Templates

The design of your website template will basically depend upon the following:

  • The amount of text you have
  • The number of pictures you have
  • The number of navigation buttons you need
  • The number of navigation bars you need
  • The style of the content you want

There is no point in having a very wide multi-column template with if you have just a small amount of content.

Monitors

Most of our clients assume that what they see on their monitor is what everyone else will see. This is not always the case as there are so many different monitor resolutions available. A wide screen monitor will not render certain designs of template in the same way a narrower one will.

We are constantly being asked for full screen templates but before you choose one please bear in mind the following:

  • Netbooks, which due to their size and cost, are becoming increasingly more popular and normally have a width of 1024 pixels
  • Many people choose wide monitors which can now be in excess of 2500 pixels wide as they use them for watching T.V. / video

Points to Consider

  • No-one wants to use a website that scrolls sideways
  • No-one wants to read a sentence 2500 pixels wide
  • To fill a 2500 pixel width monitor with a large photograph the image would be too heavy to open quickly with slow Internet connections

Helping You Choose Your Template

Website templates can be made up of square sections, rounded sections or a combination of both. They can be one block or multi-column or a combination of both.

We will assume you will want your website to be user-friendly to everyone who will visit it.

We therefore highly recommend that you do not choose a fluid full width template as it will show the content squashed on small monitors and stretched on wide monitors.

We suggest that you use a fixed width template of not more than 1000 pixels so that everyone can use and view it with ease. To fill the space between the template and the edge of the screen a background picture or a tiled image can be used if desired.

We will offer to look at what content you have and suggest some practical ideas for you before building your website.

Template Ideas

The template designs above may be subject to change without notice.