Website Design by John Griffin  
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Before starting to plan your web site visit several existing web sites, especially those run by businesses similar to yours, to get ideas and to see the wide range of styles and layouts that can be used. Look at some of the web sites that I have designed for Ugandan companies and organisations: -

. Crane Bank Ltd
. British Business Association of Uganda
. Kampala International School
. Speke Resort
. Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort
. The Surgery
. Imperial Hotels
All sites must have a Home Page. This is the first page that appears on the computer monitor when somebody enters your web site The Home Page usually gives a general description of your business and will probably feature your company logo and one or more photos. In addition to your Home Page, you can choose as many additional pages as you wish. The list below gives you some ideas. Home Page (Mandatory)

. Contact Details
. Products Information
. Services Information
. Events
. About Us
. Our Staff
. Achievements
. Testimonials
. Location Map

If you already have company publicity material then it may be a good idea to use this as the basis for the site. In particular you should use the same logos, type faces and colour schemes so that your corporate identity is maintained.

The most visited and successful web sites are those that provide useful information, not only to existing and potential customers, but also to other people such as students, schools, hobbyists etc who can use your site as a source of information. The more people who visit your site, the better your position on the searcn egines and the better known your company and products will become. Some examples of this would be a supermarket web site that includes recipe pages, a hotel web site that included a town guide for tourists, a manufacturers web site that provided some information that may be useful to school children studying industrial processes.

It is very important to keep the web site up to date. Always remember to notify us of any details of product/service changes, price changes etc. From time to time change pictures. If possible have a monthly newsletter or special offers page.

Please remember that a web site can only be as good as the content. Text should be clear and concise and photos/digital images should be of suitable quality. Please also note that whilst we can reduce images in size, it is rarely possible to increase the size without an unacceptable drop in quality.

Ideally you will provide use with text already typed as a Word document saved on disk or sent to us by e-mail. If you really do not have the time to decide what you need we can advise on text and if necessary type up the text from you verbal description of the business or from hand written notes or existing publicity material. If you do not have suitable photographs we can also visit your business to take digital photographs for use on your web site. When we visit you we will also want to take samples of letterheads, logos, brochures etc so that your web site reflects your existing corporate image.

We will also ask you quite a lot of detail about the nature of your business and who your target customers are. For example are you trying to export and if so what products and to whom? Using this information we will write a title and company description for use in promoting your site. Using the correct title and description of your busiess is very important in helping to promote your site.