Purpose of A Website And This Online Course
Some Websites are an online presence for an established business, non-profit or other type of organization which already has a physical presence such as a store, office or meeting place. Many Websites today are the business or organization itself.
Your Website may be one page or thousands of pages. Typically a Website starts out with about a dozen pages and gradually expands over time. A successful Website is constantly growing and changing. One of the advantages of a Website versus a flyer, printed catalog or magazine is that the Website may be updated at any time and your audience sees the changes immediately.
First you need to decide:
Purpose of Your Website
Image To Be Portrayed
(Corporate, Sales, Folksy, Entertaining)Flowchart Layout Of Website
I strongly suggest you write down your thoughts on the first two bullet points above in a plain text file in a New Folder set up for Your New Website. We will discuss all 3 points a little later
This Basic Introduction is Not a technical course in Website Development nor will it cover all types of Websites. This is a course for non-geeks who need a professional Website for a business or organization which they want to promote over the Internet. You are going to hire or have already hired someone to develop your Website.
This course will teach you the basics you will need to understand the non-technical aspects of what your Web Developer will be doing and to intelligently convey to her or him what you want to accomplish with your Website.
In this course you will learn
- the non-technical basics of how a Website is set up
- what makes a Website successful
- simple techniques to market your Website
If you are comfortable writing a letter in Microsoft Word, Open Office Writer, Corel WordPerfect or similar word processor, know how to use a keyboard and mouse or trackball you have qualified for entry into this course.
If you have any questions at any time about any of the material covered or would like to suggest topics for future lessons, simply click here and send your question. You will usually receive a reply within 24 hours.
