I think the key to useful and effective wireframes is to design them considering typography and relative contrast between elements, disregarding only texture and color.

Even I find it effective -in the design process- to get a feel of the colour palette and type hierarchy early on, so what I do is -AFTER THE PEN&PAPER- design the site in a vector tool (Inkscape) which allows me to focus just on size, shape and color; and then build a working html+css grayscale demo of the site, aka “/clientName-wireframe/”.

Also, working with real information from the beginning is a must.

As a newbie to web design, and with a few new web projects on the horizon, this article alleviates a lot of the anxiety I was having about “where do I start?”

I wonder though, 1) is it necessary to wireframe every single page that will exist throughout the site? — and 2) do you present a few various wireframe options to illustrate possible layouts—along with all subsequent wireframe pages? OR would you present, say, 2 or 3 home page wireframe layouts to the client, and then based on their feedback, flesh out the remaining wireframe pages of the chosen direction? I hope this makes sense.

Thanks!