Building a website can seem like a daunting task. There are a lot of decisions to make, and the amount of information out there about what you need to know to build your site can seem overwhelming. Learning about security issues, staying up to date on software builds, knowing how to program and about best design practices is nothing without good content.

Content is key when building a website. You need good source material before anything else. Hiring a web designer can help you sort out the technical issues, but the source material is what you need to supply.

When deciding what you want for your website, you should start by looking at other peoples websites that are in your area of expertise. This will give you a structure for what you'll want to add for your site. Just like a book usually has an introduction, specific chapters and possibly an index, you'll probably want to offer similar types of content as your competitors. This is not to say that you shouldn't break away or that you can't develop something unique. It is simply a starting point from which you can start to determine what you want to go on your website.

So first steps are to look at websites, then build the content from there. Your designer can help you with color schemes and best practices for showing off your content.  And if your very lucky, with developing your content and message too. You can get a free consutation with White Light Web for figuring out next steps, and stay tuned for more infomation about gathering your content and specifications.

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