I've read through the forum and haven't found the info I'm looking for. Feel free to point me to a thread if I just missed this info. I'd like to implement a truly custom design. Not just a modification of the current CSS styling, but an actual custom design. I don't care for the old-school Table-based design, and would like to implement my own. This means I need access to not just the CSS, but to the page code itself. I need to change all those tables to divs, add scripts, etc. Is this possible? Can you tell me how?

Thank you!

Edit: Silly me! I found the Pages, where it looks like I can edit the html content. However, I'd really like to be able to do this in test mode, and I don't see how to do that. If I change the index.aspx page, can I change it just on the test design and not on the current design?

There is no "test mode" in the system. You could edit a template and then activate it to test - and then change it back...but no "offline" test mode.

Go to Design tab >>Site Design>

We have used the clone feature to copy our site than use various templates to check how they would look. I also use the clone site feature as a backup.

You can do your testing under one of the cloned copies, choose to activate it or deactivate it at anytime. You can also preview your changes by clicking the preview site link.

there isn't much you can't do if using custom css and your own html. The only annoying thing I've found is the invoice table found on the payment page during checkout. It's a table, and if you have a background color other than white, there's no way to amend that tables color.

I've just redesigned a couple of our sites - all css and divs. Have a look here and here.

Very cool looking sites! Very slick and clean.

I'm somewhat handy with html and css, but not at all familiar with the nsCommerce interface, so I'm really struggling with getting it to do what I want, outside of the clunky templates.

Maybe you can help me with my next question. I don't want a product list on the front page. Just like your sites, I want content and info there, but not the grid of products. Can't seem to find that setting anywhere... Can you point me to the right place? I can see where I could modify the homepage layout separately from the product pages (in Product List Design) but not somewhere where I can tell it to NOT include a Product List on the Homepage. TIA!

The homepage is under the pre-defined pages. We just replace whatever is in there with our own html, but I'm guessing there is NS Script in there the calls the product list? If it is, just remove it.

Yes, I would have assumed that was the case. However, there isn't anything at all in the index.aspx file. When I click on Edit, I just get the editor, but nothing in it. I can add content there, and it shows up above the product list, but doesn't affect the list at all. There isn't anything calling the product list in the header or footer either. Anywhere else you can think of for me to look for that?

Products with "Homepage Special" set show on the homepage. If you want no products on the homepage, un-check the homepage special setting on all product.

That makes sense, but it's frustrating. I don't want to uncheck all the specials, I just want them to show up on a different page. The home page won't have specials on it, but the What's New page will. Is there a way to assign the specials to show up on some page other than the home page?

Make the "What's New" page be a category page and add the products to that category. Homepage specials are a specific thing that show on the homepage.

Brilliant! Thank you.