Careful planning for how much the site will cost to create and maintain is
an important part of creating a site that really works.
Questions you need to consider:
- Where will the site be hosted?
- Will the site require a new database? Who will create it? How will the
site interact with the database? What database software will you use?
- Will the site interact with a pre-existing database? If so, how?
- How many users are likely to use the site concurrently? Can the host servers
handle that amount of traffic?
- Will you need to plan for special technologies such as streaming media,
XML, or Java applications?
- How often will the site need to be maintained or updated?
- Who will maintain the site?
- How much will it cost to implement the site?
- How much will it cost to maintain the site?
If you are creating a large site, or a site that others must maintain after
you are gone, you will need to document these technical issues in your site's
style guide.
