ready made templates?

[ekohl]

i found some ready made templates available for sale- anyone used them with success? Please enlighten me either way..... is it correct to asume you download and cutomize in MS front page or publisher..... what do you guys think?

[Graydon]

depends upon what type of site they are for... flash templates, wordpress, typepad, other??

[ekohl]

most are flash, and come with html code as well.

[ekohl]

mywiser-
thanks!!!

[ngoduyviet]

And some flash designs do not allow you to change their content unless you have Macromedia & know how to tweak it.

[ekohl]

smugmug may be my answer......

[abril1127]

I used the photon template off of www.flashvillage.com (had some tweaks done to it)
They have tutorials to help you along. You do have to have a flash software.

[LanceHaynie]

Flash templates almost always require you to have Adobe Flash (the creator, not reader). I would suggest staying away from any flash templates. Search engines do not index them properly, if at all. Also, if you can use Flash you wont need a template, trust me flash is not as intuitive as you may think; at least not for me.

I would say if your going to go with a prefabricated template, stick with plain HTML. I always use Dreamweaver CS3 to edit, in my opinion it is the best web development tool you will ever use.