What is a website template?
Ok, so you've heard that you need a website to attach to your business, blog, forum, or other presence. How do you create a website? Well, there are literally hundreds or thousands of ways of doing that, but for the sake of this article, we'll address using the template method. When a corporate or local business starts a web design project, they'll create the look and feel based upon certain variables provided by the client such as: colors, photos, navigation, links, etc. There are usually about two to three versions (sometimes many more) before the client is satisfied with way he/she likes it and reflects what is wanted to be portrayed. Since this phase is artistic in nature, a lot of people have a hard time interpreting if their logical business model matches an graphical presentation.
Even if you do not know HTML, you can use website templates by opening them up in Dreamweaver, Microsoft Front Page, or many other HTML editors. Although there is a little bit of a learning curve, after much effort and time, you can publish your own website by uploading it to your hosting provider.
The advantage of using a website template is a professional designer has already created dozens or hundreds of templates for clients, and knows already what works best and what people end up being happy with. Other advantages of using a template are:
Considerably reduced cost from thousands to @ $60
The design is ready to go, already coded, just needs content and copy put in
HTML bugs are already worked out, no recoding and redesign
Designs can be modified: change the color, replace an image - with very little effort
Depending on the design, it can be used with a content manage system like Joomla, Zen Cart, Wordpress, Mambo, etc
You know exactly what the website looks like right now as opposed to starting a design from scratch: you have no idea what the designer is going to produce, if you will like it, and you'll have to pay for revisions you don't like (wasting money)
If you are new or experienced with creating a website, using templates simplifies and shortens the whole project time. At 8tem you can browse the thousands of website, and if one is close to what you'd like, just fill in the form, and explain what you like and what you would like added or changed from the website template you found, and we can create a completely custom site for you - using the one you selected as a reference.
