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You could not do the same layout yourself in a couple of hours, the average cost is between $35 - $50 so it's value for money in my opinion.
1. The template was in fact clearly broken after I downloaded. Eventually after a week of emails I got a fixed version of the template.
2. The templates themselves are useless. Just simple table "frame" holding up images. The whole template was images, EVEN THE TEXT!
3. The HTML was inconsistent to the visual presented. Thus one HTML table holds 2 images each visually displaying what looks like an individual table.
4. valid xhtml? HA!
5. load times? Ha!
6. Usability? Ha!
Plan on spending hours remaking the template into something decent enough that you are not ashamed to put your name on.
mailto:info@yoursiteurl.com?subject=Info
or you can use a form, which have you got in mind?
...so what do you suggest?
Use a server side script to process a contact form. Your email addy stays hidden that way.
Most beginner books dealing with php will offer such a script as an example. Or, there are many scripts floating around out there that can be easily modified.
WBF
google has indexed the new sites every time so I don't feel it's an issue, I purchased the template's because of the layout and style of the graphics which are very professional
If you want to mask your email, another way is to put in a flash file that looks like HTML.
The looking of their templates are good. But from the view point of SEO, you should not use them:) It seems their designers start from photoshop (or others, who know) and draw the whole webpages and then split them into tables. You can, however buy a template and use their designs and pictures to create a search engine friendly web page.
You're correct.
However, most professional looking designs nowadays are done using photoshop and split into tables. And they have no problem in Google. As long as the content of the pages is text and not all images, you should be ok.
