Where can I fine good looking templates like these.

[apples]

Hi,

Where can I find good looking templates like these?

http://www.naildelights.com/
http://www.clevershoppers.com/
http://www.moissaniteco.com/
http://www.mollybrownlondon.com/
http://www.coppermoon.net/

These all look kick a**. Much much better than the stock template or even other verions of the stock template with different colors.

Surely you must get more sale from a great looking site compared to a standard stock template?

Where can I find templates like these? Any change I can get them free?

Cheers,
Peter
Soon to be WeldingShop.com.au

[schoolboy]

These are usually very carefully crafted custom templates, but SOMETIMES they are clever "tweaks" to the css.

When I see a site I like, I copy their css and (using firefox tools), "apply" their css to my site to see what happens.

Sometimes, they use a "free" template, and then customize the css.

I am doing this with the apple_zen template.

If you look at:

(sorry, site offline) and load the Apple Zen template

compare it with:

www.callmecupcakes.co.uk

... yes, both are Apple Zen core templates!

[apples]

where do I acces the css files to change them around?

[schoolboy]

Use Firefox browser with the web-developer toolkit add-on.

This allows you to analyse and edit many components of a displayed web-page in an "off-line" mode.

You can also "view source code" to see the page's "path" to the css files.

Just run that URL through your browser:

eg:

www.callmecupcakes.co.uk/includes/templates/apple_zen/css/stylesheet.css

... will happily give you access to my stylesheet!

[apples]

Good applications there. I have been using the firefox add on called "firebug".

It lets you click and select which item you want to see does what. Then you can change it as well.

But....

I just can't find a design I like and copy all of the code, as that would be copyright.

Peter

[yellow1912]

There are free templates out there, in the add on section for example, that you can take and modify the way you want. There are also commercial templates that are available, but I take that you prefer free ones over paid ones.