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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:59:50 -0500From: "Mitch Pirtle" <mitch.pirtle at gmail.com>Subject: Re: [joomla] Template structureTo: "NYPHP SIG: Joomla" <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>Message-ID:	<330532b60711131259t652cadb4g3a4093d8200486a4 at mail.gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8On 11/13/07, masimko at optonline.net <masimko at optonline.net> wrote:> I'm looking through the documentation, and I've noticed that the template> structures I've looked at so far are using tables for placement of modules.> While I realize that this is by far the simplest method of insuring> placement across browsers because of differences in rendering of css, I know> it is deprecated for xhtml.>> I considered putting together my own template that uses div tags and css> blocks, it looks to me like the mosLoadModules functions relies upon table> cells for its output.>> Am I correct that all workable templates are structured with tables?Nope - check out RocketTheme and their GPL template (I forget thename). It was advertised as XHTML valid and no tables for layout, andit should be a good example.A good friend of mine has produced some stunning templates based on1.5, and I'm thinking of asking him to release a basic (blank)template for the rest of us to have a good starting point - as hiswork included compliance with Dutch accessibility requirements andalso has some pretty astonishing results regarding pagerank and suchas a result...-- Mitch***************************I was looking at the RocketThemes GPL template when I came to the conclusion about the theme structure. Here's the rokwebify theme structure stripped down:</head><body id="page_bg">        <div id="mainbody">            <table class="mainbody" cellspacing="0"                 <tr valign="top">                    <td class="mainbody">                        <table class="usermodules"                             <tr valign="top">                                <td class="usermodules">                                </td>                                <td class="usermodules">                                </td>                            </tr>                        </table>                    </td>                    <td class="right">                    </td>                </tr>            </table>            <table class="usermodules" cellspacing="15">                <tr valign="top">                    <td class="usermodules">                    </td>                    <td class="usermodules">                    </td>                    <td class="usermodules">                    </td>                </tr>            </table>    It's all table, and that's all deprecated.I love that it works, but it is something to think about!Mark Simko
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