Premade Skins - Great or hate?

[Rick Ace]

Mar 29, 2010 12:53:49 GMT -8 [Yols] said:

Mar 20, 2010 17:31:14 GMT -8 Lugubrious said:

Usually I won't join forums with premade layouts. I value admins who work hard and care enough about the site to set aside a couple hours to make a truly unique skin.

Yours isn't bad, although I would incorporate some color into the skin. I like the header image. It isn't technically challenging to create, but it looks good against the rest of the flat forum.

Just because someone uses premade doesn't mean that the admins dont work hard and care about the site lol. They probably care enough that they don't want to use crappy graphics, especially if they don't know how to make graphics themselves

I agree. As long as it's not a resource forum, premade skins are okay. But as I stated above, it's the job of the user to request changes and customization to the premade skin. I know I would provide customization to my skins if asked. Just pst on the site you found the pre-made skin and ask them for tiny changes They'll gladly help in most cases.

[Lugubrious]

I dunno, I think that if they want an original site, they should either find a really hard-to-find skin so there won't be many others with the same one, or go find someone who can make graphics. It is important to me to have a site that is fully original. If you can't make a site, then go join one.