You must determine your website's intended purpose prior to designing it. While you design your website, you should also check to see whether or not it still exemplifies your intended purpose.

People design websites to

• teach. Students use these types of websites to continue the learning process outside of the classroom.
• educate. The most popular on the internet, educational websites provide information on different subjects to readers of all ages.
• provide reference material. People use reference websites to easily locate information for their own purposes.