A website template is an easy way to speed up the production of a quality website. If you tried to do it all yourself from scratch it would be a slow and tedious process and the end result might not be as original as you initially intended. Your website will probably look like many other websites out there so why re-invent the wheel... templates are the way to go.
Website design has matured over the years and experts have discovered what works and what doesn't work. This experience has resulted in a huge collection of proven website templates you can use "out of the box". Why waste your time and money creating websites from scratch when tried and tested templates are already available... even free ones.
Most people don't know what they want until they actually see it and website templates solves this problem beautifully. You can see what your website will look like before you even begin. If you have website designers working for you, just give them the template... so much easier for everyone concerned.
Once you have selected your template, just touch it up here and there, change the color scheme, use a different header, etc. to make it unique, and off you go. Every other established industry uses templates and website design should be no different.
Another important feature of a website template is the use of a css file. This file will be responsible for the overall layout, colors and functionality of every page in your website. It doesn't matter how many pages there are, just change this one file and they will all be updated automatically.
You should also be concerned about the quality of the code used in the website template. It should be clean, optimized, and use strict coding techniques which pass the validation tests... a good template will have links to free online validators.
All websites require targeted traffic so website templates should make this a top priority by designing them for search engines. This means that columns, headers and footers should be displayed in a sequence that satisfies the text-reading robots.
Once the traffic arrives at the website it is important that each visitor see each page as it was originally designed. Unfortunately, all browsers have bugs in them so a website designed for one browser might not look good in another. A template that solves this problem would be a real bonus.
Free quality website templates with special positioning for search engines plus special code for all major browsers... all in one css file. You can get 1-column, 2-column and 3-column templates with a template color picker and other useful bonuses here Free Website Templates
