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Quick, Effective Web Design: Templates?
Author:
Todd Levi
We have all seen the websites online that sell template web
designs for various business industries. Are these worth using?
The answer may be different for everyone.
When deciding on a web design it is important to know your
competition. What do you like about there site? What could be
done better? Are there certain aspects of the site that would
appeal visually? Are there certain aspects of a competitor's
site that have helped in organic SEO/SEM? Are there certain
aspects/offers on a competitor's site that may draw people in? I
think these are all important factors to keep in mind when
visiting the competition in the pre-web design phase. However,
this article is going to focus on another aspect: Namely, is
there repetition in style amongst your competition? If you where
starting a business to rival NetFlix & Blockbuster movie rentals
online, you would immediately become aware that the two look
very much identical except for the color scheme. In a similar
respect, you may even find two websites using the exact same
design in the same industry. Then you may find the exact same
web design on a web design template site! This situation is the
low point of template web design buying. If you decide to use a
template (and I will argue that sometimes this is the way to go)
you MUST KNOW YOUR COMPETITION!
If nothing else, template web design can spark ideas. There are
many template sites out there like BoxedArt.com and
TemplateMonster.com, and even a variety of free ones, with
decent web site designs. When browsing through these sites it
can be very helpful for sparking the idea in your head of what
you may want your web design project to be like. Adversely, many
of the templates found are also very generic to a certain point.
There tends to be an overwhelmingly corporate feel to a high
percentage of templates on the market. Not all web designs call
for a corporate look but just simply need to look professional
to gain credibility. Take aspects that work from different
designs and merge them with the current identity you are looking
for. Don't get carried away with this process though, if you
take away a little from each one you may get a very disorienting
look and feel to the site as each design may vary. Likewise,
when I say take it is important to emphasize that I am not
talking about stealing. These template designers have spent time
and expect return, however if you find a font you like and match
something as simple as this to a similar font that would fit in
with your design then use the idea. Don't directly take images
or color layouts. This browsing of templates for ideas is very
much like browsing your competitor's websites for ideas and
scoping the market.
If you are looking at purchasing a template make sure to follow
these guidelines: 1. Know that your competitors are not using
this template. If you are a national chain, you will probably
not be reading this as you may very well have your own unique
design team. For everyone else, how far does your competition
boundary spread? If you own a local hot dog stand, you may only
have a handful of competitors in your area that are branding
themselves. Buying a template that can be purchased by the
public even after you purchase it may be ok in this instance if
the hot dog template is a great design. In this case it would be
a perfect fit for a low priced design that may be high quality.
If however you may run into multi-state or national competition
for your product then you may opt against the generic template
as a foundation to your design. 2. Make sure the template is
only the foundation to your web design building. This may mean
that you use the overall structure of the design, but change all
the graphics to make the design more personalized. Often times
this also means that you will change the color scheme to fit
with your current identity or logo. Also, maybe only a portion
of the template should be used. Does it have a great looking
header or search box, but the rest of the site is left to be
desired? 3. Always make sure to follow the guidelines of the
company your purchase your web design template from. This is
important as certain amount of "redesign" of the template is
most likely expected in the user agreement.
Templates certainly are not for everyone, however when small
business owners are just trying to get there feet wet online, a
template may be the best choice. They are typically professional
looking, well thought out (in many industry themes), require
less knowledge to build from than a web design from scratch and
most certainly more affordable than starting a web design from
scratch.
As a side note: There are many web template sites out there that
also sell limited download web design templates for a little
more money. These are templates that once purchased a few or one
time are taken from the template library and now longer
available for purchase. These can keep branding in house and
save time and money if the design is what you are looking for.
About the author:
Todd Levi has been designing website for 5 years and is
currently owns http://LeviSolutions.com which is a Fort Collins based Web
Design Company serving the Colorado area.
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