Layout is a big part of a good website. The ability to find the information one needs quickly and efficiently is a big drawcard, and will keep people coming back again and again. Grab that piece of paper again, charge that pen with high-powered creative energy, and draw yourself a little plan of how you want to set the site out. A good way to do this is to divide the main topic into a few subtopics, then divide those into more subtopics, and so on. About three levels is a good number.
Lets have a look at our Northern Rhodesian hunting ferret site.
We re mainly concerned with eating habits, so that can be our main topic. We can divide this into nutrition and feeding methods. Nutrition we can divide further into each of the food groups, plus vitamins and minerals. Feeding methods we probably can t divide, so we ll say that s enough there. We ll add in a links page for good measure.