Keep your header graphics smaller and try to keep total graphics down to 50 or 60k per page. In creating a site, rapid download times cannot be stressed enough. Using tables allow us to control space and create pleasing, easy to read pages. This also assures the pages will look the same on pretty much every browser. We also design our sites to look great on different browser resolutions, whether your visitor is using 640 x 480 or 800 x 600.
Nothing is more difficult to read than type spread all the way across the monitor screen.
That is why newspapers and magazines use columns, the longer you can keep a viewer's eye focused in a general area, the more apt they are to keep reading. Viewers do not like to scroll forever. Your Site should be well structured, organized and easy to navigate. Your initial page should be attractive, give an overview of your entire Site, and should have navigational buttons and internal links to guide the viewer through the rest of your presentation. Frames are also an issue with site registration in search engines.