Design For Hosting Site

[shugster]

Hi folks

I've just converted my hosting site to reseller status, and I'm having difficulty putting together a good page that looks professional enough to generate customers.

So who do you reccommend?

[Fraser]

You could try templatemonster for a template to get you started. Might be worth getting someone to design something unique in the long run but it's a shortcut to getting something that looks good.

[accelerator]

You might be able to find/hire a designer through freelancers.net or csszengarden.com.

Rgds

accelerator

[lowndsy]

Me! Or failing that, template monster does have a lot of hosting templates, but they all seem to be instantly recognisable as templatemonster sites - dunno if that bothers you.

[Aquanuke]

Originally Posted by lowndsy but they all seem to be instantly recognisable as templatemonster sites - dunno if that bothers you.

Yep they are and they seem to popup everywhere. The bright colours and cartoonie look about them. But I guess its like everyone here would go "ooo its a templatemonster template" but most normal folks wouldnt think that.

Its also very surprising that ive never seen the same template twice on the www. I do get about a bit so thats probs good reason not to buy the theme outright (for big bucks) and just buy the cheap copy for $20-$40.

[Frostie]

You could also try a website called Boxed art. You pay $50 but for this you have unlimited downloads for a whole year. The number of template aren't anywhere near that of TM, although the quality of some are just as good. I've used them for 2 years now and its saved me a small fortunte over buying a template for each site from TM - just another one to consider

Aff Link: BoxedArt

No Aff Link: BoxedArt

[shugster]

I'm liking BoxedArt, what rights do you get with the templates, could you resell them?

[andymoo]

Originally Posted by accelerator You might be able to find/hire a designer through freelancers.net or csszengarden.com. Rgds accelerator

or rentacoder.com

[andymoo]

Originally Posted by Fraser You could try templatemonster for a template to get you started. Might be worth getting someone to design something unique in the long run but it's a shortcut to getting something that looks good.

I can't speak for anyone else but a template driven site looks like just that and that would enough of a turn off to stop me doing business with a site..... Quick fix yes but not a great solution imho

[jasonflk]

Originally Posted by andymoo I can't speak for anyone else but a template driven site looks like just that and that would enough of a turn off to stop me doing business with a site..... Quick fix yes but not a great solution imho

If shugster aim is to sell to web professionals I would agree with you, But Joe public would be happy with such a design and won't know any better.

For another option of templates you can try

www.pixelmill.net

Jason

[andymoo]

Originally Posted by jasonflk But Joe public would be happy with such a design and won't know any better.

I totally agree!