• First: Make up your mind about the layout, which menu to use, what color etc. Use this styl on every pages you have. If you have more than one subject covered on your page, you can of course change style for each subject.

• Second: make a sketch of your page. This should be a map over the entire page. Make sure that all (at least almost all) pages can be reached within 3 click by the user.
  Read why here

• When you consider layout and graphics to your page, you must also consider loading time. Much graphic lets your visitors wait, and a surfer just hate to wait !!! Now: if you use pictures/graphics: here is some good tips:
  • Test background image and textcolor at once. Only with mousover and one click. Test it on Free2com`s graphic-page !!

  • Go to Gifworks to get reduces size`s and download time on your .Gif pictures without reducing much quality !. If you have .jpg, you must try the JPG optimizer.

  • Try Thumbsplus to make great thumbnails !!

  • Make some testpages offline (on your computer), and test the pages in 800x600 and with Netscape. If Netscape (4.0 or more) can handle it, almost every other broswer can.

• One more tip: Read this Webmaster E-zine, it`s about how you make your life easier by using "Shared Page Elements", and a page editor program. This really is great...

OK. This was some issues to think about regarding layout. Now: It`s about time to publish your work. But where ???