What kind of template is used here?

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I came across following sites, both using nice templates:

  • Templates are based on HTML 5?
  • Which CMS is used (WordPress…)?

Thanks :slight_smile:

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Yes both template design using HTML5, Jquery and CSS3.

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Neither site appears to use WordPress. Both have an HTML5 doctype but don’t use a lot of the new HTML5 elements. The velten site uses jQuery but not the contently site.

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There is definitely HTML5 being used. You can see it in the animation and how structured it is.
The CMS looks to be a custom one. Wordpress isn’t laid out like that.

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Not necessarily custom. Not all off the shelf CMSes declare themselves as obviously as WP.

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Thanks!

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Good Eye. May I ask how the individuals who said this was a template, know that it is one?

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Because every web page is a template. :stuck_out_tongue:

You can spot a WordPress template because it has telltale code. But often there’s no visible difference between some kind of pre-built template and a basic, self-coded HTML/CSS template.

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Piggybacking on this thread, can anyone tell me what theme is used here: http://relaysupply.com

I’ve figured out that it’s a Magento site, but that’s about it. I’m looking for a similar color scheme to the ones posted by the OP, a blue and gray kind of template. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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I always assume that the design is unique unless I’m shown otherwise (pretty naive, I guess. :lol: ) If you look at the CSS file, it’s licenced to Magento itself, which suggests to me that this is one of their default themes, though that’s a pure guess and nothing else.

I recommend you just create your own look and style and not depend on any one else’s code … which usually is a nightmare to work with.

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Thanks Ralph. I will check out the Magento default templates to see what I can find.

It would be nice if someone wrote a Magneto theme wizard; i.e. you have a sample store, and a bar on the left hand side of the page for you to change the colors of various pieces. I suppose the issue is that some of the theme is image based, which wouldn’t be easy to change on the fly like that.

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It would be nice if someone wrote a Magneto theme wizard

Yes, these things can be handy, but they usually lead to pretty nasty, bloated code in the background. So if possible, they are better avoided.

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But the veltenmedia site has this - <meta name=“generator” content=“WordPress 3.6.1” /> in the head. An indication that it is run on WordPress possibly? :slight_smile: