Pros And Cons Of A Free Website Template

Using a template doesn’t take any coding skills to put a professional-looking website together and, as an added bonus, this kind of template also comes with free hosting. As well, it only takes about a day to get your website up and running. This can be a good option for someone who needs a website and has no money or coding skills. However, there are some pros and cons to this kind of website, which is what this article is about.

The Pros

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Free Templates – How Do They Rate Against Free HTML Editors?

Millions of websites being launched year after year can only signify two important things. One, the importance of being on the net, regardless of whether yours is a small business website, a home page, an ecommerce or even a portal, and two, easy availability of variety of free templates which make website building a child’s play.

In this article, let us try to explore whether templates, free or paid, offer suitability and ease of working and why they are taking the newbie web owners and builders as well as professionals by storm.

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Website Design – Top 5 Website Design Mistakes to Avoid

No matter whether you are using a free website design template and builder or a custom made solution, you are not protected from making mistakes during the customization process. Here are the most common ones you should avoid at all costs.

Having bright pastel background colors is a serious web design mistake that can cost you a significant reduction in conversion rates. These colors make the pages look attractive, but they can be quite annoying to look at. Such colors make reading as well as looking at the screen harder and unpleasant. Hence, you should never use them. Rely on paler colors that make the text easy to read.

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Website Templates for HTML, WordPress, Joomla and Drupal

Website templates are a great way of creating a website without having to spend weeks designing and developing web pages. There are many options of getting a website produced. Some businesses simply use a web designer and pay them to produce custom designed web pages. For those starting a new business on a small budget, paying someone else for this work may not be an affordable option. Free website generators such as WordPress, Joomla and Drupal have been around for years and are very popular. They are Open Source software which is available to download free by anyone. They can be a good option, but to the novice user, they can be difficult to customize. They may be fine for the hobby enthusiast, school or charity, but these websites can look very similar and may not present the professional image required by a business.

For those with knowledge of HTML and CSS, using an HTML editor is another option. But creating a website from scratch is hard work and can take a lot of time to complete. Website templates are certainly an option worth considering. Some are available free, and the author may require a back link to display on any web pages using such a template. Other website templates are available for a small price, and are often well worth the small investment as they will save a lot of time and effort. For a small website of around up to 10 pages, a simple HTML web template would be fine. For more complex websites, a content management system (CMS) such as Joomla, WordPress and Drupal may be more suitable and will make the content easier to organise and update.

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