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Update: I was wrong about those portfolio templates on ThemeForest for years
For like 5 years I thought using a pre-made template for my freelance site was lazy and unprofessional. Always coded from scratch or spent hours making my own layouts. Then last week I grabbed a $19 template from a designer I follow on Twitter just to test it out. Spent maybe 3 hours customizing it. My old site had a 45 second load time and zero inquiries in 2 months. New template loads in 2 seconds and I already got a lead yesterday. Has anyone else been stubborn about templates and then changed their mind?
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jessica3313mo ago
Right, but @gracej99 wasn't wrong though.
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henryr453mo ago
Haha yeah that's basically admitting you spent 5 years doing everything the hard way for no reason. Classic.
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gracej993mo ago
Exactly this. Spent way too long on my own trying to figure out things that had obvious shortcuts staring me in the face. It's like you convince yourself you're being thorough when really you're just wasting time. Owning up to it now feels dumb but at least you know better for next time.
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