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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