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One day while searching for a Drupal® theme solution I stumbled upon the Drupal® themes at Template Monster. I was so excited at the thought of a quick and attractive theme, I immediately downloaded the free Drupal® theme. I was delighted that it worked so I purchased several themes in hopes they would work for simple brochure sites. Wow, was I disappointed.

My first complaint is with the layout of the themes. It is accomplished with tables. Tables are not search engine optimized, are inflexible, non-collapsible, and really limiting. Second, I really object to two-three defined regions which are not collapsible.

I could provide a laundry list of personal complaints, but would like to encourage you to take a look at this blog post by Top Notch Themes and the comments that followed. I wish I had read and believed Steph before I made my purchases!

To best illustrate the theme take a look at this installed Template Monster theme. If you are on an extremely tight budget, want a simple one or two page site, and are not that concerned about search engine rankings, then Template Monster may be the right fit for you. However, really take a look at the fonts, spacing, layout, and code before you buy. Make sure you know what you are buying before you grab your credit card.

Personally, I wanted to love them but found that they were awkward, clumsy, limiting, inefficient, and hard to manage. In fact, they reminded me of the band/icons "KISS". Loud and cosmetic; while it works for "KISS" it doesn't work for themes.

TemplateMonster really lives up to the name!

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