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Has anybody made a template for content first?  I am currently using Top Menu + 2 columns layout, nothing fancy.  I was going to try but figured that maybe somebody has done it and can save me the work.  8)
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Re: Content First

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I'm not sure what you mean by "template for content first"...
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Re: Content First

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@mark, content first when you view source (google and text readers like it)

@nigthfire, not sure. have you checked themes.cmsmadesimple.org?

and porting existing layouts (from oswd or other sources) is as easy as 1 2 3 ;)

1 copy
2 paste
3 change content to {content}
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Re: Content First

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Like TSW said.  Basically the content of your page comes first when laid out.  I have done it in static pages and with generated pages it will be the same but I just didn't want to wade through all the existing CSS markup.  I checked the themes site and there is 1 but it has the menu on the left.  It should be a good starting point and I'll post the top menu as a theme when I get mine figured out (hopefully not tooo long).
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Re: Content First

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Well I tried the 3 column template on themes.cmsmadesimple.org but it was way too complicated (and content wasn't quite at the top).  I did it myself and it was much easier than I thought.  The only problem left is that the header is absolutely positioned so at the bottom of the page is a gap where the header is in the layout.  How do you close absolute positioned elements from where they are placed on the page?  I am not a CSS expert and maybe it is just something else. 
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