Selecting a content management system (CMS) can be a complex task, and organizations often run into pitfalls with processes, politics, and understanding the CMS environment. James Robertson outlines a common-sense approach to avoiding the most common mistakes. This article as written by James Robertson, Managing Director of Step Two Designs, a vendor-neutral content management consultancy […]
What is the Budget for your site? So far in this series of website planning articles we have looked at purpose of website, it’s target audience, decided which website technologies are required and looked at the webspace hosting packages available. Now comes the website budget stage of website planning where it has to be considered […]
Website planning also includes considering the webspace hosting that will be required for the website. This stage of website planning would look at webspace hosting packages available, webspace features required and available with each hosting package and a look at what webspace traffic is expected. What Type of Webspace Hosting Package do I Need? Webspace […]
Website planning needs to consider what website technologies the site will require or incorporate. Ask yourself, “What website technologies do I need?” What Website Technologies Do I Need? The website technologies required will depend on the type of website you are building and what type of audience you have decided to target and accommodate. Website […]
Target Audience – What is your target audience? Ask yourself, “Who is going to be looking at my website?“ Target Audience – Other Business People If your target audience is other business people, what kind of things would a business person visiting your website be looking for? Product specifications? Benefits and or features? Availability? Cost? […]
Whether your website is for business or personal interest, there are a number of things you have to consider before you start actually building your site. The first step should be deciding on the purpose of the website. Purpose of Website – Why are you building this website? Ask yourself, “Why am I building this […]
Let’s just get right into it: Believe it or not, the blog that you’re reading this article on is actually a responsive design! To see it in action, open this article on a desktop browser and slowly make the browser thinner and wider. You should see the layout magically adjust itself to more comfortably fit […]
Thomas Michael SAP training guru. CEO coach. Speaker. Maker of gin. Drummer. New Yorker. From Hamburg. August 11, 2010, Thomas managed Advantage Web Solution directly Advantage Web Solution has been a true asset to our IT operations – without her, things simply would not get done as well or quickly as they should. Advantage Web […]
Optimization is the cornerstone of any successful blog. After all, you need people to be able to find the content that you create — otherwise, why make it? But the Internet changes every day, and with blog posts that stick around for days, weeks, months, and even years, your past prize pigs might not be […]
Search Engine Optimization or SEO is the simple activity of ensuring a website can be found in search engines for words and phrases relevant to what the site is offering. In many respects it’s simply quality control for websites. Having said that, if there was ever an industry that was little understood by outsiders it’s […]