| This tip is really more for the person designing the web | | | | header is essentially going to be the same for each |
| site than for the people who will be visiting that site. | | | | page with minor modifications. For example, let's say |
| Web site design is tough enough without making things | | | | you had a simple four page site with a main page, |
| harder on ourselves. By using templates, either custom | | | | articles page, products page and contact page. The |
| made or (shudder) off the rack, we can greatly | | | | header might read something like "John Doe's Web |
| reduce our web site design time and focus on areas | | | | Site" on each page with the minor modification of |
| where we can be more productive. This article will give | | | | including the topic of the page in each header. The |
| you some tips that I have personally found useful to | | | | template would be the generic header and from that |
| make the most efficient use of templates in your | | | | you would create each individual page header. This |
| design. Hopefully, after reading this, you'll have some | | | | greatly cuts down on the amount of work you do. |
| info that you can put to good use. | | | | The same process applies to your navigation bar as |
| Templates are a quick and easy way to get multi | | | | well. If you use individual GIF or JPEGS for your links, |
| page web sites done in a flash. For one thing, if you're | | | | simply create a blank design and then fill in the page |
| designing a site for yourself, or anyone for that matter, | | | | name, articles, products, etc. as you need them. This |
| you want each page to have a uniform look unless | | | | also is a great time saver. Plus, if you add pages to |
| there are going to be certain pages that due to certain | | | | your site over time, you simply have to take your blank |
| content, have to be designed differently. But these are | | | | templates and add the additional page names to them. |
| going to be the exception to the rule. For the most | | | | And, if you use CSS to format the pages, all you have |
| part, you can design a template and use it for every | | | | to do is then update the CSS file and you're done. |
| page of your site with no problem. | | | | Designing templates is a great way to get a lot of |
| Designing a template is actually very simple. Most | | | | work done in a very short amount of time. It's efficient, |
| standard web pages are composed of a header, a | | | | it's easy and it makes web site design very flexible. |
| navigation bar, and the main body of the page. The | | | | Just the way it's supposed to be. |