Web Design Tips

Below are some common questions to ask yourself before beginning the web design process. If you do not know the answers to some of these questions, Digital Solutions is here to help you every step of the way.

Connection Speed – Know your market. If you think your market is on dial up modem, the site needs to reflect that.

Screen Size – What type of computer screen/resolution will your customer be viewing the web site on?

Is your web site going to be viewed on a Mac or PC or both?

Browser – Make sure the site will play on the major web browsers in both Mac & PC.

Content – Do you want your site to provide viewers with a wealth of information about your company, or just a taste and make them contact you to get the entire content (by offering free items, etc.)?

Photos – Do you want stock photos or photos unique to your business?

Have you chosen a domain name – Should the domain name be about your business or the name of your company?

Bandwidth – How many people do you anticipate visiting the site at once?

Contact Forms – Do you want the viewer to contact you to get additional information?

What is the goal of the site – Share information, shopping cart, internal use?

Is there something else you can do with your site – Make it so that customers can interact, use it for internal use, etc?

What will get the customer to come back – Newsletters, special prices, etc?

How are you going to get people to visit your site?

Are search engines a main source of traffic?

What are similar companies doing on their web sites?

What do you like about the competition’s web site?

What do you dislike about the competition’s web site?