Website Requirements
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Created: Monday, 07 November 2016 10:41
With the explosion of the web and internet connected devices, people will often ask how do they setup a website? Depending on your needs, the process is fairly simple. Over the next few weeks, I will be releasing in-depth information on the various steps in the process. For this week, I will cover understanding your requirements.
Your requirements will determine how much or how little needs to be spent on your website. There are dozens of companies that will allow anyone to create a website for free in a matter of minutes. These sites are great for people that are getting started, that may not know exactly what they need. There are millions of people that take this approach, and these option seem to serve them well year in and year out. This allows you to learn for free and only spend money in the areas that you feel are necessary.
While this maybe a great option for some, the options available to customize the way you want are limited. Oftentimes, the options for customizing are usable, but you may not be able to achieve the look and flow the same way you would from a site built from the ground up based on our specifications.
Knowing what your requirements are helps you choose the tools, the design, and methods to best achieve your goals. A website designed around blogging will be excellent for blogging, but will lack the functionality necessary to sale hundreds of goods. Although, you could use a blogging site to build an e-commerce site, the skill and tools required to achieve this maybe outside the realm of non-technical people or many of the free services. Choosing the right tool from the beginning makes your path going forward a lot easier.
