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7 STEPS TO A GREAT WEBSITE

1) DEFINE YOUR PROJECT

• Define the goal of your project
• Define your audience
• Design with your goal and audience in mind

2) PLAN OUT EVERYTHING

• Plan your content: text, images, videos, icons, etc.
• Start thinking about visual hierarchy

If you want you can be content-first, write before designing

• Define the navigation
• Define the site structure if it's a bigger project

3) SKETCH YOUR IDEAS BEFORE YOU DESIGN

• Get inspired and think about your design
• Get the ideas out of your head: sketch your ideas before you start designing
• Make as many sketches as you want, but don't make it perfect
• Never start designing without having an ideas of what you want to build

4) DESIGN AND DEVELOPE YOUR WEBSITE

• Design your website using guidelines and tips you've learned
• Do that using HTML and CSS, desigining in the browser
• Use sketches, content and planning decisions you've made in steps 1, 2 and 3-
• This is the biggest part of building a website, but: all steps are important