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Quick, Effective Web Design
By Todd Levi, Tue Dec 27th

We have all seen the websites online that sell template webdesigns 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 yourcompetition. What do you like about there site? What could bedone better? Are there certain aspects of the site that wouldappeal visually? Are there certain aspects of a competitor'ssite that have helped in organic SEO/SEM? Are there certainaspects/offers on a competitor's site that may draw people in? Ithink these are all important factors to keep in mind whenvisiting the competition in the pre-web design phase. However,this article is going to focus on another aspect: Namely, isthere repetition in style amongst your competition? If you wherestarting a business to rival NetFlix & Blockbuster movie rentalsonline, you would immediately become aware that the two lookvery much identical except for the color scheme. In a similarrespect, you may even find two websites using the exact samedesign in the same industry. Then you may find the exact sameweb design on a web design template site! This situation is thelow point of template web design buying. If you decide to use atemplate (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 aremany template sites out there like BoxedArt.com andTemplateMonster.com, and even a variety of free ones, withdecent web site designs. When browsing through these sites itcan be very helpful for sparking the idea in your head of whatyou may want your web design project to be like. Adversely, manyof the templates found are also very generic to a certain point.There tends to be an overwhelmingly corporate feel to a highpercentage of templates on the market. Not all web designs callfor a corporate look but just simply need to look professionalto gain credibility. Take aspects that work from differentdesigns and merge them with the current identity you are lookingfor. Don't get carried away with this process though, if youtake away a little from each one you may get a very disorientinglook and feel to the site as each design may vary. Likewise,when I say take it is important to emphasize that I am nottalking about stealing. These template designers have spent timeand expect return, however if you find a font you like and matchsomething as simple as this to a similar font that would fit inwith your design then use the idea. Don't directly take imagesor color layouts. This browsing of templates for ideas is verymuch like browsing your competitor's websites for ideas andscoping

the market.

If you are looking at purchasing a template make sure to followthese guidelines: 1.Know that your competitors are not usingthis template. If you are a national chain, you will probablynot be reading this as you may very well have your own uniquedesign team. For everyone else, how far does your competitionboundary spread? If you own a local hot stand, you may onlyhave a handful of competitors in your area that are brandingthemselves. Buying a template that can be purchased by thepublic even after you purchase it may be ok in this instance ifthe hot template is a great design. In this case it would bea perfect fit for a low priced design that may be high quality.If however you may run into multi-state or national competitionfor your product then you may opt against the generic templateas a foundation to your design. 2.Make sure the template isonly the foundation to your web design building. This may meanthat you use the overall structure of the design, but change allthe graphics to make the design more personalized. Often timesthis also means that you will change the color scheme to fitwith your current identity or logo. Also, maybe only a portionof the template should be used. Does it have a great lookingheader or search box, but the rest of the site is left to bedesired? 3.Always make sure to follow the guidelines of thecompany your purchase your web design template from. This isimportant as certain amount of "redesign" of the template ismost likely expected in the user agreement.

Templates certainly are not for everyone, however when smallbusiness owners are just trying to get there feet wet online, atemplate may be the best choice. They are typically professionallooking, well thought out (in many industry themes), requireless knowledge to build from than a web design from scratch andmost certainly more affordable than starting a web design fromscratch.

As a side note: There are many web template sites out there thatalso sell limited download web design templates for a littlemore money. These are templates that once purchased a few or onetime are taken from the template library and now longeravailable for purchase. These can keep branding in house andsave 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 iscurrently owns http://LeviSolutions.com which is a Fort Collins based WebDesign Company serving the Colorado area.

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