question re templates

Hi just wanted to know if new templates as such had to be total rewrites or can they just be the original template with different colours and new button sets?

Hi just wanted to know if new templates as such had to be total rewrites or can they just be the original template with different colours and new button sets?
Templates written for Zen Cart versions prior to Ver 1.3.x were written for the table based cart.

As of ver 1.3.x Zen Cart is almost tabless and requires a template that also takes this into consideration. So most of the previously available templates would need to be totally re-written.

kobra:

Templates written for Zen Cart versions prior to Ver 1.3.x were written for the table based cart.

As of ver 1.3.x Zen Cart is almost tabless and requires a template that also takes this into consideration. So most of the previously available templates would need to be totally re-written.

no what i meant was the existing default theme in zencart 1.3.0.2 could actually look good , if the colours were changed and new buttons made etc without having to make a heap of code changes and basically all that would have to be done is drop the folder in . Is that considered as a contribution ? or does it require more drastic changes to be considerd a contribution?

drakky:

no what i meant was the existing default theme in zencart 1.3.0.2 could actually look good , if the colours were changed and new buttons made etc without having to make a heap of code changes and basically all that would have to be done is drop the folder in . Is that considered as a contribution ? or does it require more drastic changes to be considerd a contribution?

All templates are based on this - therefore I feel that it would be considered a contribution.