Susie Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 As a web designer, would you consider using a premade website theme/template for your own site and to showcase your own portfolio?
falkencreative Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 Depends on the theme... If it was something of high quality, maybe. Or if it was a theme you could modify almost to the point where the original theme wasn't recognizable, saving you time, that might be a good time to use it. If you specialize primarily in coding, it may not be as big of a deal, but if you do a lot of high quality design work it may be best to make sure the site design is unique. Personally... I wouldn't, not for a personal portfolio site. Too much risk involved -- I'd much rather have something unique than risk using the same theme as someone else and having potential visitors question my design/coding skills.
Susie Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Posted February 16, 2009 Personally... I wouldn't, not for a personal portfolio site. Too much risk involved -- I'd much rather have something unique than risk using the same theme as someone else and having potential visitors question my design/coding skills. Yeah, this is the way I'm leaning, too. I've found a WP theme that I really love and it would work so well for my site, but, as you mentioned, I don't want anyone to question my abilities because I'm using a premade theme. Maybe I can just find a way to incorporate what I love about the theme and go that route...
LSW Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 ROFL - Well as said ideally no. But that said there is the ls saying, I think we have a version in English, but the German's say "The Cobler's children go bare foot". That is to say that the Cobler/shoemaker is so busy making shoes for customers, he has no time to make shoes for his own family. When I was freelance that was how it was. Now that I no longer do web design... I am still using the temporary template I took for WP. now I am to busy programming or spending time off the computer at home. Ideally it is not good, but realistically... most designers will recognize the truth... customers? Hard to say.
lwsimon Posted February 17, 2009 Report Posted February 17, 2009 From an ethical perspective, I think its fine - especially if you often use templates for client work.
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