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IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DESIGN FROM SCRATCH,
you can take a shortcut by downloading so-called web templates. These
are "ready-made" websites which are available in many different
categories, and which can be quickly customised with a little bit of
effort on your part. In many cases your webhosting company may provide
such web templates at no cost, and their online sitebuilder program can
be used to do the customisation.
Bravenet
is a very good example of how simple this can be. The other alternative
is to get either free web templates or buy from any of the people who
specialize in the web templates business. The following are the very
best you can find on the Net:
Template Monster | Site2You | Jimworld | Template Tuning | efreeonline
Here is a very informative article about the benefits of using templates, which just may convince you to take this approach:
BENEFITS OF WEB SITE TEMPLATES
By: Halstatt Pires
Okay, you are ready to join the masses
and put up a web site. You’ve put a lot of thought into the design and
are ready to go. Perhaps you should give more thought to using a web
site template.
Web Site Templates
For many people, it
makes more sense to use a pre-designed web template instead of creating
a site from scratch. Using a pre-designed site template allows you to
get a professional design at a fraction of the price a custom design
would cost. A good template is automated or has HTML tags to show you
exactly where to put your text. This saves you precious time. Also, a
web page designed by someone just learning HTML is more likely to have
mistakes than one designed and tested by professionals. Mistakes in web
site code can prevent some users from being able to see a web page or
can even cause lower search engine rankings.
There are millions of web sites on the
Internet and there are more being born every second. Even though there
may be more than one web site using the pre-designed site template you
choose, the likelihood of a visitor seeing both sites is not great.
Every site is unique in the data it presents. Web templates present
data quickly and professionally without the hassle of designing
anything.
Being that many web templates are under $50 and many
custom site designs are well over $5000, it is easy to see how web
templates can save money and time. Web templates are a good way for
someone to learn HTML. By becoming familiar with code that has been
written professionally, a webmaster can pick up on things along the
way. Instead of having an amateur web site at the start, an HTML novice
can have a professional site from the beginning with a pre-designed
site template.
Search Engines also play a factor in choosing
web templates. Sites with HTML mistakes do not fair well in search
engines. Particularly in older versions of Netscape, forgetting one
"table" tag can mean the whole page won't show. A good web template has
been designed and tested in many environments, to W3C standards, for
maximum compatibility. Instead of thrashing your way through mistakes,
take advantage of competent template designs.
If you are just
starting out, a web site template is almost always the way to go. There
are thousands of sites offering them for sale for very low prices. Why
waste your time when you can use a template to get off to a quick,
professional start?
About the Author:
Halstatt Pires is an Internet marketing consultant with http://www.marketingtitan.com - an Internet marketing firm in San Diego offering automated web site systems through http://www.businesscreatorpro.com.
Article Source : www.isnare.com
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