Checklist
Website planning checklist
A one-page list of everything to gather before you ask someone to build your website.
Work through this list before you send a brief. Anything you cannot answer yet is a question worth asking on the first call.
About your business
- Full business name, exactly as it should appear
- One sentence describing what you sell
- Who your typical customer is
- What makes you the right choice for them
- Contact details you are happy to publish
Pages
- A list of the pages you want, in the order a visitor should see them
- The one action you want a visitor to take
- Whether you will show prices, and how
- Whether you already have examples of your work to show
- Anything you had on an old site that must not be lost
Material
- A logo in a file you can send
- Photos of your work, your team or your premises
- Any writing you already have, even rough notes
- Brand colours or fonts, if you have them
- A note of anything still missing
Decisions
- Who approves the design
- Who else needs to be consulted
- When you would like the site to be live
- Who will update the site after launch
Send this list with your enquiry so the first reply can be useful.