What are the common design principles good web sites shares?

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According to the reference I used, one has to organize his site into sections, with a separate page for each section. An outline, in fact, is useful for planning this design. Make your starting home page functional and attractive. Display current information, and update frequently to keep the site fresh.

You have to design so that your pages will transfer or download quickly from the server to the user’s computer for display. Take note of the following: (1) Use small images (say, less than 50 KB), (2) Instead of applying a full-size image, use a smaller version called a thumbnail that users can click to call up the larger image if they want; and (4) Instead of one large page, break up the site into several smaller pages.

Use colors (for background, text, hyperlinks, etc.) that will display and print well. Remember that light colors on a dark background may “disappear” when printed. Write in HTML (older browser versions may not be able to handle your page).

You may still add up your personal design principles here.