Web-site Design

World Wide What ??

People are already saying, "If you're not on the internet, you're not serious about being in business".

This may seem a little far fetched, but with the rapid advancements being made in technology today, it's not as crazy as it sounds.

The internet is the fastest growing field in the computing and telecommunication industry today and possibly ever. The internet has revolutionised the way we perceive computers and their functions both economically and socially. They are no longer a tool for churning out pieces of paper, but for interactive mass media communications and marketing. We've moved past the 1950's carbon copy (Cc) world to realise that information is what makes or breaks a company and the ability to communicate this information as fast as possible.

With the personal computer becoming as common as the TV and VCR in today's households and businesses, the potential of the internet as an effective communications and marketing tool is truly unbelievable and without limits.

By putting a page on the internet you are advertising to the world, a billboard that the entire world can see. A web site is, however far more intelligent and dynamic. With relative ease it can be updated just as fast as you can type it out. It acts as a communications point, where clients can Email to you their request which you'll receive instantly. It can output information from vast databases, giving comprehensive and precise answers to queries on the fly.

Throughout all of this your up-to-the-minute public image is brought across exactly as you would have it perceived.

The World Wide Web is a whole new media. It opens up a whole new way of doing business - both retail (to the consumer) and business to business transactions (B2B). Mammoth Technology want to help make it happen for you.

Guide to Getting on the Net

1. User Specific Purpose- what is your site meant to do?

2. Design & Layout - what looks good and what's been done to death.

3. Content - What good is a blank piece of paper - you need content.

4. Web Hosting - Your files have to sit somewhere on someones server - but who?

5. Advertising - Letting people know where you are - physically and on the World Wide Web.

6. Updating - No-one want to read information that is out of date - keep your site fresh and new.

 

Top 10
Website Sins


1. Poor Navigation - Make sure that all navigation is easy to follow and obvious to the user.

2. Flashing logos and cliche's - a pointer to ideas that have been done to death

3. Non-applicable content - make sure your content is relevent to the site

4. Poor colour selection - Good colour selection can invoke moods and entice users. Bad colour choices obscure text.

5. Counting hits - Hits are no longer considered a credible method of analysis. Look at page views.

6. Privacy statements Every site that collects users details needs one.

7. Horizontal Scrolling In 99% of cases, horizotal scrolling is a definite no-no.

8. Flash Introductions - Don't stop or slow users down from getting to the information they want.

9. Dynamic Content - If you want to keep your site up-to-date, try using ASP/JSP to keep it fresh.

10. Browser Compatability - Not everyone has the same browser, screen resolution or OS - use W3C standards to ensure a bigger audience.

 

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