Perhaps the problem is that people are confused about what constitutes a 'template'. Each individual graphic in Webstyle is a template - every banner ad, every 3D heading, every NavBar etc. When you purchase Webstyle 4 you get about 1600 templates. I'm wondering whether some people only consider page designs to be 'templates' and forget about all the other types of graphic in all the other categories?
If that's not the issue, and you still think you're missing templates then try a) hitting the Update Webstyle button to download the complete set or b) installing from the CD which has the complete set.
Template Pack 1 for Webstyle 4 is an optional extra template pack that was launched after Webstyle 4. It offers 23 new banner ad templates, and 5 complete page designs. A small number relative to the total.
There is a reason why we offer this as an optional extra. It was a very frequent user request from Webstyle 1 and 2 owners that we refreshed the template sets between our product updates (which normally fall every 12-14 months for Webstyle). This seemed like a reasonable request and a good idea and we released our first template pack in the last few months of Webstyle 3. However, if we are to put extra manpower into template design then that has to be paid for - designers are no different to programmers, sad but true they have to be paid! So if we are to do more design work, we can put the initial price up, we can put the upgrade price up, or we can charge for extra releases. Pros and cons, but to my mind the latter seems best - you look at the new designs, buy them if you like them and think they're worth it. We could always revert to the old policy, not do the extra templates between product updates, but on the whole I have to tell you that the vast majority of feedback on the new template packs has been positive. I know they'd be even more popular if they were free, but hey, even designers have to live on something!
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Kate Moir
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