Are Web Templates Worth It?

Written by Dennis Dadey


By Dennis Dadey (c) 2004

First off, I am a designer. Now you're thinking, here's this guy trying to convince me to hire a designer costing a few hundred to a few thousand dollars instead of buying a pre-made web template for about $60. Well, these days most companies don't haverepparttar money to invest in a costly web site and there are thousands of hungry web designers out there, plus now there are web template resources. These resources can equal great value and effectiveness forrepparttar 132467 customer as well as increased business forrepparttar 132468 web designer.

Forrepparttar 132469 customer it is important to be prepared. They need to know what their website should look like, how it will perform,repparttar 132470 ability to update and add to it easily, so as not to be held hostage by a design firm's technical code talk.

Now forrepparttar 132471 reality of web templates. There are hundreds of web templates and many web sites offeringrepparttar 132472 same hundreds of templates. There are templates for a wide range of business types: from agriculture to wedding sites. Depending onrepparttar 132473 business category you may find 20 to 400 hundred different template packages to choose from. Most look quite good, but remember you may not berepparttar 132474 only company that buysrepparttar 132475 template. There could be sites that lookrepparttar 132476 same as yours unless you buy an exclusive onrepparttar 132477 design. The price for an exclusive design ranges from $800 to $3000, meaning you must berepparttar 132478 first customer to purchaserepparttar 132479 template to be used only by you. Onrepparttar 132480 other hand, prior to your purchase of a particular template, several customers may have bought that same template and can use it as well, and as a result will have made this template non-exclusive.

How does your website measure up?

Written by Dan Karwoski


Does your website make a good first impression? Isrepparttar navigation intuitive? Isrepparttar 132466 content appropriate for your audience? You've had your website up and running for a while now but you've always had a nagging suspicion that your website is lacking effectiveness and you just can't put your finger on it. You've dabbled with colors, added/removed images re-writtenrepparttar 132467 text but it still feels as if everything just isn't working together. Wouldn't it be nice if you had a way to sort things out? Well now you do!

Find out if your business website has power, energy andrepparttar 132468 right stuff to help your business succeed. You'll be able to find out ifrepparttar 132469 navigation; advertising, optimization, imagery and look are combining to make your home page an effective tool. Each section has a number of questions that help define, in detail, allrepparttar 132470 important areas of a well designed website. Just run throughrepparttar 132471 list starting atrepparttar 132472 top. When you're finished just clickrepparttar 132473 "Total Score" button atrepparttar 132474 bottom.

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