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14 Sep 2010, 7:17 PM
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No Zencart Templates like this?

Hello everyone. I love the functionality of ZenCart, but the availability of free and payed templates that look decent is low. I am willing to alter some code and change all the graphics, but I can't seem to find a template that has the basic layout that I like. Can anyone suggest a template that has a similar look to that used on this site: jildorshoes.com ? I also like the layout when browsing through products on the stevemadden site.

http://www.stevemadden.com/category.aspx?id=160

Very simple and clean look. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!

14 Sep 2010, 7:53 PM
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Re: No Zencart Templates like this?

The layout of that is about as basic as you can get, and is easily obtainable from a stock or free template. You just have to know which features to turn off and what elements to restyle in the stylesheet, along with a few new graphics.
There are some fancy add-ons that use javascript in that site, and you would have to find and incorporate similar ones to get the product page effects. Some may be available in Free Addons.

14 Sep 2010, 8:55 PM
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Re: No Zencart Templates like this?

you've been a big help between this one and my button issue. can you suggest a specific free template that you think would be best to use?

14 Sep 2010, 8:59 PM
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Re: No Zencart Templates like this?

I haven't studied them to know which would be best for a specific purpose; you can look at (sorry, site offline) to check them out.
Two-column or three-column layout is usually irrelevant when evaluating templates, as a sidebar can be turned off with one switch in admin.

14 Sep 2010, 9:00 PM
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Re: No Zencart Templates like this?

You can see most of the free templates here ( (sorry, site offline) )

14 Sep 2010, 9:01 PM
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Re: No Zencart Templates like this?

I really liked Modern Zen [RI07] Template, but it seems to work poorly with the latest version of Zencart, and from the thread also has poor support. the Jildorshoes.com site i think is perfect in simplicity.

14 Sep 2010, 9:08 PM
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Re: No Zencart Templates like this?

The Cold Steel template looks clean and sharp already, and may be a good base for modification. I'm sure there are others that would also work well.

14 Sep 2010, 9:16 PM
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Re: No Zencart Templates like this?

Jildorshoes.com is nice and clean, but I do notice that you can't use their main navigation without javascript. That's poor planning... or an attitude that everybody should just let js run all the time.