[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ Specialty Valve Sales Ltd., Creation from scratch.

[Boss429]

Attention you designers you!

During my summer employment I have been asked to create the company website. Since I have never done one for a company before, I would like some preliminary guidelines.

What type of information should I get at minimum to start a design?

What I have:

• Company Name
• Slogan
• History of company
• Products/Services
• Rough Logo (from letterhead)
• Rough Colouring Idea Green/Grey/White
• Owner wants an industrial theme
• **I think KISS rule applies because the company is very small**

I have found a template on OSWD.org that I liked. I played with it to get colouring and looks a bit, added a logo some company jargon, and just testing it for useablity.

The demo thing I was playing is:
templatetest

and I forgot to link the contact page that I was messign with:
contact test



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I am also looking for some help with choosingn a method to create it. I LIke PHP and CSS. But do I attempt to get somethign in PS ready then turn it to a Dreamweaver/Frontpage Template that they can update easeier while I return to school.

Please give me your thoughts. I will aim to have this done before the end of August.

July may be crazy as I get to migrate the accounting system form MYOB to Simply Accounting.

Thanks Guys.

[enigma]

Looks good. Certainly follows the KISS idea, but I dont think it looks personalised - more of a 'sterile template'. But that may just be me, as I like charactorised websites that carry some depth to them.

I think it needs some more definition between the sections of text - possibly give the side block a slight bgcolour difference. The titles (ie About Us, News, Notes, etc) should be a darker or different colour to its following text.

What audience is it for and what is it's purpose?
Is it for potential corporate buyers? Or public advertisement?