Working with a website Designer

If the project is to go smoothly, it's as well to agree on a timetable early in the project - who is going to do what and by when.

Have a clear understanding on how information (text, images etc) is to be transferred.
Try to work electronically as much as possible, using email with text attached in word processed documents.

As early as possible, you should try to get together the following materials and ideas:

• Any images - logos, photos, maps - that you want on the site.
• An idea of the main 4 - 6 areas of your site.. those areas which will be linked from every page on the site .
• What keywords you would expect people to type into the search engines to find sites such as yours.
  Make a list of these.
• Any materials for the site which are not currently in electronic form - try to get them into word processor or spreadsheet format. Website designers make expensive typists!

• If you are having a response form on your site - and you should - what information would you like to collect from your visitors, in addition to name, email address and comments.
• What other additions do you want on your site?
• Have a look at our planning worksheet, use it as a basis for discussion with your designer.

With all these ideas in place, you should be able to have a good working relationship with your designer, and end up with a website which meets your expectations.

Copyright and Ownership

The copyright and ownership of the site will revert to you as soon as Bond & Bond design have been reimbursed. B&BD

See: Before & After Website Designs