June
2009
On Web Design, Templates and Website Promotion
So you require a website developing – and of course you search for a web developer to build your site. In deciding who to choose, you ought to consider one fundamental factor: do I need a bespoke website or a website template?
What’s the difference between bespoke and template sites?
A website template uses pre-developed code, and you either build your requirements around how the website template operates, or the website template can be amended to better correspond to your needs. A bespoke site is tailor-made to match your prerequisites. You express your website prerequisites to the designer, and they develop a website developed exactly around your needs.
The pros and cons of a website template
The advantages: A template uses sturdy, fully tested, stable and secure scripts, normally comes with free updates, is very quick and easy to setup and deploy, and will be far more cost-effective than going for a tailor-made site.
The disadvantages: your template may not exactly fit your requirements, even with customisations applied. Can the website developer amend the website template code, and if he can, how competently?
Tell me the advantages and disadvantages of a bespoke template
The advantages: Your website will be developed precisely to fit your prerequisites. Since the developer will have developed the website from zero, he will have a detailed understanding of the codebase, which is a big advantage over a template if the website developer doesn’t have much knowledge of the website template’s scripts.
The disadvantages : it is pricy, it takes time for a bespoke website to be built, and you’re taking a chance on whether the web designer is talented enough to guarantee your site is sturdy, secure, search-engine friendly and is usable and accessible to everybody.
However you decide, you need to ensure that after your website launches, you centre on promoting the website as without visitors, it doesn’t matter how good your website functions and looks, it’s useless without a decent amount of traffic to win over to customers!
