robgod Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 A friend and I are thinking about setting up a little web design company and have both agreed that we should create our own “template” web sites to get started. Although we are both programmers and have a reletively advanced level of PHP knowledge (admittedly, him more then me), he wants us to use a template engine called “Smarty”. ??? “Smarty” looks good but i'd never heard of it before and it looks like theres alot to learn....practically a whole other language! I’m a bit reluctant to spend time learning something that’s not an “industry standard” and would prefer to invest in learning how to do things "properly" - but at the same time, I dont want to re-invent the wheel!! I know there are other ways to do templates but is one better than the other? :-\ Whats everyone elses thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsider Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I'm with you, I'd rather invest time with the industry standard PHP, but I know nothing of thi platform, so my judgement is slightly biased. I think you guys need to discuss why this platform would be more beneficial/effective for both of you. I'm probably telling you what you already know but, go with what you know most, if both of you are fluent with PHP, i'd say: use it. Either way, good luck with your buisness. EDIT: does this platform increase the amount of time it takes to produce a site? and if it is, and you two are in control of the outcome, it might be worth checking out the platform, effeciency is certainly an aspect in that buisness, but quality is as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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