Friday, May 6, 2011

Why I Use Prebuilt Website Templates

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As a web designer I have a couple of options when it comes to building a new site. I can build it from scratching using HTML programming, or I can build it using predesigned templates that I manipulate into whatever I want.
I taught myself HTML and for a while that was definitely the faster method. But over the years the internet has advanced to a point where your sites need to be friendly to a lot of different browsers, devices, and eyes. If you want it to look amazing in a fraction of the time and be friendly to multiple entities, I highly recommend starting with a template.
You don't want your site to look exactly like someone else's. Of course the chances of ever seeing a site like yours is almost nil considering how many billions of sites there are, but regardless you want some uniqueness. To accomplish this you'll want to alter color schemes, change the layout a little bit and of course provide your own unique content.
Even with these changes your site will still look as good as the professional template you started with. Even though they look so good, you don't have to pay a fortune for these. In fact many of them are free on sites like openwebdesign.org. If you want to pay for one, or find one that requires payment you could also check out templatesmonster.com
My preferred method of site building is to use a Photoshop friendly template and then tweak the HTML output using Dreamweaver, or with notepad and code parts of it by hand. Each designer has their own favorite method, but if you're looking fgaming template for joomlaor a few shortcuts the templates are a great idea.


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