[Joann]

1. Know your audience, and keep them in mind when you write.
2. Keep your pages short.
3. Use tables of contents.
4. Keep images small.
5. Use Web colors.
6. Avoid lots of text.
7. Check your spelling.
8. Keep links current.
9. Annotate your links.
10. Put contact information on your pages.

[johnpitter]

Content is a king of any website.You must have to put unique content on your website through which you can get more visitors. There are also some other tips for website designing, which are given below.

- Create proper logo for your website.
- Use the professional colors for your website.
- Try to follow w3c validation format.

[davvesmith]

I think logo represents the whole things about your site...so it must be much attractive.

[jenilson2612]

Wow ! Thanks for sharing this useful design tips. I think everyone has to read this post at-least ones before staring their design. It will really helpful to you.

[kirbie]

Use right combination of colors for the lay-out and avoid cluttered text on the home page.

[Scott]

Logo is very important part of webpage and it can describe your page perfectly. So logo should be selected carefully.

[Smith Holton]

You can get what the market will bear. In most cases, you are better off keeping it, because you will be sorely disappointed with what you get for it.

[warrencreative]

These are great tips. I want to add some more :
1. Don't distract your visitors with blinking or scrolling text, animated GIFs, or auto-loading sound.

2. Don't annoy your visitors with pop-up windows.

3. Include a way to get back to the home page, on every page.

[LilyEntrust]

What does annotating your links mean?

[jennaent]

The biggest complaint people have about websites is glitches- MAKE SURE YOUR SITE IS ALWAYS UP AND THAT THE LINKS WORK! Now adays people are all about instant gratification and these mistakes can and do cost customers.