Step 1: What is the purpose of your website?

Building a website is pretty big project. Before you start researching any flashy code or the color scheme which defines you, it is important to figure out what it is that you want your website to do. Will it be a portfolio of some of your works? Will it be for a business? Who is your target audience? How can you cater your website towards this audience?

Knowing the purpose of the website will help you towards your next step of starting to design the website. If you are creating an online portfolio of your paintings, what would be some necessary features within the website for people to see your paintings? Having a general idea of these plans is necessary in order to move on to the next step.