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[cantthinkofanickname]

I am doing some voluntary work for a charity and have offered to do a website. I need:

1. A tableless tempate - anyone know of one available or could offer to donate a mature one?
2. Modules: logon to edit, events calendar.
3. Ability to include javascript (not a coder myself but want to add js bits as I see/buy good ones around the web)/

It's for the older generation so it must pass WAI tests (say AA) and the text be resizable without breaking out, etc.

Thanks for your time.

[Signex]

easily manageable with a little tweaking of the default template!

its tabeless, the modules you mention can be downloaded from the dev.  and including js is easy.

good luck!

[Dr.CSS]

Have you looked thru the Theme site?  http://themes.cmsmadesimple.org/Full_Themes.html

For login you can just add them in the backend/admin and tweak the permissions if needed...

Calendar can be downloaded in the backend under Extensions » Module Manager...

[kermit]

I am doing some voluntary work for a charity and have offered to do a website. I need:

1. A tableless tempate - anyone know of one available or could offer to donate a mature one?

there are a ton of web sites devoted to "free" templates..  here's just a few out of my bookmarks:

www.openwebdesign.org
www.opendesigns.org
www.oswd.org
www.styleshout.com
www.freecsstemplates.org
templates.arcsin.se
www.getcsstemplates.com
www.mitchinson.net/templates.php

taking a table-free css-driven layout and converting it into cmsms template isn't all that difficult. the menu will likely be the most time consuming part. the more basic the layout is, and the less "branding" you need to do, the easier and quicker it will be.

somewhere around here is a basic tutorial on converting an existing layout into a cmsms template to get you started.

a couple tools you may find very useful are the "web developer toolbar" and "firebug" extensions for firefox. i use the webdev toolbar for working on css & html right off the server (i.e. in the browser window, as the browser renders the changes). once i'm happy with the results, i copy/paste the changes into the original source (which is either open in a different window or just in a text editor). firebug is great for working on tricky css issues. i also use the "html validator" extension for on-the-fly code validation and it's enhanced "view source" window.

and don't forget to check rendering across browsers... www.totalvalidator.com can do that for browsers you don't have access to, as well as give you a quick rundown on any accessibility issues.