I have finally decided to actually pay for a webdesign template. Ive chosen one, im not gonna show you quite yet but it will soon be the new design for www.gamingbedlam.com
Basically the whole point of this topic is to get your view on template purchases. If youve got the money do you think their worth it?
I don't like to buy templates. Part of owning a site is so I can take pride in the work the I did. I was going to buy one a while ago but the thought of having someone else's work as the main theme to my site made me think otherwise.
IMO, it would depend on what the site is used for. If it's my site about html, using a template would not give credibility to the site. If it's a site for conducting some business other than webmastering, then I'd definitely consider it if there was something that I liked and I could edit it.
well theres is one big problem....when i ordered the template it said that the credit card used needed to be verified by sending either a dricing licelnce, credit card statement or a picture of the card with blanked out numbers.
so i did. i sent the pic with blanked out number to them via fax..but they say that they havent received it...for the second time. im just wondering whether its got something to do with the fact that im sending it from uk to US.
i could have just sent them a scan of the image but i dont have a copatible scanner and i dont have the leads for my digital camera
That's interesting that they'd have it so strict... But, can't you send them the drivers license, and use one of your parents' credit cards? Or send them the statement?
I personally don't buy templates. I think it's better practice (practice at site design) to make them myself, and lets me get exactly what I want. If I want to make a gaming website that suites the style of most gaming websites I'll just go to a ton of gaming sites and simply write notes of what I like and dislike about them. I incorperate what I like, and then check to make sure it looks good. I also design and redesign it alot. On the current website I'm on, it's on design number seventeen (yay).
Most templates are put together with a WYSIWYG editor anyways, aren't they?
Are you able to mail it to them? Do they allow that?
Try contacting their tech suppor and see if you can sort this out. There must be an alternative means of paying them or transferring the required faxes.
yes i know its very stupid how they work. i will contact them soon to find out any other methods. its just that their live support chat room guys said no.
Yeah, for me, there is nothing better than never finishing a design and realizing how un-talented I am....
I don't see the difference in buying a good template or hiring a designer, essentially they are the same only one costs less as you do most of the work to integrate and add content.
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teh difference is in that u put ur hard work into one and when ur finally done wit a design u like u get that satisfaction u dont get wit paying someone. i too have thought about doing the same but it IS good practice and even if it takes me foreever and gives me headaches at times i know i made it and i save cash too. theres nothing like dys stuff.
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i wouldnt do it for all my sites. only for one so then i have other sites which i can work with on my own
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A gaming site needs to have some sort of "wow" factor as well, so all in all I s'pose I would have done the same
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so i did. i sent the pic with blanked out number to them via fax..but they say that they havent received it...for the second time. im just wondering whether its got something to do with the fact that im sending it from uk to US.
i could have just sent them a scan of the image but i dont have a copatible scanner and i dont have the leads for my digital camera
so im kinda stuck at the moment
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I personally don't buy templates. I think it's better practice (practice at site design) to make them myself, and lets me get exactly what I want. If I want to make a gaming website that suites the style of most gaming websites I'll just go to a ton of gaming sites and simply write notes of what I like and dislike about them. I incorperate what I like, and then check to make sure it looks good. I also design and redesign it alot. On the current website I'm on, it's on design number seventeen (yay).
Most templates are put together with a WYSIWYG editor anyways, aren't they?
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Try contacting their tech suppor and see if you can sort this out. There must be an alternative means of paying them or transferring the required faxes.
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I don't see the difference in buying a good template or hiring a designer, essentially they are the same only one costs less as you do most of the work to integrate and add content.
I have never been too needy but I lost my job due to the company shutting down our location. I just had a child and live in a pretty depressed area at the moment. I need some freelance work fairly bad.
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