Building your own website

This section explains how to go about building your website once you have considered the options available.

The information in this section won’t turn you into a web technical expert. It raises and explains key technical, content and design issues so that your organisation, board and staff can confidently brief technical experts about your website needs and manage those experts.

It also covers developing content for your site. Remember that your site is nothing without good information.

For smaller nonprofit organisations who might feel the approach here is rather idealised and over-detailed for your needs, don’t be daunted. It is useful to get the bigger picture even if in the end you pick and choose what is feasible and most pertinent for you.

Once you have looked at the information in this section you might want to look at some additional functions for your website including promotion, maintenance and legal issues.

In this section