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The key to any successful website development project is setting clear objectives and careful planning. This Website Development Worksheet has been constructed to assist in achieving these goals.

It will take a little time and some thought to complete the form, but it will be worth the effort! You may complete the entire form, or leave spaces blank. I will review the information and work with you to create a website that meets your requirements and your budget.

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Your Name:

Company Name:

Email Address:

Daytime Telephone:

Evening Telephone:

Fax Number:

Street Address:

City:     State:     Zip:

Phase 1 — Initial Planning

In this phase you will identify the purpose of your website. You should consider all of your immediate requirements as well as all potential future uses for the website. Not only will this phase help create a terrific starter site, it will supply information that will establish objectives for excellent, long-term website management.

Check all descriptions that apply and fill in blanks as needed:
I consider the PURPOSE of this website to be:
Advertisement Public Relations Sales Information	News Education Entertainment Resource Center	Other, describe:

List all potential site objectives, present and future:

Potential method of supplying information for this website is:
Website Email Requests Online Forms Other, describe:	Online Newsletter Mailings (e-mail delivery of information) Postal Mailing List Sign Up (postal mail delivery of information) Downloadable Files, describe:

Step 1) REVIEW POTENTIAL OBJECTIVES
Your first step is to determine the objective, or objectives, of your site.

This can be one single item, such as "advertising a company". Or, there can be several, diverse objectives such as, "selling products", "customer service", "employee information" and the like.

You should also consider if your site will supply all information on-line, via the website and e-mail. Or, if you want your viewers to have access to downloadable files such as, MS Word Documents, PowerPoint files and PDF Format.

(Developing a strong on-line presence before implementing other site information distribution methods is highly recommended. This is because other technologies usually require that the web surfer possess specific software programs. While use of other technologies might be effective in a business environment with establish desktop standards, you cannot make the assumption that your site visitors will have the required program when targeting the general public. A good rule is to list items that would actually provide enhancements to the site. Once listed, you can work out the necessity and feasibility issues, as well as a short and long-term plan as needed.)

Step 2) EVALUATE AUDIENCE
Once you have your potential objectives you will need to determine who your main audience is. Frequently, you will have several audiences each with different needs, such as "students" and "faculty". You should also assess the potential skill levels of your audience. This will help in determining various aspects of your site's design and layout.

Check all that apply and fill in blanks:
End User skill level:	End User purpose for using the site:
inexperienced web surfer intermediate web surfer experienced web surfer special interests web surfer, describe:	casual/recreational web surfing business web surfing on-line shopping web surfing professionals web surfer, list profession:

List any other potential audiences:

Phase 2 — Establish Your Plan

Step 3) SET GOALS
Now that you have examined your objectives, you should have a better understanding of what you want to achieve with your website. You may be ready to begin with what you have. Or, you may need to make some tough decisions before you set your plan.

First, you will list the objectives that you want accomplished with your first "official" web-site. These are the goals that you want achieved the day you first launch your website on the Internet.

(Remember it is better to have a few clear, concise objectives, than several vague concepts with no direction.)

List INITIAL goals for your website:
Priority:	Goal:
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Next you will want to list any future goals and a preliminary time frame for implementation of each.

(The resources available to you will determine implementation of some of your future goals. For example, an organization that utilizes printed forms may wish to create an on-line library of downloadable forms. In addition to site maintenance, the organization may need to allocate personnel to manage and process these forms. By identifying a site's future requirements during early phases of site development, an organization can more effectively plan and budget its resource allocations.)

List FUTURE goals for your website:
Priority:	Goal:
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Step 4) DETERMINE SITE ORGANIZATION AND CONTENT
Now that you have completed the first three sections of this form, you should have a pretty good idea how your site's information will be divided.

You may find that dividing topics according to the audience makes sense, for example universities often have separate sections of students and faculty. In other cases, you may need to split your information into departments, like "biology", "engineering" and "business".

You may also identify sub-topics that will comprise the major sections of your site. For example, a site selling lawn supplies may have a major sections called "products" that is divided into sub-sections, such as "tools", "shrubs" and "seeds". Or, you may find that a single home page with the intent of advertising your business is better suited to your needs.

Whatever the case, it is important to establish a solid, logical site organization, as this will be a deciding factor in for highly effective website. Also, where possible, remember to create a brief "title" for each section. These titles will be helpful when creating site navigation tools like bookmarks and buttons.

If necessary, you should assign persons responsible for each section's text. You should also determine initial time-lines for first draft text content. Additionally you may also want to include a list potential of graphics at this point in the process.

List all major sections of your website and any sub-categories, include possible section titles (Complete ONLY text areas that apply):
Section 1 description/Section title:	Section 1 sub-categories/titles:
Person responsible:
Initial text draft completion date:
Potential section graphics, describe:

(Complete ONLY text areas that apply):
Section 2 description/Section title:	Section 2 sub-categories/titles:
Person responsible:
Initial text draft completion date:
Potential section graphics, describe:

(Complete ONLY text areas that apply):
Section 3 description/Section title:	Section 3 sub-categories/titles:
Person responsible:
Initial text draft completion date:
Potential section graphics, describe:

(Complete ONLY text areas that apply):
Section 4 description/Section title:	Section 4 sub-categories/titles:
Person responsible:
Initial text draft completion date:
Potential section graphics, describe:

(Complete ONLY text areas that apply):
Section 5 description/Section title:	Section 5 sub-categories/titles:
Person responsible:
Initial text draft completion date:
Potential section graphics, describe:

Step 5) NAMING YOUR SITE
You probably have a good idea about the Domain Name that you would like for your website (www.yoursite.com). However, Domain Names are governed by the InterNIC and are only available on a first come first serve basis. JS Web Solutions cannot guarantee the availability of any Domain Name.

List desired Domain Name:
1st Choice	.com .net .org	Is this Domain Name Available? Yes No I don't know

2nd Choice	.com .net .org	Is this Domain Name Available? Yes No I don't know

3rd Choice	.com .net .org	Is this Domain Name Available? Yes No I don't know

It is also important to determine a title and description for your website. This is not the same as a Domain Name, rather it is a concise definition of the purpose of your website. This is not the same as a Domain Name, but rather a concise definition of the purpose of your website. (Many companies will use their mission statement as a the basis for their website title and description.) A clear descriptive title is important because many search engines use your title information when indexing and displaying your site listings.

This is also a good time to create a list of META data to use when programming your site. META tags are also very important to search engine indexing and site listings. In fact, some search engines will display the information contained in META tags as a sub-title to the name of your web page in their listings. I recommend that you provide information for two types of META tags, "description" and "keyword" META Tags. Descriptive META tags should be a concise explanation of your what your site is offering. Keyword META tags should contain a list of words that describe your site or may be used by an end-user to find your site in a search engine.

List a desired title for your website:

List a description of your website (for META tags):

List all possible keywords, and keyword combinations (for META tags):

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