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NEED TO BUILD WEBSITE? USE A WEB TEMPLATE
Killersites.com encourages the use of website templates in professional web design - so much so that we now offer them! Yes, a shameless plug but read on and see why web templates are essential to web design.
New Video: Introduction to Website Templates (1:54)
WHAT IS A WEB TEMPLATE?
A Web Template is a ready-made website that will allow you to create high-quality websites in a fraction of the time.
Why web templates make sense in web design:
- Speed
- Cost
In a nutshell: web templates offer a lot of variety in both style and presentation, with all the nitty gritty problems already solved.
SPEED - WEB TEMPLATES SPEED UP THE WEB DESIGN PROCESS
The most time consuming part of the process (of web design) is during the initial design phase where the client and web designer go back and forth trying to come up with the look the client wants. This increases cost more than you would like to think …
A web template turns a complex process into something simple:
- The client selects the style they want from a collection of web templates.
- Once the client makes their choice, any half competent web designer can easily customize the template to the client’s needs.
COST - WEB TEMPLATES DRASTICALLY REDUCE COST
It’s not the easiest thing to find quality web designers – many suck. Using templates allows you to purchase a world-class website without having to pay the high dollar cost that is usually associate with that level of design.
Since anyone reasonably comfortable with web design can edit and modify a web template, there is no reason to have to pay thousands of dollars on a world-class designer.
MY PERSPECTIVE
After 10 years of experience, I’ve come to realize that web design should be about building from a template. With a template selected, all the web designer needs to do is make the final changes to give the website its own unique look.
After all, every other established industry does exactly that and for good reason - it’s about time that the web design community caught up.
Now a professional web designer or a consumer, can go to a template shop and pick out the style they want, and have a quality website online quickly for a fraction of the cost.
Stefan Mischook
