Web Set-up Guide
Welcome to the Cleanweb website set-up guide. The following information is designed to help you understand (and appreciate) the process involved in setting up a business website. Along the way you will be provided with choices that will help us determine the best possible web solution for your requirements.
Introduction
Websites are best described as the presentation and/or the collection of information by way of a globally accessible medium. This medium, the Internet, is a continually expanding electronic network for global communication. With a growing audience and mounting capabilities, the Internet offers untold business potential. If harnessed correctly, the Internet can allow you to interact with people internationally and locally.
Step 1 - Domain Names
The first step to getting your business online is that of procuring a domain name. Domain names are human readable 'addresses' (called URLs) that point to your website and can have a number of forms such as www.yourbusiness.co.nz or www.yourbusiness.com.
View more information on domain names including tips and online ordering
Step 2 - Graphics and Design
Since we all know that first impressions count and that a picture is worth a thousand words, it is easy to see that achieving the right look and feel is very important. A vital role of your website should be reinforcing your business brand by reflecting the tones any existing promotional material. This helps to reassure your site visitors they have come to the right spot and aids in generating a professional and trusted business image. If you are looking exclusively for graphic design relating to print then click here.
Preset Design
The most cost effective design options that Cleanweb can provide for your website come from our basic.net design library. Using the design library you can choose from a range existing site templates and combine layouts and colour schemes to create a unique site look and feel.
Visit basic.net.nz to create your site today
Unique Design
Website design plays a huge part in your sites usability and effectiveness. Today people are time poor and choice rich, it is important that your site can catch and hold your site visitors attention. Work with us to create a website design that effectively promotes your business to the world.
Read about business branding and complete web design
Step 3 - Website Content & Structure
The increasing pace of modern business and a tighter competitive marketplace is forcing businesses to re-evaluate traditional website solutions.
Old and out-of-date web content not only puts your business in a bad light but can result in lost sales and business opportunities.
Content management enabled website puts you in charge of your website content, reducing the ongoing cost of updates and ensuring a rapid turn around on your change requests.
Using the built-in tools, you can create and edit web content quickly and easily from anywhere. No special software or technical knowledge required, simply log in and start updating your prices, pictures and other content.
If you are planning a website based on our eStarter, eBusiness or eCommerce systems (Explained in Step 4) then you will be free to make changes to your site content once the site is up and running.
Step 4 – Site Functionality
Over the course of our business we have assessed the needs of many other businesses and have created four solutions designed to best cater for the different requirements.
Each successive solution builds on the previous to offer a complete and fully functional web system
Read more about our solutions below or click through to view current pricing and other details then choose the solution that best fits your needs.
Basic.net.nz
Built your own website using our online wizard. No Technical knowledge or web experience required, simply follow the steps on screen to create an easy to manage website in minutes.
eStarter
Make the most of your web site with this cost effective solution. Aimed at small to medium businesses, eStarter is an ideal entry point, offering quality design and function for all forms of business.
eBusiness
Promote your products and services to a global audience with an eBusiness system.
Build and manage your own web catalogue complete with images and prices. Use the built in tools to take control of your site and organise categories, specials and galleries.
eCommerce
Maximise your websites potential with eCommerce solutions from doLithe. We provide powerful online retail and payment processing systems that allow you to sell directly to your clients via the Internet. We put you in charge of your own web-based business, you make the changes, you process the orders, you collect the money.
Step 5 – Hosting
Cleanweb offers competitively priced site hosting. This is monthly management of running the site, creating backups, upgrading computer hardware and providing telephone support.
Hosting is billed monthly and pricing varies based on the load and demand of our different web solutions