Website Development with a Purchased Template
Choosing the Right Template:
The client or your team selects a pre-made design from specialized platforms. Popular websites for ready-made templates include:
- ThemeForest: One of the largest platforms for HTML and WordPress templates, with thousands of ready designs for various industries.
- TemplateMonster: Offers a wide range of templates for WordPress, Joomla, Shopify, Magento, and other platforms.
- Elegant Themes: Developers of popular WordPress themes, including Divi.
- Creative Market: A website offering design themes, fonts, and templates.
- Envato Market: A subscription service that provides access to an unlimited number of themes, graphics, and resources.
Template Installation:
Once the template is selected, it is installed on a platform developed by WebCharm. This includes connecting to a CMS for content management and adding or modifying modules from the purchased template.
Content Personalization:
- Replacing demo text and images with the client’s content (logos, company information, products, services, etc.).
- Adapting colors, if necessary, to match the client’s brand.
Minimal Design Adjustments:
If necessary, minor changes are made to the CSS or theme settings to achieve the desired layout. These changes usually include fonts, spacing, and small visual elements.
Responsive Design:
In most cases, ready-made templates are already optimized for mobile devices, saving additional development time.
Publishing:
Once all text and visual materials are integrated, the website is published on a hosting server.
Advantages of Ready-Made Templates:
- Speed: Creating a website with a ready-made template is extremely fast – it can take anywhere from a few hours to a few days, depending on the level of personalization and the size of the site.
- Affordable Cost: Ready-made templates usually cost between $30 and $200. The only additional cost is for labor to personalize the template, making this approach highly cost-effective.
- Professional Design: Templates are created by professional designers and often include modern visual elements and effects.
- Responsiveness: Most ready-made templates are already optimized for mobile devices and tablets, ensuring excellent performance on all screen sizes.
- Easy Maintenance: Ready-made templates typically come with documentation, and some platforms offer support from the developers of the themes.
Disadvantages of Ready-Made Templates:
- Limited Uniqueness: The same template can be purchased by other clients, meaning the design is not entirely unique. This is suitable for small businesses that don’t require a fully original design.
- Limited Customization: The ability to modify the template depends on how it was created. Some templates may require technical knowledge for significant modifications.
- Dependency on External Code: If the template is not regularly updated by its developers, it may become incompatible with newer versions of the platform or pose security vulnerabilities.
Conclusion:
Creating a website with a ready-made template is an excellent choice for clients who want a professional and functional website at a low cost and within a short timeframe. While it does not offer the level of uniqueness of a custom design, this solution is suitable for small businesses, startup projects, or temporary websites.