Useful Resources

Planning for Success Online

Articles

A Beginner's Guide to Getting Online
A brief overview of the various stages of getting your website online.

A Beginner's Guide to Web Hosting
Hosting can seem very confusing when you are new to the business - this guide will demystify it all for you.

Planning Your Site - A Worksheet
A detailed worksheet to use for planning your site, deciding what you need and focusing on its future success.

Choosing and working with a web designer
You will have to live with the site for a long time, so make your selection carefully.

"How to..." Guides

How to Register a Domain Name
Step by step instructions on how to go about registering your own domain name - aimed at those who have not registered a domain before.

How to Secure Your Computer
10 Steps to secure your computer from attack by hackers or viruses. Not directly web design related but VERY important!

Offsite Articles

Articles written by Katherine Nolan of InKK Design and published elsewhere on the web. The copyright of these articles belongs to the sites they are on, and so they are subject to the restrictions imposed by those sites.

Although these articles were written several years ago, the basic principles within them remain the same.

Color It Effective: How Color Influences the User
Web sites visitors make assumptions about the nature, quality, reliability, and value of our products or services as a result of the colors we use.

Planning Your Web Site's Information Architecture
How careful advance planning of how your content is organised can make for a better structured and more effective web site.