World Wide Web, such as email and chat, on a single platform. You can access all these features using a Username and password.

Does your company need a Web hosting account?
:Yes :No

Have you registered a domain name?
:Yes :No
(.com, org. net etc...)
If so, what is the domain name?

If no, what are two to three alternative domain names in case the first choice is already taken.

How many administrative users?

What user privileges would you like each user to have?

Is the account only for email?
:Yes :No

If so, will you need assistance setting up local email clients?
:Yes :No

How many megabytes of server space?

A typical website is generally 1 to 5 megabytes (5Mb).

Planning

Who will give final approval of the project?

Are your source materials in electronic form?

If so, do we need to handle file conversions?
:Yes :No
Images intended to be displayed on the web should be in a web appropriate format.

Does the site require:

• advanced functionality,
• such as database functionality
  • (Access, Filemaker Pro, Microsoft MySql, Oracle Server, Windows Server, Linux Server)?

Does the site need to be coded in a special language such as Microsoft ASP or Allaires Cold Fusion?
:Yes :No
What?
Some special coding includes custom PHP scripts, javascript, and custom forms.

Are there requirements for e-commerce such as

• the ability to process credit card transactions, :Yes :No
• development of Shopping Cart strategies, :Yes :No
• survey forms, :Yes :No
• advanced configurator sales selectors, :Yes :No
• online games and interactive demonstrations, :Yes :No
• online chat and message boards? :Yes :No

Design

Is the website to be designed from scratch?
:Yes :No

Do you need a makeover of an existing site?
:Yes :No
If a makeover, will there be any additions?
What?

What look and feel would you like for the Web site?

Please be prepared to should show the examples of:

• Web sites,
• magazines,
• publications,
• or artistic works you like.

Does you have a specific

• genre,
• culture,
• or style in mind?

Are there any collateral marketing materials

• brochures,
• publications,
• corporate identity programs,
• or posters,
• pre-production sketches,
• or media
  • CD-ROM's,
  • video games,
  • records,
  • or tapes

Does you desire graphics interactivity and/or multimedia (also involving content development and site mapping)?

These typically include:

• JavaScript rollovers and effects, :Yes :No
• animated GIF's, :Yes :No
• QuickTime or AVI movies, :Yes :No
• sound files, :Yes :No
• PDF downloads, :Yes :No
• Macromedia Flash animations, :Yes :No
• and other interactivity. :Yes :No

Does you need a new a logo or new collateral marketing materials and media to be consistent with the new Web site? :Yes :No
If so, these design services will be quoted in addition to and not as part of the Web site proposal.

Follow-Up

Do you have the staff to respond to email?
:Yes :No
If not, will you need an auto responder on the email address?
:Yes :No

Do you plan to have in-house site maintenance? :Yes :No
If so, these services will be quoted in addition to and not as part of the Web site proposal.

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