Web Design & Hosting
I spend a portion of time in my day job working on website design. It’s something I enjoy, but when there are 8,549 other projects going on, it’s hard to get my mind really set in design mode. It takes a fair amount of relaxation and quiet, creative space for me to be successful when designing websites, and I don’t always get that at work. So I don’t have any shame in getting help from some of the great sites out there offering website templates. These sites have saved my hide a number of times at work when I’ve been asked to put something together under a tight deadline. I can imagine these templates are even more helpful for people who don’t know - or desire to know - the first thing about designing a website. Everyone wants a website these days, and templates are a great way to get started.
On the personal side, I maintain a few websites for friends, family, and business associates. For a while we were hosting the sites on a laptop in our home office, but one of our clients’ sites have really taken off, so we needed another plan. We decided that a business web hosting or ecommerce web hosting solution would work best for their needs. I’ll still maintain the site, taking care of any redesigns or changes that need to happen, but I’ll be able to rest easier knowing the site won’t be going down at whim because it was slammed with traffic.
There’s still some web development work that needs to happen before we can make the switch, due to some technology limitations - so I need to get busy with that. Unfortunately, there are no templates for what I need done on the programming side!
Are you looking to get a website up and running? Consider using some templates to get started; you’ll save a lot of time - time that could be better spent on more important business matters.
