Please help a newbie out!

[erikajune]

I'm new to CMS. I design websites and up until now I've designed only html sites using CSS only for text styles, borders, etc.  I've never designed an entire site using CSS.

I can teach myself whatever it is I need to do but I need to know WHAT it is I need to do. LOL

How do I convert an html template completely into a CSS template?  Is it just a matter of learning CSS completely?

Any advice is appreciated!

[Tom]

Hi, maybe I understood incorrectly, but using css is not a precondition for using CMS Made Simple. You can perfectly use your old html templates with it.

[erikajune]

Hmmm.  Maybe *I* don't understand.

I think I need a step-by-step guide. LOL

[Tom]

Go to admin menu. Click "Add new template". Paste your html template into the content field.

Add {content} tag in the place you would like to see your content.
Add {cms_module module='phplayers'} tag where you would like to see the menu, or {bulletmenu} for an alternative simple menu.

Save the template and use it for adding new content.

I'm completely incompetent in css, and very bad with html, but that doesn't prevent me from using CMSMS . I'm sure you can make wonders with css in CMSMS, but you can as well be fine with just plain old html, or html + css for text styles.

[Ted]

This is my "goto" thread on the topic.  Basically the same thing that Tom is saying.

http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... 817.0.html

[erikajune]

Thank you!

You have all been very helpful.