Your basic web design is now complete. Now you need to decide how many individual web pages do you need to have?
Theoretically, you probably should have a clue about this by now. Proper planning says the more specific you can be before you come to me for actual website construction, the easier and cheaper it will be for me to construct your site.
I need to design your basic page first and then duplicate it for the other pages, so we will talk about how many web pages you need now.
Typically, it is better to break up your website into relative subject groups or individual pages. Pages that are too long will probably not get read. Shorter pages with good titles will be more attractive to readers as it is easier for them to find what they need.
Take a look at this website, and you can hopefully see what I mean. Can you imagine this complete site all on one page? For one thing it would take a lot longer to load and to find the subjects you are most interested in.
Remember though, that the quantity of pages will increase the time it takes me to complete your website. It takes more web page buttons or links so the pages can all go where they need to from anywhere within the site.
Menu structure with huge sites can get very involved. I think the best strategy here is to stay focused and to the point and try to keep the quantity of pages to a minimum.
Web pages should be fairly short in length and condensed in subject, which helps in the cost area also. Some typical web pages might include: Home, Contact, Products, Services, Prices, and Links. But the beauty of it is that it's all up to you what page names you use.
Individual web page names should be short, simple and to the point. Usually, the content will dictate what your page names should be. Similar to an outline or the chapters of a book. One great trick here is to get a bunch of small sticky notes and start writing page names down. And then start arranging them on a large table. This will probably end up being your individual web page titles and your basic web page structure.
