Hi Mike

If you are new to zencart, then TemplateMonster templates will be the bane of your life.

While they may "look nice", they are FULL of major differences to core zencart templates - so behaviour that you expect to be able to control using standard zencart protocols, is very often just not there...

So you will spend DAYS (weeks, perhaps) of time bouncing around this forum desperately looking for answers which few people are able to give - because the vast majority of experienced helpers on the forum do NOT go near TM Templates - we HATE the damned things!

More problems start to arise when you want to add modules and plugins... You will either find that a plugin does not function when added, or breaks a whole lot of other things... and getting many add-ons to be compatible with TM templates can be several hours of work - even for an experienced zenner.

TM templates require their users to have a high degree of competency in zencart, php, css and mysql. If you plan to ADD NOTHING and TAKE NOTHING AWAY from your site in its lifetime, then live with the restraints of a TM template. I know of nobody that does not want to introduce improvements to their site.

You would be better off using one of the many free templates to start with, then designing your own around one that you like.