Provides a checklist of numerous topics to consider when designing and developing a new website.

The Website Planning Checklist provides information to help you focus on what you want to achieve by having a web site. It helps you avoid spinning your wheels or spending money on services you don't need, list the capabilities you want the site to have, and consider the cost factors associated with those capabilities. Your answers will help determine if the plan, design, and costs will justify the results.

The Website Planning Checklist contains the following topics:

  Purpose and Introduction
  Planning Checklist:
        Audience Analysis
        Audience Profile
        Strategy - Competitor Analysis
        Strategy - Determine your approach
        Site content
        Advertising and maintenance
        Site structure
        Organizing your information
        Navigation
        Text headings and in-text links
        Visual design and layout
        Creating images
        User interface design techniques
        Testing.

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