editing templates

[benjas]

can all the preset templates be use with site builder?

[Keith W]

None of the free templates offered by Hostgator can be used

[benjas]

maybe i was not clear. I meant that host gator offers 4,500 templatesand my uestion is if all these can be used with the parallels site builder that is offered.

please advice me

[Keith W]

None of those templates can be used in the site builders offered by Hostgator.

Each of those templates will have a list of recommended software that can be used to edit/modify them

[benjas]

so why to bother showing us that we can edit them with parallels if then we wont be able to, is not that a little deceiving?

[Keith W]

It doesn't say that

[benjas]

it might not say it but when you try the demo you can do it

[Keith W]

The templates contained within the demo are different and not the same as the 4,500 free templates offered by Hostgator.

The 4,500 free templates offered by Hostgator can not be used in the site builder.

[benjas]

but for someone with no programming skills is this too difficult to achieve?

[GatorDavid]

Good day, benjas-

For people with little programming skills, it might be daunting to edit these templates by hand, but you can get web editors such as Dreamweaver or Expression Web to assist in editing these. I'm sure that the forum goers have some great free ones to recommend.

Sitebuilder/Sitestudio offer easier ways to create a website, but please note that the tradeoff of something being easier is that you may have less flexibility in creating a site, and in this case you're restricted to the predefined Sitestudio templates for the benefit of easier site creation.

[gwyneth]

If you have full forum access, this thread has links to several downloadable editors, and several other easy site building resources: Site studio/builder alternatives even novices can use

[alemcherry]

Originally Posted by benjas

but for someone with no programming skills is this too difficult to achieve?

You do not need any programming skills to edit templates. Any WYSIWYG editor like front page, dreamweaver (lot more) can edit HTML pages. You only need basic HTML skills and working knowledge of WYSIWYG editors, which any way is essential for any webmaster.