There are a number of key technical issues that need to be addressed before building a business website. Final decisions do not have to be made at this stage, but whoever develops the website will need to resolve them with the help of the business owner. So the business owner needs to have thought about these issues and have some answers - or at least be familiar with the issues in order to have a meaningful discussion with the developer.

Choose one of these topics

• Should the contents of the website be held in a database?
• Database security
• Should the website be the central source of information for everyone?
• What type of Internet connection do you need?
• Powering and hosting your website
• Getting a website name