Ok, I’ve tried a few of the free templates that are available for Joomla! some are good some are not.
I tried one that I really like, the spacing is good, everything seems to stay on the page and buttons are properly placed. I’m not using it right now because it is a little dark and difficult to read. So I changed it.
I tried on that the was just awful. The verbage on the page wasn’t in the right places or the lables would overlap other things. You could hardly read it. Ugh.
The one I’m using now,
with the purple grid thing at the top, it’s got some issues as well. The Search button is in the wrong place for the search box. The submit article page, which I know many of you don’t see, well when I open it the editor runs off the available page and so I can’t see like the last 2 or 3 spaces to the right. It’s a little weird when checking spelling.
I set out last week to figure out what the problem was. I was very disappointed to figure out that it’s in the template, which leaves me to find a different template, fix this template, or write my own.
I must say, though these are free templates, some of the places that I got them at indicate that they sell templates as well. I’m not sure I think it’s very good advertising to put muddled templates out for free and then put out your “pro” stuff that may or may not be just as muddled. This is just a personal complaint. I know I have high standards. I expect that you it it’s your business then you would only put out high quality stuff if you want people to purchase from you.
I get the argument that it’s free and if you want it fixed you should pay for it. Yeah right. What a rip off and how dare they. People will still pay for your work if they want something specific. The free templates are very generic and don’t always offer the customization someone may need so why not offer good stuff that is very generic for free and not that many of them. Then when people want something more specific to their industry or their business or such that’s where you make your business.
That’s just me though.
I still haven’t figured out what I’m going to do about my little dilema. I’m probably going to edit one of the templates that I like and make it work for me. At least that’s probably what I’ll do for now. Don’t look for it anytime soon though. It will be a while before I get it figured out to clean up everything that I think needs work.
Cheers
Originally published at: suguayproductions.com/joomla which has been discontinued.
