Website pages
What pages do you need on your website?
If you have never had a website before, or you want to take more control of your existing website, you may have little idea on how many pages or what type of pages to include.
Here is a list of some of the common types of web pages you may want to consider having on your website. It can be used as a starting point when you are ready to start planning your own website.
Core pages
Home page
Your front page - it needs to show clearly what your site is about and draw your visitor into your site.
Product or services pages
These pages will probably be split up with each page focusing on one product or service with images and text, pricing and ordering details as appropriate.
Contact page
A page to contain all your contact details - your name and/or business name, address, phone, fax, email, business hours etc. You need o make it as easy as possible for anyone to contact you.
Secondary pages
- Site map (contents page)
- FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) page
- About us page
- Maps and directions
- Portfolio/projects/clients
- Customer testimonials
- Case studies
- History of your company/organisation
- Links page or a resources page
- Terms and conditions
- Privacy policy
- What's new
- News and current issues page
- Online newsletter
- Photo pages, picture gallery
- Product or service manuals or guides
- Sales information
- Company policy statement/business policy
- Your team
- Membership of organisations or qualifications
- Guestbook
- Glossary
- Feedback form
- Ask "The Expert"
- Free information to download
- etc etc ....
Other background pages and website "accessories"
There are a number of other pages and files that are not normally seen by your visitors but which help make your website work more effectively. These can be added to some of our Website Design Packages.
404 or "Page Not Found" customised page
A 404 or "Page Not Found" custom designed error page can help visitors to your website when something goes wrong. Have a look at our "Error Page" (Use your back button to return here.)
Favicon
A Favicon isn't a page but a small icon that is saved by some browsers alongside the url in favourites or bookmarks. You may also notice these in the title bar of web pages. This is ours : 
htaccess page
An invisible page that can re-direct users to your own "404" page
You may want your visitors to be able to print the content of pages easily without all the navigation, images etc.
Go to: File > Print Preview on this page to see how it could work for you
Google site map
Googlebot crawls the web by following links from one page to another, so if your site is new and has few links to it, this will help Google find and index all your pages.
"Google analytics"
Statistics for your website - learn about traffic to your website - where your visitors come from, how long they stay, what keywords they use to find you etc
Further reading
- Writing for the web, tips for writing web pages Web page planner -planning a single webpage
If you have more questions or you need more help or advice, please contact us and we will endeavour to help you ~ without any obligation.
