Constructing a website is half craft and half art. It is a fine mix of the two that produces a beautiful, functional, informative, and entertaining website. Below are some tips which may help the prospective webmaster to construct a more efficient and professional-looking website. Keep in mind these are personal opinions of this webmaster, based upon my experience in designing a dozen or so websites.
Content can take many forms, but it is primarily information that most users are seeking.
Load time is crucial - keep your page sizes and graphics sizes as small as possible. The slower a page loads the better your chance the user will simply go elsewhere. Consistent Structure - build your website with a clear and logical design that permits you to produce an inutitive menuing system. Consistent Page Layout - try to replicate the same structure on each page, so that users experience the same element layout on each page. Graphics - less is better, more is generally worse.