Choosing “how to build” your website depends on your needs, including not only the website requirements (what content and features it offers and what types of visitors it is targeted to), but also your requirements in terms of time, budget, and skills you have available.

Although this step reads like simply applying common sense, a surprisingly large number of website designer-developers miss out on this very important step. As a new domain administrator (we are assuming YOU are the one who is ultimately responsible for the content, features, and services offered in your website), you have to have a very clear understanding of what your website will be, what it will offer, and who are its target visitors. Is it an online business where visitors can buy your products?