Realize that every step of graphic design will take a lot longer than you anticipated. Trying to meet an unrealistic deadline will only cause the work quality to suffer and in turn facilitate a need for more work to be put in at a later time. The better practice you should follow, is to leave yourself enough time to do good work the first time around.
Make sure that you thoroughly check the code on each webpage that you design. There are a lot of WYSIWYG editors that add junk codes to the website design. Therefore, if you have used one of these programs, take the time for the extra step of validating the code through a specialized validation service. Validating your code is an important step in web design, but be sure to use a good service.
