| At this point in the process you'll already have done quite a bit of background work...you'll have chosen someone to design and build your site; you'll have developed a comprehensive profile of the project; and you'll have a firm budget number in mind. You're ready to oversee construction.
In this section, we're going to touch on the basics of site design in seven key areas of development...creating content, developing the navigational interface, building cross-platform and backwards compatibility into your site, designing Web graphics, working with plug-ins and helpers, using the common gateway interface to add functionality, and providing site security for yourself and your customers. While we'll just be touching the surface here, we hope that you'll come away from the discussion with additional insights which will save you time and money during the production process. |