Planning

Let's take a few minutes to plan your site according to your needs. Please fill out the form and click the "Submit" button that will e-mail it to me. A copy will be sent to you for easy reference when we're discussing the site.

Planning Questionnaire

Name

Organization

Address

City

State

Zip

Phone

Existing Website
...if you have one

Goals
What are the goals for your website? The reasons you are creating it? What purpose will it serve for your organization?

Message
What is the main message?

features
What features would you like to have available for visitors to your site? What should they be able to do?

budget
What is your budget range for design and setup? Annual hosting and/or maintenance?

date
What is your target date for the main portion of the site? (You do understand that websites are always a work in progress, and you may wish to add features along the way.)

domain
Do you have a domain name (i.e. YourOrganization.org)? Has it been registered? Where?

New Domain
If not, what domain name(s) have you considered? Have you checked for availability?

Additional domains
Are there additional Domain names? (Other addresses/domains that you own, that should forward to your primary site.)

Emails
Do you need domain-specific email (for example This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )? List email addresses you will need.

Email Forwarding
Would e-mail forwarding be useful? (site-specific addresses forwarded to personal e-mails for convenience and security, for example This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it forwards to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Lists
Would you want e-mail "chat" or communication lists?

Hosting
Do you already have a web hosting service that you wish to retain? Which one?

Graphic Elements
Do you have an existing logo?

Photos and Art
Do you have existing materials or artwork (photographs, logos, etc)?

Colors
Do you have preferred organization or company colors?

Examples
Please list examples of other sites with elements you like (design, layout, colors, etc). Please be specific about which feature you like on each example site.

Ideas
Any other design-related ideas? Feel free to elaborate

CONTENT - Maintenance
How often do you anticipate the site will need to be updated? Are there any items that will need routine or frequent updates (for example, news, calendar).

Updates and Training
Who will be responsible for providing updates? Would you prefer to subscribe to our Update Service or would you prefer we train your personnel to do routine updates?

Information
What specific information do you want? (There is a checklist farther down.)

Information Available
What information do you already have available? We will ask you to provide documents.

More Information
What information do you still need to develop? Who will be responsible for developing it? How long will it take?

Structure
Do you have a specific organizational structure in mind?

Navigation
Do you have a specific navigational structure in mind? (How will visitors find their way around?) We can brainstorm on this.

Information Format
Will most of the initial content be provided digitally or on paper?

Scanning
Will images/photos, etc. need to be scanned? How many?

Main Page
What information will be critical for the main (home) page? Do you prefer a static main page or would you like news to be refreshed often?

Rate Features Please rate the information and functions you would like to have in order of urgency:
1 for immediate need
2 for important to have soon
3 for would like but not necessary yet
4 for would like more information on how this works
5 for not interested at all

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