So you need a website to be built – naturally you search for a web developer to make your site. In determining who to opt for, you ought to consider one primary issue: should I go for a bespoke website or a website template?

What’s the differences between template and bespoke sites?

A bespoke site is tailor-made to correspond to your requirements. You tell the website developer your needs, and they create a website developed precisely around your requirements. A website template uses already-developed code, and you either shape your requirements around how the website template works, or the website template can be changed to better correspond to your needs.

The good and bad points of a templated website

The advantages: A web template uses secure, sturdy, proven, and stable scripts, usually comes with free updates to the codebase, is very quick to setup and deploy, and will be far more money-saving than having a bespoke website designed.

The disadvantages: your template might not precisely meet your prerequisites, even with alterations applied. The ability of the web developer to tailor-make the website template will be dependent on his understanding of the template.

Here are the pros and cons of a bespoke template

The advantages : The site will be custom-made to match your prerequisites. Since the web designer will have built the website from scratch, he will have an intimate understanding of the codebase, and that’s a big advantage over a website template if the developer doesn’t have a great deal of understanding of the template’s codebase.

The disadvantages : it’s costly, it takes time for a bespoke website to be built, and you’re taking a chance on whether the website developer is skilled enough to ensure your website is robust, safe, search engine friendly and is accessible and usable to everyone.

After selecting the type of site you need, you then need to concentrate on website hosting. Will the website use dedicated web hosting? Will it use shared hosting? Reliable website hosting is critical to your site. Concentrate also on backups – ensure your website data is backed-up on a day-to-day basis.