Phrasing your requests well

A first request that works

Present your project as you would to a web designer, and ask it to suggest styles before building:

The assistant presents three TOWeb styles; you choose, and it builds the site.

The instruction that avoids detours

Add to your requests “Use only the tools of the toweb server: no screen control, no web search, no file reading.” TOWeb’s styles and templates are not on the web: without this instruction, some assistants look for them there, or try to control the screen.

Working page by page

One request per page or per topic gives better results than a whole site at once, and spares your assistant’s quota. Look at the result in TOWeb, then ask for adjustments.

Useful requests

• Create a new site for Atelier Lumen, a photographer in Nantes, with 3 pages: home, gallery and contact. Choose a sober TOWeb style yourself
• Add a Pricing page with three plans, between Services and Contact
• On the home page, rewrite the title and introduction in a warmer tone
• Replace the header image on the home page with a photo of vineyards at sunset
• Change the main colour to midnight blue, and choose more elegant fonts
• Suggest another TOWeb style for this site, and apply it if I agree
• Add a shop with 4 products, their prices and their photosAdd a Book page: a table for 2 to 8 people, Tuesday to Saturday, lunch and dinner
• Add a 6-question FAQ at the bottom of the Services page
• Add French and Spanish, and translate the whole site. Keep Atelier Lumen as it is
• Check the site before publishing, and fix what can be fixed
• Prepare the publication