Building a HomeWorld for the World Wide Web

Step-by-step, you can build up your Web Presence in the following manner:

Secure your Internet access
Gather the Web site content - things like:
- Product pictures and datasheets
- Catalogs
- Notebooks
- Brochures
- Art
- Newsletter articles
- Make a choice on the HTML extensions you plan to support.
  Which Web Browsers will it work with? All, some, or only one?
Layout its design for navigation
- Spatial layout on various pages
- Order of Site layout - page to page navigation
- In-line layout - item by item navigation on the same page
- Be polite with images - give small preview images of large images for voluntary retrevial
- Match branches in pages to branches in ideas
- Keep pages short
- Establish your own look for your Web Presence
Test it
- Install it on a stand-alone Web Server on a PC/Macintosh/UNIX box
- Look at it with every Web Browser you expect to be used on it
Evaluate its effectiveness
- Get your friends, family or employees opinions on using the site. Make any changes they all strongly suggest!
Coordinate its appearance with press releases, newspaper advertisments, additions to your business cards and letterhead
Finally install it for Internet access!