Sometimes it can be quite intimidating staring from a blank page when you’re starting a new web site. If you’re a web designer or just a regular WordPress user then here are some pointers as to what you could potentially put on your home page. It’s by no means exhaustive but it should give you a decent head start. Enjoy!
- Key Products / Services / Teasers
- Introduction Text
- Introduction Video
- Image Sliders (content could be any of the items on this list)
- Latest Blog Posts / News Items
- Twitter Feed
- Facebook members
- Signup Forms
- Key Marketing Message(s) / Headlines
- Testimonials
- Offers / Invitations
- Contact Details
- Acreditations / Awards / Badges
- Banner Graphics / Hero Images / With Straplines
- Maps or Info Graphics
- Search Boxes
- Famous Quotations that enhance your brand messages
- People / Faces (makes your web site more engaging and personal)
- External News Feeds (can be useful if you don’t have much content yourself) could be relevant industry news, for example.
- Social Share Buttons / Links
- FAQ’s – You don’t have to bury this content in your website, give answers on your home page
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After leaving his job in 2004, David founded Glass Slipper Interactive a Web Design & Development Company and has now setup an online publishing company of which wpignited.com is one of his first publications. David loves Wordpress and what it can do for people with few technical skills or time but have something to say.
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