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1. Module 2
Planning to Build A Website
Presented by Karen Rivens
5/11/2015

2. Planning To Build A Website
When you begin to build a website without a plan it is most likely it
will fail. Building a website without a plan is like building a house
without a blueprint. Planning your website ahead of time will give it
clear direction as well as prevent missed deadlines and backtracking.
If you are a web designer working with clients, then this guide will
help both of you to plan properly. If you are a business owner or
employee of an organization, then this guide will help lay the
groundwork for your coming website.

3. Organizational Structure
Hierarchy
 users start with a wide category of information and then go down
into the structure to find a narrower, more detailed information.
Sequential
 a user is attempting to purchase something or are taking a course
online. Sequential structures assume that there is some optimal
ordering of content that is associated with greater effectiveness
or success.
Matrix
 allow users to choose their own path since the content is linked
in different ways.

4. Theories
Manage content by controlling how much information is on the page.
Maintain balance by making sure the traffic is flowing good so your
site will not crash.
Control your content by saving a new version of your web page each
time you edit, making it easier to revert back to a previous time.
Upload creative content such as blogs, videos, photos, polls and
podcasts.

5. Content Strategies
These types of content strategies give the visitors information:
 Blogs
 Videos
 Social media links
 Slideshows

6. Steps to design your website
Get a domain name
 This is the name you want to give your website such as
billywhitegoat.org
Choose a web host
 A company that is connected to many Internets.
Set a budget
 This is to pay for the webhosting, designing, upkeep of the website

7. Steps to design your website cont.
Gather information
 If you building s site to sell items collect the information
such as the process, products, items, credit card boxes,
shopping cart, etc.
Design pages
 Begins by working on one page at a time and adding
the information for that particular page.

8. Steps to design your website cont.
Test website
 Run the website to see if it works by entering the web name and
check the pages to see if they are working properly.