Today I would like to talk about web templates customization.

If you have purchased a web template but still worry that the same web site design can be used by others, you have two ways. The first one - you may choose to pay for a “unique purchase” for a higher fee and lock the design from being sold to others. In this case you will have not quite original design because of the previous sales that will lead to potentially the same design with others. And as the alternative of this, you may customize the template and make it more suitable to the needs of your project.

Some people mislead the others saying that customization of the website templates can cost them as much as hiring a webmaster or designer. Well, everything depends on the type of work and the preferred changes.

Once I purchased a template and ordered customization at templatetuning.com. So I would be happy to share my experience with all of you.

Templatetuning.com being a partner of Template Monster sells TM’s products and provides customization services. With their help you may change graphics, image animation, feel and look of a menu, modify page content, layout and resolution. Your any wish will be fulfilled within a couple of business days.

So, if you have already selected the desired template from their vast collection, you should pay for it first. And no one cares that the color scheme or any other template elements don’t suit your project, you pay for a template as a whole. The price includes the price for the images, layout of the pages, and the source files (fla, swf, html, psd). Also keep in mind that the cost of customization services depends on a specific web template and can vary.

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Then you proceed to the Chat Room, and the Sales Manager will help you create a customization description for your template. He or she will calculate the total amount you have to pay for the customization work and set time-frames for the work to be done. By the way, here is the direct link to the templatetuning.com support chat

Moreover, every customer of Templatetuning.com acquires a login and a password to his account. The account interface will enable you to see the progress of your customization work and be in touch with Templatetuning.com Support Team.

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If you are still unsure in the quality of service they provide, you may customize the template by yourself. Customizing web templates shouldn’t be too hard … But to be honest it comes down to so many different things:

How comfortable are you around HTML/CSS?
Does the template use any other languages such as PHP and will your changes effect that?
What sort of software (if any) are you going to use to make your changes?
How complex is the template in the first place?