2.9 Maintenance and development

All sites need to be maintained regularly and to be changed and developed over time.

Maintenance can be a significant demand on people's time. You need to consider how you will sustain your Web site.

• Good planning at the design stage can reduce the burden of maintenance, for example, by limiting the number of external links that would require regular checking.
  
  
• At the design stage try to anticipate your future needs and build in locations in your structure for growth and change. This will reduce major changes to the site.
  
  
• Avoid links to the parts of your site that are 'under construction'. Only link to parts that are active.

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