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How To Design a Website

By Eric Miller, About.com

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Create Wireframes

Wireframes are simple line drawings of website layouts that allow you (and the client) to focus on placement of elements rather than color and type. This is extremely helpful as it determines what content deserves the most focus and what percentage of the space on the page. Without being distracted by other visual elements, approved wireframes provide a framework for your designs.

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