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I want to make a Theme for my website, but i have crashed into some "problems" My page design is in Tables, and i want to make it dynamic Theme for my webpage.

Is there anyone who are able to guide me in the right direction of converting it from Static HTML tables into Dynamic Div's or other solution to my problem.

My page code are as follows
<table width="870" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td width="10" rowspan="4" class="LeftBorder">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><table width="850" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
        <td width="347"><img src="gfx/LogoTop.png" width="347" height="86" alt="XXXXXX" /></td>
        <td class="TopRightCell">&nbsp;</td>
      </tr>
    </table></td>
    <td width="10" rowspan="4" class="RightBorder">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
        <td height="3" class="MainTopGfx_Bg"></td>
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khostedsrv replied on at Permalink Reply
Maybe is hould tell that i have a CSS for some of the formating of the content in some of the cells in the table, like background images etc.

This is not the main problem, my main problem is that i cant see how i should make my Theme so im able to make dynamic / CMS contant in this template.

hope that there are som nice people who are able to guide me in the right direction of how it is done.
jgarcia replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
jgarcia
There's not really a way to have a "guide" to converting a site from tables to divs...you just have to know the in's and out's of CSS well enough. I'd recommend Googling for some specific articles on learning how to create a div/css-based site (smashingmagazine.com might be a good place to start).

In order to make your template work in C5, however, there's no need to convert it to table-less. While I'm slightly ashamed to admit it, the site I manage is table-based, yet is still fully integrated with C5. Check out some of the basic tutorials with regard to converting an HTML template to a C5 theme.

This is a good starting place:http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/make-a-the...
khostedsrv replied on at Permalink Reply
I have found some in depth explanation by searching on Convert tables to Div with css on google.

Thank you for your links, and you input to my problem.