Introducing Website Templates
So you need a website to be developed - naturally you search for a website developer to make your website. In deciding who to choose, you should think about one essential factor: do I require a bespoke website or a website template?
What’s the differences between template and bespoke sites?
A website template uses pre-developed code, and you either form your requirements around how the website template functions, or the website template can be adjusted to better match your requirements. A bespoke site is tailor made for you. You express your website requirements to the designer, and they create a site built precisely around your needs.
Here are the pros and cons of a templated website
The advantages: A template uses sturdy, fully tested, stable and secure code, usually comes with free updates, is very quick and easy to setup and deploy, and will be far cheaper than having a bespoke website built.
The disadvantages: the template might not exactly correspond to your prerequisites, even with adjustments made. Can the website developer customise the website template code, and if he can, how competently?
Here are the good and bad points of a bespoke template
The advantages: The site will be tailor-made to meet your demands. Since the web designer has built the website from nothing, he will have a close understanding of the codebase, and that’s a big advantage over a template if the website developer doesn’t have a great deal of understanding of the template’s codebase.
The disadvantages : it is high-priced, it takes time for a bespoke site to be prepared, and you’re taking a chance on whether the web developer is talented enough to guarantee your website is robust, safe, search-engine friendly and is accessible and usable to everyone.
After selecting the sort of website you need, you should then center on web hosting. Does the site use managed website hosting? Does it use shared hosting? Reliable web hosting is essential to the success of your site. Focus also on backups - make sure your site information is backed up on a daily basis.
