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Just gauging interest at the moment - is anyone interested in a bare bones theme, that could be controlled mainly by css?

For instance, there is a reasonable amount of hard coded css in the account and checkout files (and I understand why - a newb may wipe the css file or edit it, and then bug the forum complaining that nothing works anymore etc.) What about a theme that dug this all out, and externalised it, making it easier to create really unique skins?

The basic theme could be, well...basic - requiring visual customization before use. This would make it unattractive to those who weren't confident with css - but it would allow css developers to speed up their skinning, by having a basis in place to work from.

I'm really busy for the next couple of months, but was hoping to pull this off after that - would this be useful to ayone else? Should I try and code it so it's as neutral as possible (ie. not geared towards my personal css preferences) or jut go ahead and throw it out here when it's finished and let y'all figure it out? Let me know!

I know what you mean about the inline styles, but sometimes, you just have to get in there and get your hands dirty with the CSS to put it where you want it.
Barebones or optimized would be good, but with any layout, I'm not really comfortable with it unless I know what's going on from the beginning.
I was thinking of doing a blueprint CSS version template for quick layouts. That way any thing on top of this is just colour and design & not page structure. I haven't even got to experiment with fluid layouts...

Hi readyman, thanks for your input. As a matter of fact I know what you mean about using others templates etc. Unless I've been the one to create the styles and layout the page, it can be confusing and time consuming trying to figure out someone else's code.

Perhaps the idea is a little redundant, and each designer may prefer to create their own starting point / base template?

Either way, my plan is a little way off at the moment, so I'll see how it turn out.

Thanks again!

bar bones theme = 'naked' theme which can be controlled via css? that would be excellent!!!

did anyone put this to work? sounded like something useful.

I'm sure alot of developers have created a bare bones theme. I'm about to do my first implementation of opencart and am in need of one. Has anyone got one they would be willing to share?

Have a look Here, a topic called: DEFAULT Template 1.4.0. CSS No inline styles.

I have created a bare bones template for version 1.4.0. - it's called Bare template and also uses a CSS framework for layout.

Check it out here.
http://bit.ly/opencarttemplates