Is it ok to use templates?

I am new to web publishing... so for my first site... i just want to use a template instead of reinventing the wheel.
what do you think?

 

Which templates you want to use ?

 

from the free sites like oswd.org

Design is an uphill thing to learn unless you already know it, which i don't.

 

I'd like to know what you all did for your first websites. Did you use a template or try and design yourself?

 

my first was angelfire, but i got bored quick so i started to learn to make my own designs. that was a several years ago, now i just collect templates to sell.

 

why not? If you want to learn it is helpfull to start from templates.
most of us did.

 

I dont find anything wrong with using a template for websites. But depends on your clients taste.