2) Different things go in different
spots.
What I mean by that is how would you like it if you bought
a car and the side-view mirrors were on the roof and the engine was in
seat next to ya??? You wouldn't. Well, it's the same with web pages, you
must have different things in different places, it's called organization!
Keep your site organized and easy to get around... which brings us to numero
tres....
3) Make it easy to move around.
You need to try to make it easy for someone with NO clue
of the lay out of your site to easily get somewhere you want them to have
access to at almost any point in their visit. They need to have a clean
format... but that leads us to #4...
4) Formatting the page.
By format I'm talking about how the page looks in the
browser. You need to keep in mind that with each browser the HTML coding
is interpretation is different in tiny little ways. This means basically
that you need to look through each browser and see how your page looks.
Your page could look spiffy in Netscape and then not so good in a sucky
browser like AOL's or Internet Explorer. Just have to try it out, or add
a little sign to the effects of "Best viewed in ..." Its also best to leave
the darker colors to the people who know what they're doing in HTML...
5) Be known.
What I mean by that is ok, you have this terrific (or
not so terriffic) site but no ones going to it unless you feed them the
URL... why not? Because you didnt' submit to any search engines!!! You
need to submit to lotsa search engines, then your "hits" will start rolling
in.
6)Choose The Right Combination
What is meant by this is simply choose the right combo of color schemes. Don't do anything so retarded as to assign several things the same color, you want those links to jump off the page in color and the background needs to be the right color so the text is EASILY seen. Some may complain, if they're running 16 color for examply, but you need to aim for the general population and try to please the majority. See my color chart for good colors, most of the shades available.