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A website template is a
professional, pre-built, webpage design with
tables, rows and columns already in place, along
with complete graphic elements as well.
And all you’ll have to do is edit the template
by adding product images and information to that
template.
This eliminates the entire design process making
it easier for you to get your website up and
running as quickly as possible.
And you can edit
your template with a simple website design
program such as Microsoft Expression Web, Adobe
Dreamweaver, GoLive and others as well. |
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Advantages of building your online store
with a pre-built template
When using a pre-built template to build your
store, you don’t have to imagine what the
finished website will look like. You’ll already
know exactly what it will look like even before
you purchase and download it.
However, you can still customize your website
template by changing the colors in the color
scheme, and by changing images and text as well
so that it ends up looking different from the
original template. Yet for the most part the
design and layout will remain the same.
Then there’s the matter of time. When building
your site with a pre-built template, your
website will be up and running within a fraction
of the time that it takes to build a custom
website from scratch. It can take days and even weeks to design a
custom-design on your own. Yet with a pre-built
template, you can be up and running within a
matter of hours. And within days, you can have a
complete ecommerce website ready to go.
The cost of building your website with a
pre-built template is very affordable as well.
You can purchase and download a
professionally-designed website template for as
little as $30- $65 dollars from
TemplateMonster.com, where as a web development
company may charge you thousands of dollars for
building a similar website design.
Furthermore, you’ll have access to hundreds, if
not thousands of template designs to choose
from. It may take more time to choose a template
for your business than it will to edit and
upload that template.
Image is another important factor in website
design as well. And a professional look and feel
builds instant credibility with your website
visitors.
Pre-built templates such as those offered by
TemplateMonster.com are designed by the same
professionals who build and design custom
websites as well. But with website templates,
you’ll have access to professional designs
without having to pay the high cost of a custom
design.
You can browse
TemplateMonster.com and choose
from thousands of professional website
templates. You can choose from different
template categories as well and then customize
it yourself.
For example, you can take a template design for
an internet book store and customize it to sell
software instead.
The possibilities are endless with website
templates when you’re in control.
Many templates come with extra options as well
such as extra pages, extra graphics, photo
galleries, blogs and more. And many ecommerce
templates offer dynamic features such as online
ordering, credit card processing and online
customer service chat.
Navigation of your website can be previewed and
tested before purchasing the template. It’s
important to know how your website will function
and template providers such as
TemplateMonster.com allow you to test drive
templates before you buy. |
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Quality of
website template designs
The quality of
template designs can vary from one
template provider to another.
Furthermore, it’s safe to say that you
get what you pay for.
For example, your
web host provider may offer its
customers free website templates when
your website is hosted on their server.
Web design
programs also come with pre-installed,
website templates to make it easier for
the user to build their website online.
And there are many
free website template providers on the
internet as well.
However, such
templates are not designed with a
professional look and feel. |
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You
can search Google.com for "free web site
templates" and find thousands of free website
template providers. Yet, these same free website
templates will most likely be low quality
templates and may also come with some
limitations and conditions of use.
For example, you may have to provide a link back
to the website template provider from your
website. Or, you may have to place a banner or
graphic advertisement for that site on your
website as a requirement for using their website
templates for free. And many times, free website
templates are not allowed to be used for
commercial purposes.
However, it would be very difficult to find a
free, website template provider that offers
templates with professional designs and layouts
such as you would find with a paid template
provider. |
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Premium website templates
Premium and professional website
templates are designed by groups of
professional website designers which do
nothing but design professional websites
for a living.
And since templates can be sold many
times over, template designers are able
to sell such templates at very
affordable prices. The designer benefits
and the customer benefits as well.
The designer is able to build and sell
professional templates without having to
deal with the customers. The customer is
able to have a professional website
design at a very affordable price. And
best of all, you get to see what your
website will look like before you
purchase the actual template. |
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Furthermore, the customer
won’t have to pay expensive hourly rates for
website design as rates per hour and per page
can be very expensive. But with a template, once
you pay for the template, you can download it
immediately.
You can also purchase and download an exclusive
template as well in order to ensure that no one
else will have that same website design. Once
you purchase the template with an exclusive
purchase option, the template is removed from
display and is no longer available for anyone to
download. And with an exclusive template, many
designers of those templates are available to
make changes to the template as well. However,
you can also make your own changes to the
template to create a unique template as well. |
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Ecommerce templates
Professional ecommerce
templates are also available online. And there
are many types of ecommerce templates to choose
from as well.
Magento templates:
Magento is a very popular, open source, PHP
ecommerce template which runs on the Magento
eCommerce platform. And Magento templates can
also run on Linux, Unix, Mac and Windows as
well. And since
Magento templates are open source technology,
templates can be downloaded for free. And
premium Magento templates can be purchased and
customized as well, not only for design and
layout but also for search engine optimization.
VirtueMart
templates: VirtueMart, which runs on a
Joomla-based eCommerce engine, is an
open-source, ecommerce solution which supports
all major payment gateways. VirtueMart is a cost
effective, professional and easy to set-up,
storefront solution for big businesses and small
businesses as well.
osCommerce
templates: osCommerce is a very
popular, easy to use, Open Source solution that
is available for free. And with an osCommerce
template you can be up and running within
minutes. osCommerce templates allow website
owners to start, build and run an online store
with little effort and no costs. Professional
and customized osCommerce templates are also
available as well.
CRE Loaded
templates: CRE Loaded templates run on
the CRE Loaded eCommerce platform and have much
more to offer than your average ecommerce
templates. CRE Loaded templates are one of the
most advanced eCommerce templates on the
Internet. The CRE Loaded shopping cart is fully
equipped with multiple ecommerce features as
well. And with CRE templates, you can switch
from one design to another with ease.
Zen Cart
templates: Zen Cart is another open
source ecommerce software that allows you to
update your storefront catalog without having to
use HTML coding. It’s easy to use, and anyone
can add products, descriptions and change prices
with ease. Zen Cart offers free and premium
template designs as well.
With pre-built, website
templates the possibilities are endless. And
with a template, anyone can have a professional
website at an affordable price. Step-by-step installation
instructions for templates are provided with
every template package as well.
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To view and test drive a
vast selection of professional, website
templates please visit
www.TemplateMonster.com |
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TemplateMonster.com is a
leading website template provider, providing
customers with a diversity of ecommerce products
and services.
The Template Monster
library is currently the largest on the
Internet, with over 20,000 website template
designs available and adds on average, 450-500
new designs monthly.
To view and test drive a
vast selection of professional, website
templates please visit
TemplateMonster.com |
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