subject: Pro's And Con's of Using Web Templates [print this page] Pro's And Con's of Using Web Templates Pro's And Con's of Using Web Templates
Understanding today's scenario we can notice that the whole of experts in IT stand divided on all the questions regarding pluses of using separate web template in designing of a website. There are people who argue in its favour, as it is said to be more convenient and is ready to use, others also believe that getting a professional web designer's help to custom design a website is a far better option.
It will always be difficult to generalize this statement; but it is that thing that one is not easily able to emphasize with the benefits of hiring a web designer as it is known a lot depends on people's competency.
Elaborating, certain things can always go awfully wrong if any of the hired professional makes any of the coding errors designing a website, therefore it can make it's rendering unusable. The fact is that, there is a greater risk of coding errors occurring when designing some web site as each of the keystroke which increases its probability. All said done but apart form the initial coding methods; the debugging factor can be said to be a big problem when the design of a website from the base, and which is especially when it has more than 32-42 pages.
Keeping it mind, you can always take your pick from any of the wide collection of all pre-designed web templates that are in use and does involve good coding structure and also are pre-loaded with many standard pages. Though it is said, these always come with many add-on features as well. So as most of these websites do some basic components similar such as their home page, but different copyrights, its product or service information available, their contact information and certainly company logo, using a standard of the web template which serves their purpose.
Finally we know that by the use of a template, we can have all these common elements in our websites and all can simply enter their unique page content to be differentiated from other's websites. So, even if any of two rival companies are on the verge of using the same web templates, their sites can look like north and South Pole due to all the different images and content associated with both of them. Henceforth , buying a attractive web template which has been designed by experts ensures their compatibility with all multiple browsers which includes those used by any of the disabled users.
Further by all the above we look through the positives of template based web page development:
There is a saving in terms of time and cost
We now know use of a web template in designing a website ensures a very lesser & faster work for us. With all the pre-designed web templates already in store, you don't have in worrying about any site navigation and their logo etc. Hence in the end which is left to be done in getting your website up and roaming worlds is by opening all the pre-loaded standards pages, which includes entering the contents & images for a website, and thus saving all pages under new names.
After uploading all the stuff required by the website, one can proceed straight in to programming, optimizing the respective sites for the all over search engines and compete in the business. Process takes few days completion, the method of getting complex web sites designed by the available professional can take up several months in completion, and all the complications regarding all colour schemes and its page layout. And therefore a website template can be said to be cost-effective as that costs about a fraction of the total cost in hiring various professional web designers.
We know it can be very user friendly
All of this suggests consistency in the looks and experience of any web template acts as support to any visitor that he / she are still on the same website as earlier. Adding to it, the reliability of the navigation structures of all web templates allows any of the visitors to browse in more freely without being lost. Thus helps in retention of visitor's interest for pretty longer period of time & ensures repeated visits.
After all the above we can conclude that advantages and disadvantages are also associated with them. These include the following:
Improper customization & certain unique contents, your website might end up looking some copy of other websites that have already used the same web template you used.
Pertaining to a template changes and their lay out or hampering in their visual effects. It in turn causes problems in a search engine optimization.
Also we can conclude that templates are not one of the ideals for building up a website dynamic and having a huge database.
Studying all the above we can now pick whether it adds any benefits of using templates.
