Do you use free layouts?

Started by 蜃気楼 April 27th, 2009 6:13 PM
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Do you use free layouts?

Seen February 27th, 2010
Posted October 20th, 2009
246 posts
15.9 Years
Do you go to other Pokemon fansites and download their free layouts and use it on your site? Do you violate the Term of Use of their site? Do you prefer layouts made by yourself?

I don't use free layouts, because:
  • They have [X]HTML errors
  • I must edit the layout to make it work on my site
  • They require crediting/link back

Please vote on this poll, and discuss: Are free layouts useful?

Ooka

Cosmic

Age 30
Challenging The E4
Seen September 15th, 2022
Posted January 18th, 2020
2,621 posts
15.8 Years
I think they're useful to learn coding without a webpage editor, as it makes it easier to see how the code influenced the way the page is laid out. However, with knowledge of coding myself, I never use them, as they contain too many errors, or too precise measurements to even be adjusted, and then you have to link back to the site, just too much of a hassle when I can make them myself.
Female
Resort Area
Seen May 12th, 2015
Posted October 4th, 2010
79 posts
14.1 Years
i agree with Ooka on that one, it is better to learn your own code. i only use layouts as a reference. "let me try to make this layout on my own." it develops great skill and you can make your own layouts and call them your own.

Rukario

Banned

Somewhere in Ilex Forest
Seen April 6th, 2019
Posted March 17th, 2019
7,587 posts
20.7 Years
we have a collection of some 6,000 'premade' open source layouts (all valid html/css).. we use some of them for a starting point to generate some client sites (usually its based on THEIR likes and we edit to their specific needs)

for my own sites I tend to design and code my own (although for some, like drupal and wordpress, I use premade and edit the heck out of them) layouts and so forth..

Both ways has it's place in the webby world.. premades for speed and ease of deployment, and hand coded for customizations and uniqueness.
Seen February 27th, 2010
Posted October 20th, 2009
246 posts
15.9 Years
It is hard to make layouts in WordPress, phpBB, VBulletin and other major Web apps... Too much files and too much learning curve.
I used a theme generator and edited the generated theme.

It is somewhat unprofessional if others know you are using someone else's layout..