In making my new index I used a template. The template made it so I did not have to do as much coding and it was easier to get the content into a pre-made site. One of the downsides is the fact that it took a long time to figure out what css corresponded to the actual content so it was hard to change the background colors and text color. The new index page turned out a lot cleaner than if I had not used a template and it has some features that would have taken me a very long time to add. I believe that most professional web designers don't create a lot of sites from scratch but have templates they made or found and use them as the base of any new sites. I think that if you make a template and use it for your sites that it is a good idea but if you are just copying other peoples templates for a profit it is not right and almost should be plagiarism.