COFFEE SHOP WEBSITE DESIGN
Why You Need a Website For Your Coffee Shop
Designing a Good Café Website
Considering the Coffee Brand
Build w/ Conversion Rate Optimization in Mind
Employ Web Design Best Practices
Consider Optimal Web Development
Design for User Experience
The Best Coffee Websites
What You Need to Know About HTML
Coffee Website Templates
Website Builders / CMS Platforms
How do you go about using website templates? Usually you'll need to first employ a "website builder" or content management system (CMS).
Traditionally, the term website builder has been used to refer to two subsets of tools you can use to make a website. The first is a "locally installed" piece of software like Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft FrontPage. Some of these applications have been discontinued and have given way to online platforms referred to a CMS platforms.
Commonly used CMS platforms include Shopify, WordPress, Magento, Squarespace etc.. You can find a list of commonly used content management systems here.
For the purposes of a coffee shop website, you will likely consider going with a platform like WordPress or Shopify. Either of these CMS tools will allow you to build a website using a template or theme.
For a deeper dive, check out our detailed breakdown of CMS and Website Builders for Coffee Shop Websites.
That said, if you're interested in launching a website quickly and choosing a platform that's easiest to learn I recommend Shopify.
Shopify, not surprisingly, also has a number of themes suitable for a coffee shop website:
The theme above is called "Fresh" and you can view a preview here.