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Planning your site : Tips for a successful website, We can give you advice on what and how the to use the web in your business
Planning : Developing : Deployment :  

Scope

Your Scope To start with, what are the short and long-term goals of the site? Looking towards the future will save you a lot of headaches in the long run, because you will be able to accommodate growth and change more effectively

Scoping out your Internet strategy should be your first step when designing your site .
Example Our Scope The Goals of this site are to demonstrate and show how Studio47 can help you develop your Internet strategy. By giving you some basic information on how to develop your own ideas and show you some examples of what can be done with the web, also Studio47 intend to let you know about our future projects and to showcase them over 2005 Most of the content in this site is dynamic so it can be changed and updated easily.


Planning
What is the mission or purpose of the organization?
Example
Our mission is to build on past skills and experience and develop elegant solutions for our clients IT needs. We also have a strong ambition to contribute to the growth of innovative industry on the Sunshine Coast Qld

Who are the intended audiences?
Example
Our intended audiences for this site will be local business and niche groups for our future film projects. Studio47 will also use the site as a tool to conduct market research

Why will people come to your site?
Example
People will come to our site to get infomation about having an IT solution developed by Studio47

Developing
Development
This when you decide on the technologies you will use from your goals, audience and purpose, They could comprise database technologies for commerce, and complex programming for secure areas and functionality like forms, auto responders for client enquiries, You may want elements multimedia like Video, music,and or animations to provide entertainment for visitors.
This is also when you decide upon the look and feel of the site. Studio47 can help you with all your design technology needs

Deployment
You will need a domain name and an area to host . If requiring E-commerce, a merchant account or Studio47 can supply E-commerce facilities. You need to plan how you are going to promote your site and how to keep it current.

Detail
Domain Names cost around $80 to $150 to secure
Hosting can cost $30 to $50 per month don't get caught with a poor host as ypu can run into bandwidth problems
Merchant costs
To promote your site you need to be found on the web. This is something that fails a lot of sites. There are techniques to make your site appear on search engines where you want,
You probably want a site that you or your staff can update content easily on and it might be essential to keep information current. This type of site is called a "dynamic" website. Contact Studio47