WordPress Planning Checklist
October 16, 2009
If you are planning a new website using WordPress, here are some things to think about before you start. Planning or at least considering these will make the entire process easier and will ensure that you make the most of all of WordPress’ features and functionality. Plus, your website will be fabulous!
Design and Layout
Header - Logo and tagline, include ad banner or call to action
Sidebars
- 1 or 2, left or right, same on pages/posts/homepage or different
- What should be in them (recent posts, author box, social media links, twitter updates, newsletter signup, photo slideshow, YouTube video clip, graphics linking to other sections of your website)
Homepage – What should be on there (excerpts of certain categories, intro to business, featured content gallery)
Footer – What should be there (contact info, login button, copyright note)
Navigation
- 1 bar or 2, categories in a navigation bar
- What pages will you want in the navigation bar (what order, parent pages or child pages)
- Do you want a blog page with all categories or categories in the sidebar
- Do you want an Archive Page (grouped by categories, month, per post) [Read more]
