Comments on: Great Open Source Web Design Template Sites http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/ community, entrepreneurship and business strategy Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:04:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: osihttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-72754 osi Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:24:54 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-72754 but what happens when you need a subscription list? is there an option to add a form? i loved the "great templates design" site, thanks a lot! but what happens when you need a subscription list? is there an option to add a form?
i loved the “great templates design” site, thanks a lot!

]]> By: natehttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-68273 nate Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:47:52 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-68273 Thanks "Budget", but most of those templates are pretty crappy. Not to mention the hooverwebdesign site is riddled with adsense. I wouldn't recommend that one if I were you. Thanks “Budget”, but most of those templates are pretty crappy. Not to mention the hooverwebdesign site is riddled with adsense. I wouldn’t recommend that one if I were you.

]]> By: Budgethttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-68271 Budget Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:31:26 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-68271 Added some links more about free templates: 1. www.freelayouts.com 2. www.interspire.com/templates/ 3. www.hooverwebdesign.com/free_templates.html Added some links more about free templates:
1. http://www.freelayouts.com
2. http://www.interspire.com/templates/
3. http://www.hooverwebdesign.com/free_templates.html

]]> By: Sophiahttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-67746 Sophia Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:28:41 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-67746 and if u are very computer illiterate, try a book. my first webdesigning experience is credited to those idiot and dummy books. don't be offended, it just works. and if u are very computer illiterate, try a book. my first webdesigning experience is credited to those idiot and dummy books. don’t be offended, it just works.

]]> By: natehttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-61042 nate Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:03:37 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-61042 Adrienne, Thanks for the comment and welcome to my site. I'm so glad my article was helpful. If you're looking for anything else, I'd love to know what you need. I love to be helpful. Yes, you're right. Sometimes, if you need to tweak the designs (to use your own photos or graphics), it's not going to be perfect. But, it's cheaper than having to pay for both a graphic designer and a web developer. At least this way you can take the developer out of the picture, which is usually the more expensive of the two people (I'm a developer, so I should know). Anyway, thanks again for the comment Adrienne. Let me know if there's anything else in this genre that I can help with. Cheers! Adrienne,

Thanks for the comment and welcome to my site. I’m so glad my article was helpful. If you’re looking for anything else, I’d love to know what you need. I love to be helpful.

Yes, you’re right. Sometimes, if you need to tweak the designs (to use your own photos or graphics), it’s not going to be perfect. But, it’s cheaper than having to pay for both a graphic designer and a web developer. At least this way you can take the developer out of the picture, which is usually the more expensive of the two people (I’m a developer, so I should know).

Anyway, thanks again for the comment Adrienne. Let me know if there’s anything else in this genre that I can help with.

Cheers!

]]> By: Adrienne Andersonhttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-61024 Adrienne Anderson Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:47:25 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-61024 Thanks so much for the links! I've always wondered about "open source" design, and why it never took off ...I assume it's because no one getting paid. It's still incredibly helpful for those of us who use the web frequently, and don't have the time or need the hassle of building a site from scratch! One caveat for these sites is that you need a lot of experience with graphic editing and good editing tools, which is probably where your budget it going to go. Thanks again; this was extremely helpful! :) Thanks so much for the links! I’ve always wondered about “open source” design, and why it never took off …I assume it’s because no one getting paid.

It’s still incredibly helpful for those of us who use the web frequently, and don’t have the time or need the hassle of building a site from scratch! One caveat for these sites is that you need a lot of experience with graphic editing and good editing tools, which is probably where your budget it going to go.

Thanks again; this was extremely helpful! :)

]]> By: natehttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-56691 nate Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:23:01 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-56691 I completely agree. I tried Drupal lately, and it's ok because it has a lot of modules to work with, but man is it confusing to use! I really hope and dream of a dead simple CMS that has lots of themes and plugins available when we want them, but nothing extra except for pages in the core. I completely agree. I tried Drupal lately, and it’s ok because it has a lot of modules to work with, but man is it confusing to use!

I really hope and dream of a dead simple CMS that has lots of themes and plugins available when we want them, but nothing extra except for pages in the core.

]]> By: Chris Radcliffhttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-56689 Chris Radcliff Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:57:13 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-56689 Actually, the author site isn't a blog or CMS site at all. It's the kind of thing I ordinarily would have done as a simple, static site, but doing it in Wordpress (using Pages for the site content and suppressing the blog-like features) allowed me to set it up quickly and give editorial control to the author herself. She can edit her bio, add new book pages, and update the home page with the built-in Pages editor, which means no fiddling around with HTML and FTP and such. Better yet, it means fewer calls to me. :) That said, I wish there was a less-blog-centric version of Wordpress for static sites. Then the "suppress all blogness" step wouldn't be necessary. Actually, the author site isn’t a blog or CMS site at all. It’s the kind of thing I ordinarily would have done as a simple, static site, but doing it in WordPress (using Pages for the site content and suppressing the blog-like features) allowed me to set it up quickly and give editorial control to the author herself. She can edit her bio, add new book pages, and update the home page with the built-in Pages editor, which means no fiddling around with HTML and FTP and such. Better yet, it means fewer calls to me. :)

That said, I wish there was a less-blog-centric version of WordPress for static sites. Then the “suppress all blogness” step wouldn’t be necessary.

]]> By: natehttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-56686 nate Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:42:25 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-56686 Yes, I almost mentioned that... Wordpress has a zillion outstanding templates, but I didn't want to talk about that specific system yet. The questions I have received were more about non-CMS/blog sites, and usually static ones. But, if you're going to look into creating a site that needs to change a lot, Wordpress is THE site to use in my opinion. The number of free designs for that system is ridiculous, and many of them are outstanding. Yes, I almost mentioned that… WordPress has a zillion outstanding templates, but I didn’t want to talk about that specific system yet. The questions I have received were more about non-CMS/blog sites, and usually static ones.

But, if you’re going to look into creating a site that needs to change a lot, WordPress is THE site to use in my opinion. The number of free designs for that system is ridiculous, and many of them are outstanding.

]]> By: Chris Radcliffhttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-56683 Chris Radcliff Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:25:21 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/2007/07/31/great-open-source-web-design-template-sites/#comment-56683 Agreed. The combination of Wordpress and open designs has made it amazingly simple to create great-looking one-off sites. I used them to create <a href="http://kerriganvalentine.com">Kerrigan Valentine's author site</a> in a few days, and the latest redesign of <a href="http://globalspin.com">Global Spin</a> was made simpler by starting from an open template. Agreed. The combination of WordPress and open designs has made it amazingly simple to create great-looking one-off sites. I used them to create Kerrigan Valentine’s author site in a few days, and the latest redesign of Global Spin was made simpler by starting from an open template.

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