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

[Sam Cohen]

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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