Writing for the Web

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Once you've chosen an organizational structure, decide what you'll put on each page. Most Web sites have a home page, or the page that serves as the main entrance to the site. Depending on the size and complexity of your site, you might also choose to create main pages for categories of information on your site. Once you've selected these pages, you can consider where the remaining information on your site should be placed.

Experienced Web-site designers debate whether it is best to select an organizational pattern before decided where to place content. Experience suggests that you will move back and forth between steps two and three until you've arrived at an appropriate organization and division of content on your site.

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