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I evaluate sites on two levels -- as a designer/developer and as a customer. In the former mindset I will "look down" upon you if I notice it's a template. In
by Travis 16y ago
I evaluate sites on two levels -- as a designer/developer and as a customer. In the former mindset I will "look down" upon you if I notice it's a template. In the latter, not at all. In my "getting things done" mindset, I'll applaud you for identifying an nice clean template that enables you to work on other stuff.
The only one of those hats you should care about is your customer. Esp if you're consumer targeted, they will never notice that you used a template. Heck, most of them wouldn't know what that means even if you told them.
Don't worry about it. Worry about your business.
- mcrittenden 16y agoThanks, that's a helpful response. In response to your second paragraph, I'm targeting web professionals (i.e., the group of people most likely to recognize and look down on it), hence my worry.
- Travis 16y agoSounds like there's a chance you'll be hurt because you've used a template. How does that compare to the damage / delay suffered because you had to take the time to design the site? Generally, I'll start with a template to get things running quickly, then do a redesign later. Plus, I've found that redesign a great time to re-architect for the pivots I've experienced, so I have a fairly clean layout post-redo.
- mcrittenden 16y agoTemplate first, redesign later sounds like a plan to me. I'll try and pick a template that isn't very common and doesn't look templatey in the meantime. Thanks for the advice.