when starting a site

[mr_roll]

:confused: when a person/company begins to program a website what is the procedure? Is it: the normal software development cycle? ie: Specification, analysis, Design, coding, implementation, maintenance.? :confused: and when you do research, what does the person/company research? other sites? the market?

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[filburt1]

If you're doing it freelance like me and many other people here, there isn't much planning to it. You probably decide what content you want, and just make a test in a WYSIWYG editor, and it goes from there. :) I never dreamed that I'd do four iterations of my site, and I'm working on a fifth now :D

[chrismitchell]

Firstly you need to establish why the company / person needs the site.. cause otherwise whats the point in them having one?

Secondly you need to find out what the site needs to be able to do ... preferably a clear cut plan of what they need - like a business plan of sorts.

But those are just 2 things that I make sure that I do before I go to a client and start work on a site..

I hope that they are helpful

Chris

[ubunreal69]

if you are selling a product, make sure it in a final stage, then make a site to distribute it.

if your just wanting to have a site and host tutorials, code and stuff then i'd suggest starting my making one that WORKS and doesnt have to look good, then work on grapgics afterwards.

(functionality comes first :))