Your web site may have several main sections, and each of these sections can be either a single page, or a group of linked pages.  Now is the time to decide how many pages you will have and how long each page will be.

You'll have a "Home Page" of course, and keep it short, about 2 or 3 "screens" (a screen is the amount of information you can see on your computer monitor without scrolling).  You want it to load fast and direct people to the other pages.  It will have a brief introduction about the theme(s) you have chosen and a table of contents of the rest of your pages.  You might want to put some pictures here but remember to keep this page short.

Next you might want to have a "bio" page with your picture and personal information on it.  You probably want pages on each of your themes and a page of "links" to your favorite sites.  Make a diagram of the pages and decide how they will link to each other.

If you have lots of information you'll need to choose between long or multiple short pages.  Long pages are useful if you expect people to print out or download your pages for future reference off-line (like this document, for example).  Short pages, of two or three screens that treat just one subject each, load fast and viewers don't have to scroll up and down as much (important for Web TV users).

Once you have your site organized it's time to learn how to create the individual pages.  Hopefully, you've been "surfing" the Web and have some idea of how you want your pages to "look".  Next I'll present some guidelines on designing a page your viewers will want to come back to.

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