Originally Posted by
schoolboy
TemplateMonster create "structures" that are designed only to "look nice" onscreen.
They woo novices, who then outlay hard cash, and who then think that all that needs to happen is to upload (ftp) the template to the server. amd everything will work beautifully.
These heavily customized templates (wherever they come from) present THREE major considerations for those who use them:
1. On-going support - very sparse from the authors of these templates, so people come here. But we are all skilled in zencart CORE (with schema-compliant add-ons, of course). Few people have the time to unravel a TemplateMonster structure in order to diagnose a problem, layout request or functional issue.
2. Poor compliance with add-ons. Because TM code is often so radically different from core code, many add-ons do not work properly (or will at least require major hacking before they do). So these templates are very restrictive in terms of what can be bolted on later.
3. Upgrade resistant. You'll have a LOT of fun when you need to upgrade, or add in patches.
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