How to Design a Corporate Website in 10 Easy Steps
How to Design a Corporate Website in 10 Easy Steps:By Ali Z.
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of www.VB7.nethttp://www.VB7.net © 2002-03If you'd like to print this article out, go to http://vb7.net/articlelib/articles/how_to_design_a_corporate_website.htm----------------------------- Chances are youve these sites a lot, theyre all over the web, basically theyre a companys main website but laid out and designed in a specific way to deliver certain message for the company. In this article, Ill show you how you can design a corporate website for yourself or for someone youre working for.
These easy to remember steps make it so easy, that even a 10 year old can design a site. Print this article out to read it at your own pace and you can refer back to it.Hosting: Youd need to host your site somewhere on the Internet.
Free Hosting wouldnt cut it. You dont want your visitors to arrive at your site and fight with pop-ups and annoying banners.
The best choice for hosting your corporate site would be Dayana Host. Click here or go to http://dayanahost.vb7.net to signup.
Their plans start from only $5.99 a year. That includes enough disk space and bandwidth for more than 10K visitors to visit your site.
Hosting also comes with all the bells and whistles e.g. CGI-BIN/MYSQL/Email Accounts/Stats/Sub-Domains and much more.
Domain Name: Again, you want a short, easy to remember and memorable domain for your corporate site. You dont want your visitor to remember some ugly big looking URL e.g.
www.angelfire.com/mac/mybigurlsite/somepage.htm. Go to http://domains.vb7.net to register your easy to remember domain for only $9.99/Year.
That's the lowest you'll find on the net which comes with lots of goodies. Logo: Yes, Now comes the fun part.
You want to represent your corporate site by a specific logo. Think of real good design that you can create yourself or just go to GotLogos.com to get your own logo for only $25.
By just submitting your domain to Got Logos, theyll create a logo specific to your site. Toll-Free VM#: Well, were getting more professional here.
By placing a Toll-Free 800/877# or even a VM#, youre site will stand out from the crowd. Not only will your site visitors trust you more, but youll also be building credibility at the same time.
Now days its cheap to get an 800#. Just go to OneBox.com for your own Toll-Free VM#.
For example, friend of ours own a Tech. Consulting Group named GeekTechSoft, he signed up for Toll-Free VM and got 1-888-438-4335 # wit ext: 1234 which translates to 1-888-Hav-Geek.
See what I mean. Build Your Sites credibility at the same time.
Template/Design: Now comes the design part, which is one of the easiest task in designing your site. If youd rather design youre site yourself then go ahead or you can hop to www.FreeTemplates.com and download one of their free Corp.
site templates. Tables: This is the key to designing your corporate site.
You want it to be a laid out like a magazine or newspaper column. Just look at any corp.
site e.g. Verizon, CNN, and NBC to name a few.
Theyre basically made of 3 to 4 tables. About Us/About Co: Create a simple page that would inform your visitors about your company or consulting group.
Remember that all of your sites pages must be consistent. You dont want your pages design to look different.
So if youre using Arial Font and Black color on main page, use the same styles on all other pages. Insert your sites logo at the top of this page and then a brief description of what youre company or site is all about.
Partners Section: Now were talking Corporate Site here. You want your site visitors to know that you do have partners and affiliates that you deal with.
Think about it, dont you see a Partners Section on other corp. sites.
Just hop on to CJ.com and join their publisher program, then find the affiliate programs that match your niche and join them. Then just put a link back to these sites on your Partners Page.
Youd also get paid if a visitor from your site buys or clicks on the link. Testimonials/Feedback: This is critical to your corp.
site design. Create a page that would include testimonials from your past clients or their feedback about the work provided.
You want to build credibility as well as inform youre visitors that you are a legitimate co. or group.
Clients Page: Last but not least, include a page that would state all the clients youre working with. So for e.g.
if youre an accounting firm and do accounting work for clients, include their names and logos if they provide you one on this page. Again, Credibility is the Key here.
BONUS: Ok, I know I did say 10 Steps, but here is 1 Powerful tip. On your main Corp.
Site page, include your Sites professional email addresses e.g.
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected] and
[email protected] to name a few.
You can create these emails by going in your control panel in your Dayana Hosts Site @ http://dayanahost.vb7.net. So there you have it, 10 simple, easy to remember steps in designing your Corp.
Site. Again, get your hosting, domain, logo, get a template and design it in 3 or 4 tables, create the pages as mentioned above, get a Toll-Free VM and youd have one of the best Corp.
Site in no time JReferenced Sites:Dayana Hosting: http://dayanahost.vb7.netDomain Name: http://domains.vb7.net/Logos: http://www.gotlogos.comToll-Free VM#: http://www.onebox.comFree Templates: http://www.freetemplates.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ali Z. is the webmaster and president of VB7.net, the premier site on the net for free I.T.
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