[consulting] Examples of great looking Drupal sites without custom design

[Sarah Poger Gladstone]

Sam -

A site I like for Drupal themes that you can just drop in the logo, and be
done is:  http://drupal2u.com




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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Sam Cohen <sam at samcohen.com> wrote:

> Thank you everyone for the sites -- really helpful examples.
>
> Bill, I was looking for examples of good looking sites using contributed
> themes, sites that required virtually no design work, except a banner and
> maybe changing the colors.
>
> I think a design UI is very helpful, but if there's no design budget, it's
> only useful if it's built on top of a design that looks great out of the box
> -- and then can be tweaked.  If it's built on top of something unpolished
> like Zen  it's probably not going to be that helpful to organization without
> a design budget.
>
> Sam
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Bill Fitzgerald <bill at funnymonkey.com>wrote:
>
>> On 6/22/10 6:49 AM, Shai Gluskin wrote:
>> > Sam's a developer; the fact that Fusion/Skinr can give you a lot of
>> > design control at the UI level will not really save the client any
>> money.
>> This is a highly debatable statement - I'd almost say it's wildly
>> inaccurate. If a client doesn't have budget for a designer, but they can
>> access basic design options via a UI that guides them toward sustainable
>> options, that will save them time and money through all stages of the
>> project.
>>
>> They can get a better looking site at launch.
>>
>> They will be able to maintain their site through updates, as custom
>> modifications won't break on upgrade.
>>
>> They will be able to change their look and feel later (albeit in the
>> ways that are supported via the UI) by using these options. Or, for less
>> money than would be required to maintain a fully customized theme, they
>> can build additional options that can then be accessed via the UI.
>>
>> Additionally, I never mentioned anything about Fusion. We've never used
>> it, and likely never will.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bill
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