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Benefits of using Web Site Templates
For many webmasters, it makes more sense to use a pre-designed web template, rather than design a web template from scratch. Using a pre-designed site template allows a webmaster 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 webmasters 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.
Having mistakes in HTML does 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.
A final factor for using pre-designed web templates is that since they are
only a fraction of the price of a professional custom design,
it is worth trying a web template even if you think you might
go for a custom design down the road. Creating a web site
with a template allows a webmaster to make a working blueprint
for a custom design.
by Tad Coffin
BusinessCreatorPro.com
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