Working on a New Website?
Start with content.
While most everyone wants to go after colors, imagery, and awesome design elements, it’s better to develop the content for your website and let that determine your layout and design. How much content you have can determine your layout and even your design. Will you offer lots of video clips? Is it important that those clips are as large as possible? Then you’ll need a wider layout.
So, content first. Determine the number of pages/sections you’ll need. Get everything you want included down on paper. And then start daydreaming about colors, fancy bullet points, and other flashy things.