STS template that uses CSS

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THE DESCRIPTION IS TOO VAGUE AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT

 

two files are included sample_index.php.html & tableless_osc.css

FTP both to your server under catalog, http://www.yourdomain.com/catalog/

then browse http://www.yourdomain.com/catalog/sample_index.php.html

edit div inside tableless_osc.css

 

I HAVE UPLOADED MANY CONTRIBS INCLUDING EASY POPULATE AND GRAPHIC BOXES

BUT I CANNOT FIGURE THIS ONE OUT. SEEMS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...h,tableless+CSS

 

Is this contrib really working? I am going to have over 140,000 products so meta tagging them seemed redundant to say the least. I figure why do that when I can just use css instead of html template tables and the content will become available to search engines.

 

this is what someone wrote on http://www.osc-help.net/product_info.php?c...roducts_id=3511

 

"Originally when it came to reinstalling my site I was going to replace the nested table version with a more modern CSS / XHTML version. As I was a total beginner in CSS / XHTML my first attempts were completely not what I wanted and I couldnt understand why until I came across this contribution which help me alot. What it does is a provide a standard template with a CSS stylesheet already setup in the style of the standard oscommerce header / 3 column layout / footer. The difference that it makes are: a) The content is higher to the top (better for search engine rankings) B) There is more content to code ratio (using nested tables creates lots of unnecessary code) What you will find is that the side column infoboxes will be still be generated using nested tables due to the classes/boxes.php so you will need some php knowledge to convert them into DIV which I have done. I found this contribution invaluable to helping me understand webdesign using CSS and I can honestly say that my site has higher rankings due to it."

 

WHY USE THE HTML STS TEMPLATE WHEN IT LOADS SLOWER AND HIDES CONTENT FROM SEARCH ENGINES SO THAT YOU HAVE TO META TAG EVERYTHING? --- CONFUSED.

 

I need to make a descision about how to further customize this website because the deadline is like a week away. I appreciate any helpful advice.