Re: Site templates

IF his home page is any indication of his tamplates, I would stay away. I'm
NOT impressed. I've always been taught that the first impression is a
lasting one.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Aitchison" <jaitchis(at)hwy.com.au>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: Site templates


>
> Hi all..
> I'd like a bit of general advice, if someone could be so kind.
>
> I came across this site www.amazingtemplates.com which charges
> $99 for 150 site templates. I looked at some of the examples and
> they seemed 'artistically good' , and the HTML looked clean and
> basic.
>
> I have about 6 websites to do for myself, and I have hopes of getting
> in a bit of business in website design. My problem is that I have
> close to zero artistic talent, although "I know what I like".  HTML and
> etc is not the problem.
>
> I have tried a few of the Microsoft Word web templates and they are
> quite nice but a) it is hard to get rid of all the Microsoft specific tags
> even with the Office filter/utility thingo b) it is fairly obvious to
people,
> I think, if the site has been derived from a Microsofty template
>
> So, my questions are
>
> a) do people think that templates are a good idea or not?
>
> b) has anyone any experience with amazingtemplates  and if so can
> she/he  comment?
>
> c) are there other/better/cheaper sources of templates out there?
>
>
> thanks for any feedback
>
>
>

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