Website design questionnaire.

Please answer the following questions carefully. The more precise your answers are, the easier it will be for me to give you an accurate quote for your project. If you want to take your time and have several goes at it, you can download this questionnaire as a 'MS Word' Document (.doc) and then fill in this form or email me when you have taken time to think about all the answers.

Your Name :
Your Email Address :

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General Questions

Please give a short a description of the website you want and tell what its purpose is :
What is your target audience ?
What are the main feelings / impressions you want your website to convey?

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Graphic Design

Are there any websites you want me to refer to while designing yours? (competitors, similar organizations...)
What kind of colours do you prefer?
Are there any colours that must be used? If they are exact colours please provide image files or colour codes.
Are there any colours that must be avoided?
Do you want the graphic design to make use of illustrations or photos?
YES
NO
I'M NOT SURE If so, what kind?
Where will they come from? (Your provide them, stock photos, we hire a photographer ...)

Page Layout

Must the content take up the full width of the page?
YES
NO
I'M NOT SURE If not what part of the page do you want to use ? (center, left, right)
Do you prefer horizontal or vertical navigation ? (menu)
VERTICAL
HORIZONTAL
I LIKE BOTH
I'M NOT SURE Do you want 1 layout for all your web pages or several different layouts? (ex: homepage layout, standard page layout, photo gallery )
If you want more than one layout, how many do you want and what for?

Fonts and text

Do you have any font preferences?
Are there any kinds or font styles that must be avoided? (ex: no bold text)

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Site Features

Web Pages

How many pages do you want?
Do you want a news section or a blog ?
NO
YES
I'M NOT SURE
Do you want an RSS Feed ?
NO
YES
I'M NOT SURE

Interacting with web users

Do you want a contact form? (See an example here http://www.pranawebdesign.net/contact.html )
NO
YES
I'M NOT SURE
Does the site need to enable users to post comments?
NO
YES
I'M NOT SURE
Do you want web users to be able to Create an account / Login?
NO
YES Do you want to enable web users to be able upload files?
NO
YES

Other Features

Is the website going to be multilingual?
NO
YES If so, will both languages be hosted on the same domain or do you require separate domain names for each language?
Separate domain names or subdomains for each language
Same domain name for both languages Do you want one or several photo galleries?
Do you want a forum ?
NO
YES Do you want to post video content on your website? If so can it be hosted on youtube or dailymotion and then embedded on your site or must be be self-hosted?
Are there any other required website features you can think of?

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Site Content

Do you have the website content (text about yourself, images, a logo) ready or must I create it?
Do you require translation services for some or all of your content ? (I can translate between French and English. For other languages I can hire a translator)