Ah, I see what you mean, you're talking about the layout. Well, I've actually made a fuck load of templates before, but I don't really know how to explain it.
Well, I'll start it off, You need a banner. Banners are like the face of each website. If you at least make a decent looking banner, or logo, then that's one of part of the website done. You should also add Side Navigations, so visitors can surf around your website. At some point, you might need to make a nice design, so designing even the side navigations, it will make your website a lot better. Then comes the content, that's the most important part of your website. Make sure it's not small so only 6 letters fit in one sentence. You should also think about what font you're going to use e.g. The nicest font which everyone can read is Verdena, Tahoma, Arial and MS San Serif (But that font makes it too "baby-ish").
For Colour Scheme, well it's up to you. If you're designing a GTA Fan-Based Gaming website, you got a lot of colours to choose from, but the colours I would use would be dull colours (Grey, black etc.). Make sure that it's also unique as well.