10 ways you can improve your website from the start, saving you time, redesigning, and reorganizing time.
Change your .html or .php extensions from yoursite.com/folder.php to yoursite.com/folder. This will make it much easier for people to like your site and is said to increase your CTR (Click Through Rate).
Don’t leave everything in cyber space, get a pen and a pad and write down all things that need fixing, write in simple quick to do lists with bullet points.
Everything you see clearly on physical paper you can pick and read, you’ll see it easier to accomplish and will get round to doing it even quicker.
Loading up files of to do lists can be a hassle and will occupy more space on your hard drive. Often using paper is surprisingly much quicker to map out everything you want to achieve.
Write in three’s and use bubbles and arrows, anything you need to do to motivate yourself to improve your site.
Create an organized basis for your site from the start. Creating categories and organizing your html or php files in relevant folders is a great way of keeping track of all the files your create.
Create a .php file and link it to files in your includes folder under the root folder.
If you plan on keeping the header and footer the same throughout your site, creating an includes folder with a header and a footer is a great way of changing a file once and having it automatically change on all the pages that link to that same file. It saves redesigning time.
Have some kind of commenting feature on your site, to receive feedback and create a community around your content. This will also produce content for your site without posting yourself.
Don’t leave to much of a time gap between your posts. Keep your site updated regularly with quality and original content and you’ll have yourself a site full of rich content. To build the best wall, you must lay the best brick.
Create original content for your site, take a new perspective on things that have already been done, add something new or unique which will make your article stand out.
Link to similar topics to do with your post, on other sites or similar articles on your own site to lead to other great content. You’ll receive links as well from those who appreciate your recommendation and will create a close community with your fellow website authors.
Focus on the People you’re writing for. Before writing any post, first think who will most likely be reading it, and write as if you were talking straight to them. Your audience ill feel more connected to your content and will keep coming back.
There is nothing worse than not taking the time to do your research and then finding out you could have done something much quicker and with less heart ache. Always plan before starting a project, especially a website.
This can be very simple or very complicated so choose to make it as easy as possible for yourself so you can get what you really want to post about off your chest and into cyber space for the world to see.
Don’t let technical hassles get in the way of what you want to do. If you’re the type that changes their mind at the drop of a hat, be happy with what you have and build upon it. It’s better for your website to accumulate some good history while you improve upon it with new layouts , designs etc. so don’t sweat it, it can only get better.
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