Avoid letting your site demand a lot of care and feeding with little return for your time. To be successful, consider both content and technical aspects in developing your site. Following are some lessons our office learned in developing our internet site.
Most universities have a direct connection to the internet.
The time it takes to download information in our offices is often many times faster than for those who use modems running at speeds of 28.8 or slower. Clientele do have limited patience, and often, limited dollars for internet access time, don't lose them by making them wait too long. These types of images do have their place but if used, include alt tags. Design a site that's easy to maintain. If you have to reformat a table each time you add something, lists or bullets might be better.