Plan website: how it works

Planning a website can be a huge undertaking, so a good overview of all the available components is helpful. In this article, we explain what you should consider when planning a website.

Plan website - the content

If you want to build your own website, you should first be clear about what content you want to offer and how you can best structure it. Not only can a plan help you save time and effort, a well-structured website also makes a much better impression.

• Content : Think about the purpose of the website and what information you want to offer visitors. Based on this, you can develop headings. If this is difficult for you, start with information that everyone can provide, for example your contact details, data protection, an "About Us" category or an imprint.
• Subject-specific information : If the planned website is for your company, create categories about your products, your services or your company policy. If you have a club homepage, it is information about the club history, the teams or the sponsors.
• Other categories that you could specify are podcasts, help or reviews. When planning your first website, it is sufficient to first create a preliminary version of it. You don't have to think of everything right away, all you have to do is add the basics and put the website online.

Features for your website

The next point is features. There are a variety of options here that you can use for your site.

• A newsletter is an option to keep your visitors up to date. There is also the option to implement a survey on your website or to incorporate a comment system where visitors can discuss with each other.
• Other features that you can consider are direct links to your or other social media accounts, a system for affiliate links or the option to automatically call up podcasts in the website's feed.

Get a feel for the website

Visit other websites to get a feel and see how others have designed their site. It is best to orient yourself on related pages.

• If you cannot really imagine how you want to structure the structure, a mind map will help.
• In a mind map, a starting topic is written in the middle of a piece of paper and, starting from there, the directly underlying topic points are noted and connected with lines. These can be divided into sub-items. So you get a better overview.
• The main point of course in this case is the website. Based on this, the sub-items "Content", "Features" and "Appearance" could be. These are in turn divided into the points you need for your website.
• When planning your website, it is important that you do not limit your thoughts to a perfect end result. Ideas for further action or improvement often only come up when you consider a first draft.

Are you now ready to create your own website? In the next article you will find a list of the best homepage providers.