Essential Stages in Website Development
An Online project can be broken down into 4 essential stages- 1. Initiation 2. planning 3. Execution 4. Monitor/Control All the above steps are critical to the success of a website development project however most of the time people skip this part. I would like to emphasize here that planning and Research form the base [...]
Initiation-the first step
I remember speaking to a real estate agent who wanted to go online and I asked him a few questions to find out what he wanted to do with it. Question 1-“Why should you build this website?” Agent- “I want this website to get me potential buyers for my properties.” Question 2- “Why do you [...]
Planning- the second step
planning should always be done keeping the objective of the business in mind. planning concerns the following- 1. Money/Costs 2. Time 3. Scope We will discuss each of these parameters in brief for now and in more detail later on through other posts. At this stage anybody who is a new comer is not looking [...]
Making a Business Plan (Planning continued…)
Now…you have arrived at a very interesting stage of your planning where you have to design a process work flow which more or less would be the blueprint of your project. It can help you: • Understand the complete process. • Identify the critical stages of a process. • Locate problem areas. • Show relationships [...]
Execution: Execute your plans
It’s time to put your thoughts in action and execute your plans. For a start, you can follow the below mentioned steps: Step1: Decide whether you need a website or blog Step2: Get a Domain name Step3: Secure a web hosting company Step4: Design your website/blog Step5: Create content Step6: Go Live! Step7: Promote your website/blog [...]
Execution, Step 1: Website or Blog | Basics of Blogging
You can register your online presence using one or more of the below mentioned mediums- 1) Website 2) Blogs What is a Blog? Most people have seen websites and know what they look like however not all of them can talk in the same breath about blogs and the purpose they serve. How do I [...]
Execution, step 1.2: Blogger- Blogging for beginners
This is a free blog service provided by Google. I used to blog at ‘Blogger’ before I moved to ‘WordPress’. As a beginner, I found it to be extremely user friendly. You don’t need any training in html or other programming languages. It comes along with a WYSIWYG [What You See Is What You Get] [...]
Execution, step 1.3: Why did I move to WordPress?
If your blogs are hosted on ‘Blogger’, the url in the browser will include ‘blogspot.com’. People say that you have the option to host your blog (on blogger) with a host of your choice however I cannot really confirm that because my efforts to get this done did not succeed. Maybe I am technically challenged [...]
Execution, step 1.4: WordPress.com v/s WordPress.org
There are two types of WordPress account: 1) WordPress.com 2) WordPress.org What is the difference? WordPress.com: 1) WordPress.com is free. You can create a free account with them and host your blog on their servers which means that you don’t need pay for any hosting or maintenance charges. Your site address in this case would [...]
Execution, step 1.5: Features of WordPress 2.7.1
I am using WordPress 2.7.1 and love the features that it offers. · Control: You have complete control over your blog. Nobody can delete your work. You can upload your own themes, host your advertisements and modify codes. · WordPress Dashboard: You can manage your blog from this one screen. Here, you can see the [...]
