Best Source For Templates?

[trickobrien]

Just recently purchased a template from template monster,but want to confirm before final install that its ok to use.

Have run the template on a test install with 1.3.9d and everything seems to work ok,but if anyone has reasons why not to proceed with them,please let me know,and also recommend a better source if any

thanks in advance

[stevesh]

Generally, TM templates work OK until you try to modify them in any way. Their non-standard way of coding changes makes editing the template nearly impossible, and you'll probably not be able to get much help here, since we don't have access to the non-template files they've changed. You won't find many people here who recommend them.

Most of the store-bought templates for Zencart come, one way or the other, from TM, mostly through resellers.

The 'better source' I would recommend is your own creativity. It isn't that difficult to learn to style Zencart, and you'll save $160 or more.

It's my belief that website appearance is overrated anyway, as long as it's not cluttered and the design doesn't get in the way of the functionality.

[trickobrien]

a friend sold a site recently for a considerable ammount of money,and it was ugly as sin-i hear ya,but i need to pretty up the default zen theme (for a food site) and i would need a coder to design a template,unable to do it myself

[stevesh]

That's my point - you don't need a 'coder'. I don't know any programming languages save HTML and CSS and do fairly well styling Zencart.

[afo]

There are free templates available for Zen Cart which may give you a head start on what you'd like to do. You can see them at http://(sorry, site offline)/. Use the pull down menu to change templates and see what they'll look like on a website.

[trickobrien]

Yeah now that i see the community opinion on Template Monster,wish i hadnt spent $140 with them