Begin by putting your great idea for a web page into some tangible form. This might be expressed through a scribble on a napkin or a descriptive paragraph. Take your idea one step further by sketching out your page on a piece of paper. This paper is your prototype, and it will help you stay the course as you finalize your design.

Create, choose, and/or obtain your content, and then put it into HTML format. Review the principles of graphic design and interface design in the guidelines, refer to your paper prototype, and make choices about the look and the arrangement of your page. Next, show your page to a few colleagues, and ask for comments and editing. Your most helpful reviewer will be a person who fits the criteria of your intended audience.

Make revisions to your design based on the comments you received from your reviewers. Check your spelling. Check your HTML. Have a few more people look at your page. If you can, establish a test region on your server, so that you can check all the links and the layout of your page online.

Check and revise your page one last time. Put it up on your publicly accessible server. Inspect the page online. Celebrate!