Hey guys,
Anyone know of any decent templates (free or for a fee), geared towards construction businesses?
Yes, I’ve googled and come up with some results, but nothing that has really caught my eye (yet). Preferably, I’d want something simple, yet eye catching. I’m not interested in Flash intros, etc.
I’m kind of looking for the following:
– Decent layout.
– Basic funcationality (index, about, services, contacts, references, etc)
– Not heavily java-scripted (some is ok, but not heavy due to speed of downloading).
– Customizable (by me), which means, yes I want the code.
– Cross browser functionality (meaning, I don’t want the latest and greatest coding which required the users to have the latest browser).
Many hosts offer their templates and sites (3, 5 page, etc) on a montly basis, however, they don’t give you the code either, since most of it is dynamically generated while the page is accessed.
Anyone have any thoughts or recommendations?
Thanks in advance,
James
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Hi James
I also looked at a bunch of templates, and didn't find anything I liked either. The question of website design comes up here frequently, and a few months ago I had a thread about this myself. While you can (and I have) design a DIY site, I decided that since my image was heavily dependant on it I would practice what I preach and hire a pro. I went with a guy that's a regular here. He gave me a very good price, not cheap but well worth every penny. His name is "FatRoman" here and I'd strongly suggest you shoot him a PM. Here's the site he did for me:
http://www.finecontracting.com
HTH
BTW, when Steve was done, he gave me a link to do my own updating and editing but I haven't touched it since.
PaulB
Edited 5/26/2007 3:09 pm ET by PaulBinCT
I second what Paul said, but I'm a doiturselfer kind of cat and I'm building my site myself when time allows. My host is Homestead and they have a site building wizard that's mighty robust and while fairly time consuming, it's pretty easy to use. I think they have a 30 day free trial, and you own the content. The hosting fees are pretty reasonable.
http://grantlogan.net/