When creating a website, templates can be seen as a knight in shining armour – saving us time and effort on the website design and development. Using a template is an easy solution to creating a website. It’s basically a premade website that is just missing pictures and custom content. There are many different free or paid templates available with a wide variety of predesigned layouts, colors, and widgets.
Templates are especially useful for people like me, who don’t know how to code, but want to create a great looking website. They are even helpful for companies like OAK Computing, who specializes in software development. However, from our experience using templates we have formed a different point of view. Let me tell you why we think Templates are a bad idea. Read the rest of this entry »