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This guide outlines the steps involved in planning and creating a website for your organization, covering content creation, structural organization, design considerations, and necessary resources. Learn how to effectively present information, design the website, and ensure ongoing support.
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Building your own website Content • What information do you want to put on the website? • You must decide this, find softcopies of the information, write the text, provide the illustrations Structure • How is the information organized? • Sections, subsections, menus (like chapters in a book) • You must decide this Presentation • What does it look like on the screen? • Design, colours, fonts, buttons, etc. • You can do this yourself or subcontract it to a web designer
Presentation • Design of the website • What does it look like on the screen? • Keep it simple (so it is easy to update) • Use common design for all pages • Provide easy-to-understand navigation (buttons, links) • Avoid fancy effects, large graphics, sound (long time to download)
What will you need? • Skilled staff • to manage website or to work with contracted web designer • Equipment, software, internet connections • Organizational structure • Unit responsible for maintaining website • Procedures to provide information to upload • Approval procedures for uploading information • Train other staff to use website • Publicity • Tell people website exists! • Most important: Ongoing commitment, funding & support from senior management