I’m a fan of deconstructing templates as learning tools, but never just copy/paste/replace. It’s potentially a bit of a chore to get one’s conceptual approach to change from old style FW design to responsive/inline design. There is value in seeing a working example to tweak and use trial and error experimentation. I’ve learned some nice tricks by observing things done in some templates, and translated those ideas into my own sites.
I can’t speak to Backdraft as I’ve never used it for a site design, though in some ways it may be the easier approach as you don’t have to “undo” the layout and styling and other design elements that are built into the FW responsive templates. It’s certainly more of a “clean slate”.
The templates are all on Black Friday sale right now (or soon) for super cheap. Some are worth taking a look IMHO for those wanting to learn how responsive design is done in FW.
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