CSS Templates Possible?

[hcd888]

Hi i was wondering would it be possible to use CSS Templates, as the ones from free-css-templates.com on Zencart???

Thanks

[schoolboy]

Templates in zencart are constructed using PHP, and the code conforms to the core zencart structure. The LAYOUT of these templates is then influenced by CSS, where the declarations are dependent on Style ID's and Classes that are embedded in the PHP code.

So... ZC templates are styled using CSS, but the pages are built using PHP.

It is therefore not possible to use these free css templates, but you may possibly get some ideas that you can embody into your ZC layout & design.

[rstevenson]

A Zen Cart template is a series of files. The simplest ones are just variations on the CSS in Zen Cart, but they are variations which use the available classes and IDs in the Zen Cart code. A CSS template not designed for Zen Cart wouldn't use those class names and ID names, and therefore wouldn't work.

If you really like one of those templates, you could create a custom template to match it more or less easily, depending on the template you select.

You can read more about ZC's template process in the Tutorials/FAQ section, link in the top line above.

Rob

[hcd888]

Thanks guys for getting back to me