Re: table somewhere in general layout. how do i get rid of it?
Start with: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?category=4
You can build your template overrides anyway you want, with or without a table. The reason for that particular table is the right and left columns are controlled by the admin and that was more easily done with a table. BTW- it is in tpl_main_page.php
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