Website Templates – An Alternative To Custom Design

A number of websites offer free or commercial pre-made website "templates". These are pre-made, stock, multi-page, websites with all the features of a custom site. You can use them pretty much out of the box adding your own images and text to make the site yours, or you can change them around considerably using the template as a base to lead to your own custom design. Commercial offerings range from a few dollars to a few hundred. Price doesn't always determine the real value so check around carefully to be sure you have what you want before you buy. Free offerings are typically more basic but may offer all the features you need. You should probably start with a free one first if only to look at how they are structured and get a feel for how much effort will be needed to modify the template. You can often hire a web designer to make the modifications for you and end up with a professional website that costs much less than a custom site.