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Starting Your Website or Blog

Starting a new website or blog can seem like a daunting task but in our starting your website or blog section we will cover website planning, target audience research, domain name selection and purchase, determining the best hosting plan for your project and determining if a custom web design, semi custom web design or pre-made template is the best choice for you.

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Have You Read the Webmaster Guidelines Yourself?

Do your business a huge favour by taking time to personally read each of the webmaster guidelines published by the search engines and directories.


Let’s Discuss All-in-One Web Design Packages

Discussion of pros and cons of using all-in-one web design packages, domain with hosting packages, hosted solutions and free website builders.


Website Planning Tools

We have covered website planning with our step by step guide and provided a website planning checklist previously so next we are going to provide some tools to help complete your website planning. Not everyone is a techy. That is fine. Old fashioned pen and paper and a binder can be used to complete your […]


Website Planning Checklist

Website planning checklist – handy for a new website, a blog or if you are planning a redesign and want to refocus the existing site.


Website Planning – A Step by Step Guide

Website Planning Step by Step. Don’t skip this! It is the key to starting your website or blog on the right foot.


How Much Does a Website Cost?

How much does a website cost? Good question. This article covers what goes into preparing a website/blog quoation.


Website Design Process

The web design process encompasses a defined life cycle. We walk you through the web design process step by step.