Review – Artisteer Web Template Designer

Artisteer - CMS Template GeneratorI’m currently reviewing and evaluating a really neat program for designing and modifying CMS templates.  I do have some pretty steep requirements for what such a thing might be able to do, but as advertised, it should generate templates for the most popular content management systems, including WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and DotNetNuke.  So…..  what does it really need to do rather than just generating cookie-cutter sites, to be useful as a design tool?

Here’s what I want to know:

  • Can I use my own images and theme elements in a design to get something that’s actually original?
  • Can I move things around and adjust sizes and widths as I wish to get what my customer wants?
  • Does it support any type of active navigation with slick pulldowns?
  • Can I customize the navigation with javascript?

We will see!  Stay tuned… And if you want to try it out for yourself and let me know, please feel free!

– Mike