Website Building

This week at uni, we had a group discussion in one of our lectures on website building for our own business. I found it really useful and have started to build my own - however it is an on going process and I'm taking my time to make sure that I do it properly.

Here are a few pointers and tips that I learnt from the session..

Pages on a website:

• Home page with the business name, logo, a collage/strong image, a mini bio.
• Gallery - Slideshow/Square images with some information. (Caption/Location & Credits.)
• Blog page - Direct link to blog so clients can read a bit about what you do from week to week.
• About page - Bio on who you are and what you do. 
• Contact - Email/Business phone number/Social media.
• Price List & Shop page.

Other important tips..

• All photographs should be watermarked with a logo. 
• A resolution of 100 dpi is perfect for MAC and PC viewers (also good because it means no one can print them from your website because the quality is rubbish for printing!)
• Mobile compatibility - so that clients can view the website on their smart phones.
• Large font, plain background and consistent colour theme/style.

A website is almost your personal spot on the internet to show off your work and what you do! You want people to remember your website & photographs so that they book you!

Most importantly it needs to be easy to navigate and not take too long to load up - otherwise unfortunately people will go somewhere else. 

As I said, I am currently working on my own website. I am using www.one.com and I am getting there :)

I will keep my blog up to date with how I am getting on with it & hopefully it will be up soon so watch this space xxxxx