Website Design / Development Project Questionnaire

For Potential Clients of aalphanet.com

This questonnaire is long.Weagree. But it has been designed in a way to help you think through your needs as well as give us adequate info we need to get started on your job.

No matter, Whether we are developing a new website or redesigning your present site the clearer you are about what you are looking for, the easier it will be for our team to develop.

Answers to the following questions will help us understand you and your needs and hence serve you better.

Please take time to fill in the form below. We have discovered from experience that it is a worthwhile investment for you and for us. This exercise can save both of us a lot of time sending emails back and forth clarifying different aspects of the work.

Questionaaire

Completing this questionnaire provides us with information and does not obligate you to anything.

1. GENERAL

Please describe your project.

SERVICE: What areas of service do you expect from aalphanet.com?

	Domain Name Registration
	Web Space Hosting and maintenance
	Graphic design and development
	Other. Mention here.

At what stage are you?

I am ready and want you to start ASAP

I am just exploring what is involved

I am still looking for a developer

Other. Mention here.

PURPOSE: What are the purposes of developing/ redesigning your website? Select from below.

Describe Briefly

GOALS: List some of your objectives/goals in developing/redesigning your site.

2. MODEL SITES

COLOR: Specify one or two model sites that show us the color combinations you want.

LOOK AND FEEL: List one or two sites with a "look and feel" that you want for your site?

STRUCTURE & LAYOUT: List one or two sample sites which have a similar structure and layout to the one you want to develop.

FUNCTIONALITY: Which one or two sites come closest in functionality to the one you want to develop?

Provide the complete list of all the functionality you would like to have in your site. Wherever necessary, please include a sample site which we can look at as sample.

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3. CONTENT

TEXT: Which of the following best describes the availability of text content for your site?

	Use the content of our present site.
	We will provide you with the content in electronic format.
	We have brochures and other literature which you can use to develop the content with our guidelines.
	Other. Please describe

GRAPHICS: Do you have any graphics that you would like us to use?
Yes No

ANIMATION: Do you want us to develop animated graphics?
Yes No

If yes, please describe

4. NAVIGATION

SECTIONS: List the major sections that you would like to have in your site

5. TECHNICAL

Have you registered your domain name ?

Yes No

What is the URL ?

6. PROMOTION (Optional)

If you want us to market your site to search engines, please complete the following questions.

How important is it to you to get a high ranking on Yahoo, Alta Vista and other big search engines?

How many visitors per day are coming to your site?
(approx. no)

Please list 5 keywords that you think your potential visitors will enter into a search engine like GOOGLE while searching for a site like yours.

If your site is large, then provide three categories with 5 keywords for each. (Keywords are words that others may use to search for your site.)
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7. TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF

BACKGROUND: What is your work background? Do you have a technological background?

What is your level of understanding of the web?
Excellent Good Average Poor

BUSINESS: How long has your business/organization been in existence?
years

How many employees do you have in your company/organization?

Please describe the company.

BUDGET: Please indicate the approximate budget you have in mind for your website.

YOUR INVOLVEMENT: Is this project part of your job responsibility?
Yes No

How involved will you be in the process of developing your site?
      Not much. I want to turn it over to you.
    Some interaction on design, text and features.
      I want to be involved every step of the way.

OTHER DETAILS

	Your Name
	Position
	Address
	Company Name
	Company Address
	Phone number
	Fax
	E-mail address
	Describe your business
	Present URL