Website Preparation Tips

We have outlined a general guide for you to prepare for a new website build. This process has been drafted from extensive experience and will facilitate a smooth production schedule for the creation of your company’s new website. In addition it will help us produce a precise quote that we can customize to conform to your company’s needs and budget.

Preparing For Your New Website

Step 1

Gather all informational and sales documents about your company and products/services for website content. If there are no informational documents available, begin itemizing products/services and start writing a text copy.

Step 2

Assemble itemized information into word processing documents, preferably Microsoft Word. Do not “style” the documents' text other than bolding, italicizing, or increasing font size to identify page titles and sub-titles. Website designers will take this text and transfer it into the designated web page and style it using CSS (Cascading Style Sheet: used by web designers to add styles to the web page content).

Step 3

Compile images desired for use on the website. Some suggestions of images to include are pictures of products offered by your company, services being performed, in-house operations, or images reflecting the type of business you are engaged in. Also, any promotional images and graphics along with a high resolution company logo.

We prefer to receive the raw image file for the company logo to maximize the quality of graphics created for use on the website. eLogik can also gather images for use on your website. This service would be built into the overall website quote. We can also make suggestions regarding where to acquire images for use on the website.

Step 4

Identify what type of website is needed such as level of eCommerce website for offering products and services for online purchasing, basic online payment processing, or a standard professional website.

If a website processes payments and sensitive information, it is required to have an SSL Certificate (Secure Socket Layer) provided by a reputable company. This will validate your company's authenticity and security of information transmissions conducted on your website. eLogik assists in the acquiring of the SSL certificate and also provides server integration support. There will be involvement by the client to acquire the SSL certificate due to the information required about the company.

Step 5

Identify your company's target market. This will help with design concepts for targeted or broad audiences. For example, if you already have a color scheme concept desired or other recommendations by a market research company, we will base the site design on these specifications.

Step 6

Give some thought to what features or applications that would be desirable for your company’s website.

Step 7

Contact a few companies for quotes to evaluate the cost, professionalism, customer service, and knowledge of each website design firm to select the best option for your needs. We hope to hear from you soon.