Pre-made Templates by Cathy Gonsalves
Premade templates are ready made and available to buy website layouts. They are commonly the solution for anyone in a hurry or on a real tight budget. There are some lovely original ones out there that often come to be because someone has rejected the web design. Rather than throw the design out the web designer puts it back on the market.
Some drawbacks of pre-made templates is they may be sold more than once so yours won't be the only one out there confusing your identity with someone else. Sometimes ready mades are labeled "OOAK websites" and this is suppose to mean original one-of-a-kind meaning they will only be sold once, to you. This is the best solution for a pre-made if.... you can be sure it is not a knockoff! Stunned? Well don't be because more and more common pre-made templates are a knock-off of another designers work for a client. Knockoffs rob someone else of their dream, often confusing identities (its too close as a whole!), may even cross the line of copyright infringement, and if nothing else it cheapens the website, and is unethical.
Re-creating published works is not tricky because most people can recognize their own work even through modifications. Sooner or later your site will be seen by someone who catches it looks like their friends site. May the real website please stand up? Remember that game show way back, To Tell the Truth? This is a situation you don't want to be in!
If you are about to make the plunge and purchase a premade template, do your homework to ensure you are working with a professional and you know what you are getting. Ask some questions about how this template came to be and whether it will be sold more than once.
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