Guest Posted May 16, 2008 Posted May 16, 2008 I know this has probably been posted somewhere but I can not find. I want to modify the template. So why questions are do I have to just create a new template from scratch or what is the file that I can alter to change the layout. I don't seen a template section and I am afraid if I alter just the index it will not change everything. Or Do I just have to alter the CSS and that will change it. Any help would be great.
ihatedeskjets Posted May 16, 2008 Posted May 16, 2008 Hi, The css will allow you to alter the colors and style of text, borders, backgrounds etc etc but will not allow you to move boxes around, you can do this manually by editing the various php files like column_left.php etc to include boxes or not. But to do a proper job have a look at the STS contrib, it allows you to design your own layout using a html template and use placenames for boxes etc etc. Be aware if you take the STS route you might have difficulty adding other contribs as i've found its sometimes incompatible with other mods. It's been ages since I tried it so I could be wrong on this. Personally I chose to create my own index.html frontpage which links to my php pages. I can put what I like where I want it then and use the same css, also it's easier to make an index.html w3c compliant than it is to clean up the index.php. I guess thats why the php files are in a folder called catalog ? I dont think it was designed to run in root really. If you think about it, your frontpage is your shop front, if people choose to enter they have already been hooked and wont mind the layout inside as long as they can find the products and checkout without fuss, you can customize the php part of the site easily with a good css design and custom buttons and a decent logo in the header. Plus a html frontend will load quicker (or should).
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