The Bigger Picture
Last month you were all excited about getting your site finished and this month you find that you just don't feel like updating every day. Well, I never said that it was going to be easy. If this is a hobby site that is hosted on a free server then you may feel like abandoning it all together - but if you've paid for your web space then you may want to recuperate your costs of hosting as a minimum. There are things that you can do that will help the survival of your site in the longer term, be this to simply attract a more steady flow of visitors or to help cover your costs.
Stay Put!
If you ever get bored with your old site, but you are thinking of starting a new one then take advantage of the visitors that visit your old site. Don't be tempted to open yet another free hosting account just to get a more suitable URL, otherwise you may end up with many free hosting accounts than you know what to do with! Instead, just let your old site's visitors know that you are working on a new site and then upload the new site when it is ready. A quick note or site history section should be enough to document the various sites that used to be at that URL, which can help any disorientated visitors realize what has happened should they have come to your site from your old link.
It is important that your visitors are able to find your site regardless of where you are hosting. There is nothing more annoying than finding the site after working your way through two or more pages saying "we've moved"! If you really do need to move hosts for whatever reason, make sure that you keep your visitors informed - or better yet, create the illusion that you really haven't moved at all!
My Site lives here! (http://www.website-owner.com)
A cheap and easy way to create the illusion that you have a permanent home on the Internet is to use a redirection service. There are plenty of free redirection services out there, many are supported with adverts although there are some out there that aren't; it's just a question of shopping around to find one that is best suited to you. If you are using a redirection service it is always a good idea to make the real location of your page accessible whenever possible; that way if ever the redirection page isn't working your visitors can still find you.
By far the best way to ensure that you are found is to get a domain name. The price of domain names has crashed in the last few years and what would have been out of reach for an individual a few years ago can be picked up at an affordable price if you know where to look.
Of course, there are some services out there that offer a free domain if you use their free hosting services. While these may seem like a great deal, you should be careful to read their terms and conditions carefully. Such services are usually supported by the adverts they sell when you make use of the domain name; many also register the domain in their own name so that if you were to break the rules you loose the domain. Quite a few of these services will let you take the domain name with you if you move servers, but the costs can be much higher than what you would pay for it elsewhere. In a word, be careful if you are considering taking up the offer of a free domain name!
Time for a Change
Many hobby or personal site owners can often become bored of their sites lay out and color schemes - and there is nothing wrong with that. However there is one thing that quite a few site owners that are remodeling their site do that really annoys me; and that is when they temporarily close their site.
It may not seem like such a big deal, but if a visitor heard from their friend that they could get a download they wanted from your site, they expect to be able to get the download from your site. If they find the site closed when they get there, they are unlikely to be happy about it and can get frustrated even more if they go back when they expect it to be opened and it's still not finished.
Please, if you really must remodel your site, do the design offline where possible. If you use Server Side Includes or CGI scripts then you will need to install a personal server to see the pages like they would be on your site, but it is certainly worth the trouble of installing one. This will allow you to keep your "old" site open until the new one is ready and will keep your visitors much happier. Also I would suggest that you try not to mention the fact that you are thinking of remodeling on your site, your visitors will have a nice surprise when the finished result is online and working properly.
Don't make Promises
If you want to keep your interest in your site, then I would recommend that you don't make promises that you know you'll have to work hard to keep. For example, don't tell your visitors that the site is updated every day; they will take it literally and you will probably get emails reminding you to update if there have been no noticeable updates for a while. Making such a statement on your website also puts more strain on yourself and will make your site seem more like a chore. If you must make a statement about how often the site is updated, then don't make it a measurable figure, but something along the lines of "this site is updated whenever possible"...