Originally Posted by
soxophoneplayer
I used Responsive Sheffield Blue 2.0 for a number of years. It was updated from earlier version to work with zen cart 1.5.4. There were quite a few work arounds required for it to work with zc 1.5.5. Solutions to most of the requirements are found in the template forum, but not consolidated in one spot, so there is a need to go through the forum to find these helpful tidbits. I found that with each zc update there were a few more issues to deal with, partly template related and partly related to other mods I had worked in myself. With zc 1.5.5f I decided it was time to move on to a more current template. In part this was because the template author has been MIA so I lack confidence that the template will go through a 3.0 revision.
The resident responsive_classic template in zen cart is more up to date. I would caution though that it is not fully responsive. Not all sideboxes, for instance, are available 'out-of-the-box' on non desktop renderings (for instance Language and Currency selection if you market internationally). Other than that it works well and many add-on mods available in the plugins section are up to date and easy to add on. There has been lots of support on that template forum, but I worry a little about it as a key architect of that template is the same as Responsive Sheffield Blue and most of the other free templates available in the plugins.
My experience with a purchased premium template is not positive. While advertised as zc 1.5.5 updated - only the core files were in fact current to the time. Other essential mods were quite outdated and merged into custom template code such that updating the mods would break the template. And not updating those mods meant I couldn't add other mods that I consider essential. My advice on a purchased template - if it does exactly what you need out of the box, fine. If things need changing, run, don't walk away ;o)
On balance, for me, best route is to fiddle with a clone version of the zen cart resident responsive template. Its up to date. Many mods available. Helpful folks on the forums.
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