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Developing a Website for Business. AD660 – Databases, Security, and Web Technologies Marcus Goncalves Spring 2013. Why develop a web site? link. A company's web site is often the first point of contact for a prospective customer; it is therefore a vital asset to any business or venture.
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Developing a Website for Business AD660 – Databases, Security, and Web Technologies Marcus GoncalvesSpring 2013
Why develop a web site? link A company's web site is often the first point of contact for a prospective customer; it is therefore a vital asset to any business or venture.
When Web Design is Important? Many web sites still reflect a poor understanding of the target users' needs, demonstrating an ineffective or inappropriate use of resources, web page design and technology. This ultimately results in an web site experience that is below a customer's expectation, causing more harm than good.
What is the Purpose of a Web Site? Web sites should be developed based on key business requirements and objectives: • Engaging user experiences that are • Intelligent • Consistent, and • Unified • Transforming your business strategies into creative web site and page designs that achieve emotional customer connections.
Context Site’s layout and design Content Text, pictures, sound, and video that webpages contain Community The ways sites enable user-to-user communication Commerce Site’s capabilities to enable commercial transactions Customization Site’s ability to self-tailor to different users or to allow users to personalize the site Connection Degree site is linked to other sites Communication The ways sites enable site-to-user communication or two-way communication The 7Cs of Customer Interface
Developing a Web Sitevideo • There are many services available: • Weebly • Nosoft • Web.com • Many others…