What Kind Of Template

derangedrobot

Mar 1 2005, 11:52 PM

So, if you have your own website yet and if you do, do you use you own template you made or a template made by somone else?

Me personally i like using premade templates and just choping it up and adding my own things to it

amkint

Mar 2 2005, 07:17 AM

before i used to download templates... now i make my own..
i use fireworks.. but many guys use photoshop. its not hard... all you need is some ideas and creativity. if you are a beginner, you could continue with that... then one day you could start makin your templates.

DjLuki

Mar 4 2005, 04:30 AM

i can make my own html templates. but i usually find a good graphical template that will attract people. but now im learning ps so soon hopyfully i'll start to make my own photoshop temeplates to.

wanhafizi

Mar 4 2005, 08:05 AM

photoshop + image ready are the best duo for creating website template. with the graphic function that provided by photoshop, you can use your limitless creativity to design a template. by using image ready, a template creation is simple as clicking and slicing.

2PacFan

Mar 5 2005, 09:27 PM

i have friends dat make them, but im gon has 2 advirtise their site in exchange, but photoshop is da best

ChronicLoser

Mar 5 2005, 11:12 PM

hmm, never used a template myself. I've made some for other people, but I've never tried using other's works. It just feels...kinda...like stealing and dishonest =P

nevertheless, I'd use Cinema 4D for a 3D rendering and Photoshop for everything else. Then of course, pop up the handy notepad for the coding ^_^

DarkFate

Mar 5 2005, 11:26 PM

i use photoshop and sometimes premade stuff for hard graphics

DarkFate

Mar 6 2005, 12:19 AM

more photoshop though

moonwitch

Mar 6 2005, 01:47 AM

Well, I have to admit that I do download templates for full flash sites and now for the PhotoShop lay-out. I don't use them for a site, but look into the code and how it's done to learn how to do it myself. I did make my own graphics for my old site and a site I manage for a group I belong to. My old personal site only had flash buttons and the rest were gifs or jpgs made in PSP (I hadn't discovered the joys of PhotoShop yet

). The site I manage has a flash menu driven by xml, for which I did use a template since I had no idea how to do it (ActionScript wise) and has a Flash banner that took me so long to make and doesn't look professional at all. But since I am a flash newbie, I am cool with it. We all have to start somewhere afterall

wedjarl

Mar 6 2005, 01:54 AM

Its not that hard to create a custom built templates. Photoshop is a perfect software to create nice templates and layouts. Before I usually admire templates..how they are done, yet I was hesitant using them, for a single free template, probably there are thousands out there who are using it too. Templates are great web design guidance for me. You could grow and learn a lot from studying layouts made by others.

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Silent Soul X

Mar 10 2005, 06:45 AM

Yeah that's what i find i look around at other site's layouts to see what works and what doesn't and also i check out there code, many times i've referred to greycobra's/project-angel's code to see how everything works.

I've also download some templates to look at but never use, seeing as so many other people have access to it and also i just find you feel a lot better if you know u, urself created the masterpiece and your visitors will notice that.

kraizii88z

Mar 10 2005, 12:44 AM

QUOTE(wedjarl @ Mar 5 2005, 06:54 PM)

This is problably a good idea for those that need inspiration for a layout
Studying layouts can help make skills sharper..

i use the psp8 b/c it's the only thing i have access to.. if i had photoshop i'd use that!