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WEBSITE PLANNING GUIDE
A better website starts before the first design is made.
Use this planning guide to clarify your goals, audience, content, pages, and practical requirements before a website project begins.
You do not need every answer. You do need a useful starting point.
Start with goals.
Know what the website should help the business accomplish.
Think about people.
Plan around what visitors need to understand and do.
Gather the essentials.
Bring together the content, assets, and access the project will need.
WHY IT MATTERS
Good planning makes design decisions easier.
When the purpose of the website is clear, choices about pages, content, functionality, and calls to action become more focused. Planning also reveals gaps before they become project delays.
The goal is not a perfect brief. It is enough clarity to make good decisions.
WHAT WE FOCUS ON
The essentials
- Business goals
- Primary audiences
- Key services or products
- Important customer questions
- Desired calls to action
- Existing content and brand assets
WHAT WE CAN HELP WITH
Six things to think through before your website project.
These questions give you a practical foundation for a productive discovery conversation.
1. What should the website achieve?
List the most important business outcomes: enquiries, bookings, sales, education, credibility, recruitment, or something else.
2. Who is the website for?
Describe the people you most want to help and the questions they usually have.
3. What should visitors do next?
Choose the actions that matter most, such as calling, requesting a quote, booking, buying, or subscribing.
4. What content already exists?
Gather current website copy, brochures, service information, photos, testimonials, and brand files.
5. What functionality is essential?
Think about forms, eCommerce, bookings, integrations, gated content, or other practical requirements.
6. What can wait?
Separate launch essentials from future ideas so the first version stays focused.
OUR APPROACH
A useful website brief can be simple.
You do not need to specify colours, layouts, or technical solutions before talking to a designer. Those are decisions the design process should help solve.
Bring these to discovery if you have them
- Logo and brand files
- Existing website login details
- Current service or product information
- Examples of websites you like
- Customer questions or sales notes
- Analytics or search data
HOW WE WORK
A simple planning sequence.
Work through these four steps before worrying about visual design.
01
Goals
Write down what the business needs the website to improve.
02
Audience
Identify the most important visitor types and questions.
03
Content
List the pages and information they will need.
04
Requirements
Note essential functionality, integrations, and launch constraints.
FAQ
Website planning questions
A few common questions about this service.
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