You can start by creating a "test" web page, but not worrying too much on how it looks. Of course if you have marketed your name and a lot of people are going to be visiting your homepage, you want to first plan ahead.
The overall impression of your first website depends on many variables, like the text, font, graphic placement, headlines, colors, and other eye-catching elements. Everything needs to work together.
Most of the time it takes a professional to make a web site look really good. But a professional web developer is not needed to make your site look pretty good.
One of the key aspects to web design is simplicity. The human eye is trained to see and appreciate simple, unornamented designs. You should start by using the simplest design, that will accomplish your task, and then try to make it even simpler.
If you think about it simplicity has very specific advantages in the web design world. You should take in factors like download time constraints, compatibility issues of different browsers and screen resolutions. A simple design will take in all these factors.
Another factor is the ever-growing popular mobile devices. Everybody is using mobile device now a days so you need to make sure that your website is compatible with mobile. A simple website almost always displays perfect on most mobile devices.
Lionel has been writing articles online for nearly 3 years, not only does this author specialize in web development and design, you can also check out his latest website on his new Bisquick Cookbook which has some great recipes for your next meal using Bisquick.
