Web Templates an Automated Systems

I spend a lot of the time on Web design forms and there is not a day that goes by that some old timer is not bragging about how he hand codes everything. These guys believe that if you are not hand coding then you are not a real designer.

I can understand where they are coming from, these guys spent years in college learning how to code everything by hand and here comes programs that do it all for you.

I agree that a Web designer needs to know how to code by hand but I disagree that a website coded by a program is less efficient than a website coded by a person.

But the big factor is the price and time spent coding by hand. You will spend a lot more time coding by hand than using a program. Because you are spending more time on the site you have to charge the customer more. And because you are spending more time fooling with the code than with the Web design, it is not going to look as good as the guys that use the program and spend more time on the look of the site and less time on the coding of the site.

That said, the thing that really gets me is all these template sites that are popping up all over the Internet. You can purchase a Web template for 100 bucks that is already set up with flash and a good-looking design. There are thousands to choose from so getting the perfect design isn’t hard. You can then take that design and modify it a little to fit perfectly into your niche.

When web design templates first came out I was totally against them.

However, the other day my guys were tied up designing websites for customers and I wanted to change the design on one of my sites. So I bought a template.

I actually like the template site better than http://www.geeksonsteroids.com and I’ve spent years trying to get the look and feel of Geeks on Steroids like I wanted and only a couple minutes on the other site.

Could template sites be the way to the future?

Purchasing a Website Design

Most people miss the amount of art involved when they get ready to purchase a website design. Web designing is art that goes beyond the standard form of art.

A web designer has to be able to take several different forms of artwork and work them all together to create artwork that is able to move the person viewing it.

And not only move them but to move them in the direction the web designer wants to move them.

Because of the amount of artwork used in a web design I am always looking for different ideas. And when I see an artist that is unique and has artwork that could easily be implemented into a web design or marketing campaign I get excited.

And it is that excitement that I felt when viewing this site. Checkout some of his artwork below.