In Introduction from a l33t viking

[Total Meltdown]

I mean how do you actually arrive at a final design? What's your process? Ours works, but the design is too complex and the newbies don't realize that it can't be that complex (we tell them, but they don't get it until they see it)

[IMDWalrus]

Originally Posted by Total Meltdown

I mean how do you actually arrive at a final design? What's your process? Ours works, but the design is too complex and the newbies don't realize that it can't be that complex (we tell them, but they don't get it until they see it)

That might actually be the best way of teaching them. Experience tends to work far better than anything else can.

If you don't want them to mess up your site, let them create a new (and separate) page. Better yet, try showing them other examples of bad web design. They're definitely not hard to find...