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How Do I Start Up a Web Site?

by Laurie E. Tenzer, da WebWahine

Many solution-providers will sell you a package of tools to develop your website. We at Alohaware provide a careful analysis and help you plan your website, before even recommending any tools. We first address where to begin.

Start With An Objective

The best place to start is defining the objective for your website. Ask yourself: What do I want to accomplish? Some answers could be: Communicating a message to a wide audience (generally called "establishing a web presence")? Interactivity (such as a discussion group)? Selling products (eCommerce)? etc.

Start With Your Needs

Start with your business needs. A professional web developer can help you match those needs to the appropriate solution. Costs can vary from zero to thousands of dollars depending on your objectives and needs.

The free sites are for those who have time: time to learn and/or develop the site. In general free sites do not allow you to use your own domain name.

Example: www.tripod.com/mycompany instead of www.mycompany.com.

If you can't invest the time then, you need to hire a professional developer like Alohaware.

Start With an Analysis

Many developers quote a price based on number of pages, number of images and number of links in the site. The best professional developers help their clients through the process with an analysis of your needs so that the results are what you expect. The analysis also helps the developer quote an accurate price.

Alohaware provides a free analysis to ensure that your project is successful. You, the client, spend time defining the needs and providing the content (text and pictures) to the developer. Contact Alohaware to set up an appointment for a free site analysis.