anyone use photography website templates?

[lingreon]

I am looking to get a website and was wondering if anyone has ever purchased a template to do their website.
I am overwhelmed with the choices out there:::!

Can you share names of companies and your experiences?
I have no html coding skills or any site building skills. we are talking plugging in my photos into a simple showcase.
many thanks in advance!

[moose135]

:scratch How about using SmugMug? Most of the templates, styles, and other stuff is already done for you. All you need to do is upload your photos, make a few choices on styles, and you are good to go. For a simple showcase, you don't need to know HTML, CSS, or anything else.

And just for you, I can set you up on a sweet deal to get a discount on your first year's price :thumb

[lingreon]

thanks for the heads up. I just joined so I am not yet familiar with all the ins and outs of smugmug.
will be taking you up on your suggestion! :thumb

[ChatKat]

You can use a Smugmug site and with a pro account totally customize it - I totally love the ease of my site and it has a totally different flavor with my brand on it. David Wolf did my site for me.

[kd2]

Ditto for the Smugmug pro account. I did a little work on my own to get it set up, then I hired Dr. David (David Wolf), a Smugmug customizer, to do everything else. I'm very happy with my site and I get a lot of nice comments on the way it looks.

[DrDavid]

Thanks!! If you want your smugmug site to look great, check out my samples here: http://www.wolfsnap.com/samples for an idea of the type of work we do. Then fill out my form here: http://www.wolfsnap.com/smugization and I'll send you info on cost, etc.

All our sites are custom made. No 'templates' are used :)

David

[raebrown]

I agree with the previous posts that Smugmug is a great site for hosting photos...I must, I`m using it! Whether you hire a customizer or use Smugmug`s builtin Easy Customizer I think you`ll be pleased. You can also get lots of cusomization help on the DGrin forums. Good Luck!

[lingreon]

thanks everyone for your suggestions! I do have the pro account and so I am off to explore the possibilities :)
Cheers.