Comment Re:Eh, plenty of other similar sites (Score 1) 184
Yes, there are other free template sites out there (although lots of the aforementioned aren't open source. You need to credit the author, and can't do whatever you like with the code.)
But there are several things that make OSWD different:
1. Standards compliance! You won't find a design on OSWD (at least, that has been submitted in the last year.) that doesn't validate valid XHTML or HTML, and the majority are also CSS valid.
2. Community driven. EVERYTHING on OSWD is user driven. Everybody pitches in and shares their work, helps other web authors fix bugs in their code, and mentor new webmasters.
3. Selection. OSWD has/had thousands of templates you can use.. with more added every day. They are really unmatched in the free template world.
Yes, I'll be the first to admit that not all of them are quality designs. But the atomsphere, and a large number of the designs, are of the finest quality there is ;)
Josh
But there are several things that make OSWD different:
1. Standards compliance! You won't find a design on OSWD (at least, that has been submitted in the last year.) that doesn't validate valid XHTML or HTML, and the majority are also CSS valid.
2. Community driven. EVERYTHING on OSWD is user driven. Everybody pitches in and shares their work, helps other web authors fix bugs in their code, and mentor new webmasters.
3. Selection. OSWD has/had thousands of templates you can use.. with more added every day. They are really unmatched in the free template world.
Yes, I'll be the first to admit that not all of them are quality designs. But the atomsphere, and a large number of the designs, are of the finest quality there is
Josh
