Resources to help get your site online

Here are a few things to know about setting up your site.
Following these will help get your site up and running in no time.
Setting up to do your site!

Choose a good domain name: One that will tell people right away who, what, and why you are online.

Jen can help you with that, for $20.00 per year, you can register your domain and pay for a full year of hosting. Your deposit will include the cost for the domain name and your first year of hosting and just before your annual due date every year. Your domain name, and your hosting will each be an annual cost.

There are many many good options out there and you are free to use any hosting account you choose.
Just remember we need the info from them to upload and work on your site (this info is kept confidetial).

If you choose another host or domain registrar the charges from them will also be solely your responsibilty.

Layout what you want on your web site, what pages, links, graphics and such.

Jen's does not write content for your site. We prefer that you write exactly what you want. Keep your content as simple and easy to understand as possible and as relevant to your service as you can. The more relevant the text is, the better the search engines will index your site.
We can give you suggestions, but this is YOUR site and you know your business much better than anyone else!

Search engines will like your site better if it is easy to "read", has "relevant content" and is not "flooded with images". A few well placed images are fine and will help you achieve a pleasing look.

Using the same word or phrase over and over is not a good idea either, as the search engines consider that "spamming" and will block you from their indexes.
Find 7 or 8 words that describe what you do, as these will be used on your pages, so search engines will help people find you. These are your keywords.

Gather texts, images, information to use on your site.

Write your text out in a word processor or notepad and save them as the name of the page they will go on.

Make folders with the images you want for each page. Name them the same way...

"home images", "contact images" and so on. This will make it easier and faster to create your site.

If you have a template that you want for your site, we will use that, other wise we will create a template using colors that you have picked out, or even "copy" your business card for a matching look!

Your site should be easy to navigate and fast loading for good search engine placement.
Having your "key words" through out your text will help with this also.

 

 

 

 

 

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