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11-16-2009, 12:04 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Did you custom design your site or use a template?
Did you custom design your site or use a template? I would love to get a custom designed site but will have to wait until I make some money. Just curious what others feel about this.
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11-16-2009, 12:09 PM #2Uptime Aficionado
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Custom -- no offense to you intended, but I don't think templates look very professional, and people can usually tell.
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11-16-2009, 12:50 PM #3Aspiring Evangelist
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We had a designer come and design our website. Always make an investment into your website, that is your company's image.
Now if your going to be a computer repair guy or build swimming pools, then you really don't need a high-end design but since the internet is your market/store and your doing everything online then invest a few hundred dollars into a unique design that fits you.
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11-16-2009, 12:59 PM #4Retired Moderator
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our site was taken from a template and then heavily modded to fit our needs, whilst I agree that your site kinda does define you and clients may use that as a basis of how much you value your company, its not everything. You could have the best site design, but awfull content and low alexa/google rankings and maybe generally bad reviews. I have seen some sites that started out as a template but have been modded in such a way that it was made their own, and i have seen some bespoke designs that are just dire.
The best way to sum it up is, do what gives the best image for you, either look at a template that closely sembles what you want to portray and then work with that or pay through the nose to have a custom site designed, either way make sure you make it your own.If you need help about anything to do with WHT, check out the Helpdesk
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11-16-2009, 01:22 PM #5Disabled
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I use custom unfortunately none of predesigned template attracted me so far
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11-16-2009, 01:30 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Custom designed as people will find out you have a template at some point and say it's a negative. Plus with a custom designed web site you can have it meet your specifications rather than attempting to adjust your company to the web site.
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11-16-2009, 08:04 PM #7Newbie
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You can find a kid to create you a website dirt cheap. Like $500 US, then get a programmer to tie your APIs into your billing software or you can mod whmcs tpls.
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11-16-2009, 08:14 PM #8Web Hosting Evangelist
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If you are in an Internet-related business then I think it is important to have a custom designed site.
That is the process I am going through right now myself.
And yes you can find a kid to create a Web site for dirt cheap, but if I think the quality will be lacking. Spend some $$$ and get it done by a professional.
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11-16-2009, 10:19 PM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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I agree. Hosting is a very competitive, over saturated market. You will definitely want to stand out and you can't do that using a template.
The problem I'm having is figuring out what the going rate is for a decent custom design. I've always done my own design but I'm more technical than creative. I'm actually looking in to having a professional do a quality site for me but I have no idea what the competitive rate is. I'm kind of scared to get shafted by someone because I don't really know what an "outrageous" quote would be.
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11-17-2009, 06:22 AM #10Newbie
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let a designer design... I think its better than purchasing templates..
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11-17-2009, 06:58 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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Custom. You can always tell when a website is a template.
When your doing your company website you need it to be right. Match your image. Templates cannot achieve this.█ Hydro Host – Affordable UK Web Hosting - cPanel
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11-17-2009, 01:07 PM #12Web Hosting Evangelist
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11-17-2009, 02:09 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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custom as well, but I design my own stuff - I'm not a super professional when it comes to the art part, but I can code pretty well. Will be working on new design for the new year (have done it last year, going to try to make it an annual thing)
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