A website is made up of several parts to make sure it works properly.  Putting these parts together is what takes expertise and without it you could be battling away for months or even years figuring it all out.  Besides paying for expertise, you pay for the time it takes to put the website together.

Below are a few simple tips to ensure you get your website for the best price possible and minimise ongoing maintenance.

Get the right look from the start

Choosing the right template is one of the most important things you can do when setting up a website.  A template dictates the look of the site and what layout features it has.  There are several ways you can choose a template including designing a unique template specifically for your business or choosing an existing template that has been pre designed.

It is important that you know how you want your website to look.  You don't have to be exact, but an idea can save a designer a lot of time which translates to a saving in dollar terms.  The best way to get an idea of what you want is to find other websites that you like and note why you like them.  A picture tells a thousand words and a designer can get something made much quicker if they know what you want.

Once your website is running you want to make as little design changes as possibe because each design change requires complicated coding which can be costly.

WebYeah! offers a great range of premium templates and points you in the direction of where you can browse through hundreds of options.

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Know what you want

If you know what you want WebYeah! can put your website together without too much back and forth.  Your website will not only get made quicker but it will most likely mean you'll spend less time maintaining your website going forward.

You should have a map of your website planned including the content of your site, menu tree (structure), what functions do you want (ie login, form components), do you want advertising on your site (internal/external) and more.

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Learn a little about the Content Management System implemented for your website

Most other website development companies charge you +$1000 to set up a Content Management System (CMS) for your website. The reason is because a CMS system lets you make updates to your website with little to no experience.  In the past websites were expensive to set-up, manage and maintain, and when you needed to make a simple change like adding a picture you had to get your 'web guy' to do it for you at $50 an hour.  Well, not anymore!

WebYeah has expertise in a range of CMS including Joomla!, WordPress and Drupal and will implement a CMS to almost all of the websites we make.  A CMS lets you manage the site by adding and adjusting menus, content, modules and user management.  This means you can do many changes yourself and if you need help you can get a work request from us.

In addition, WebYeah! has an extensive tutorial section for clients which you can refer to if you need a helping hand.  We recommend at least watching or reading the basics tutorial WebYeah! have personally written and designed to get yourself familiar with the functions and capabilities.

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Don't get ripped off!

Don't pay too much.  I look at web development a bit like car maintenance.  Both a well designed website and a well designed car are hard to put together and requires an expert.  We like pay as little as possible for maintenance, just enough to keep it going at a performance we're happy with.   Badly put together ones require more maintenance and are costly to run.  Most people don't know anything about websides or cars and so maintaining them yourself is out of the question. Most mechanics and web developers know this and so they charge you plenty to keep them going.  But if you could get one that was easy to look after, then for the most part you could maintain it yourself and if need be, pay an expert to do more complicated tasks.

For instance, a few weeks ago with the help of a friend I changed the oil, oil filter, brakepads and spark plugs of my car.  It cost way less than taking it to a mechanic and it was pretty easy and highly enjoyable at the same time.   WebYeah makes it possible for you to do this with your website.  You can literally maintain a website having no previous knowledge of website development and with the help of the comprehensive tutorials to guide you along the way you too will get satisfaction out of maintaining an awesome looking site with great functionality costing way less than what you'd expect to pay.