One of the good things that web site templates have given web designers is a form of design idea or inspiration. There are a lot of things you can find in a website template design that could inspire you when you are designing you own website.

There is what we call as the swap images. Swap images are any buttons that changes when clicked. Some visitors actually think that these kinds of images are interactive and find them interesting. Fireworks is used to design these swap images.

Another image that is similar to the previous is the rollover images. These images change when the mouse is placed over them. Most web designers try to use rollover images whenever they can since most users find the touch of these images classy in its simple way. Aside for aesthetic purposes, prettying up your image presentation with rollover images will not affect your site’s loading time if you use text rollovers.

Another that you can use is the DHTML. One thing you need to know about this term is that it is not a language. It is just a term coined to refer to the creative way of making interactive and dynamic web pages. Using DHTML would require you to use a combination of CSS, HTML, Javascript and the HTML DOM. DHTML is very helpful if your navigation system is a little bit complex or if you have too many sub menus. DHTML can help you neatly organize these menus in your page. To top it all, DHTML is also very easy to use.

Using Flash as your whole web page is definitely a very bad idea. However, coming up with a Flash introduction or some Flash animation in priority pages is a good idea. They do not make your site’s loading time too slow and they also create a good impression among your viewers.

Eye-catching graphics are very useful in getting the attention of the viewers. Thus, using bevels, collages, and the likes will do a lot of good for your website.

One of the advantages of making designs using tables is that they are easy to make and at the same time do not take long to load. Using tables as your design also does not take much of you versatility. What is the use of a very over-whelming website if it loads in terms of hours? Tables create the balance between impressing designs and fast loading.