What Are Wireframes?

Wireframes show layout - more specifically:

• What the page will contain
• Where each item on a page goes
• About how much room each item will use

They're kind of like blueprints to a house. Since wireframes are very basic, it's easy to move things around. They also remove design from the equation so that it's easy to focus on the lay out.

Here's an example of a home page wire frame for a website design project:

And then here's the final design: