Website Design & Content Management System for Small Business

 

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Who is it for?

The guide has been written for anyone tasked with responsibility for the design, content, maintenance and promotion of a business website. The guide imparts sufficient understanding to empower a non-technical person to make effective decisions about how their website should be built, who should build it, who should maintain the content and how the website should be promoted online.

This guide is designed for people who would describe themselves as ‘computer literate’, i.e. they use a computer as part of their daily work routine, but have no interest in ‘getting under the bonnet’ and tinkering. The aim is to enable you to have a sensible conversation with the graphic designers, programmers, copywriters and others that will be required to make your website a success.

Contents:

  • The skills required to build an effective website
  • Selecting a web designer 
  • Determining the main objectives of your website 
  • Writing your copy 
  • Website content management systems
  • Usability 
  • Accessibility 
  • Graphic design 
  • Factors affecting the speed of your website 
  • How to optimise your website for search engines 
  • Pay-per-click advertising
  • Forms
  • Using images on your website
  • Coding
  • Domain names, website hosting and email 
  • Should you get your visitors to log in? 
  • Visitor statistics - hit or myth? 
  • Useful resources
  • Glossary
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