What is better to start? Demo or empty

[BigAl49]

I bought the book, using the download as I wanted it "Right Now".

Printed it and put the pages in plastic sleeves.

It never leaves my desk.

Worth it?? YEAH!!!

BigAl

[schoolboy]

Creating a "sophisticated" template is a challenge for most novices, regardless of what platform they are using.

As has been said often on this forum: "You are limited only by your expertise, skill and dedication".

There are many excellent "free" templates available, and I often use them for what we call "skeletal" development.... we install them because we like the way they POSITION key elements, and then we apply our own changes. Most people (on low budgets particularly) use this approach.

Treat some of the more "popular" purveyors of templates with caution. TemplateMonster and Algozone should be used only if you have 20,000 years to fathom out just what they did to the core code to get it to render a page the way it does. And they also create many nightmares when you want to add more modules.

"The Book" is a must-have... It covers a large number of issues relating to the Admin Panel's controls and I still refer to my copy on occasion.

[verzulsan]

Thanks a lot to all of you for the nice answers, now I am ready for purchasing it.

School boy, since I am Spanish I didn’t get some of what you said, What is “purveyors” and “TemplateMonster “and “Algozone”?, this whole sentence I didn’t get “TemplateMonster and Algozone should be used only if you have 20,000 years to fathom out just what they did to the core code to get it to render a page the way it does.”

Thanks again

[verzulsan]

One last question about the users manual, does it keep updated to last version? what is the actual version of the book?

Thanks

[schoolboy]

Are you from Barcelona... the BEST city in the universe!

purveyors = sellers

templatemonster - a big money-grabbing beast on the internet.

algozone - a zone where you must never go.



The e-book I believe, is kept updated on the fly. The print book is produced by a company called LULU and they only start printing YOUR copy when you order it. (Yes they print one copy at a time... and I believe this is done in Spain). Send a PM to canopy, the guy who wrote it.

[verzulsan]

The e-book I believe, is kept updated on the fly. The print book is produced by a company called LULU and they only start printing YOUR copy when you order it. (Yes they print one copy at a time... and I believe this is done in Spain). Send a PM to canopy, the guy who wrote it.

Hello Schoolboy, sorry for the delay answering I still don’t have enough free time for this, thanks a lot for the information, it was very helpful and I finally have the e-book :)

purveyors = sellers
templatemonster - a big money-grabbing beast on the internet.
algozone - a zone where you must never go.

Perfect, now did I understand all of your last post.

Are you from Barcelona... the BEST city in the universe!

Hahaha, I am from Seville but right now I wish I were there, its really hot in here hehe. I have never been in Barcelona but a lot of people says it really cool. I'll probably move there when I get enough money with my store

Again, thanks a lot for your answer ;)