[Shamun]

Hi,

You can do either or a hybrid of both.
Learning what you need for customizing the look of x-cart is extremely easy as long as you have common sense. All you really need to learn is margins, padding, offset, color and some other minor things. You could just glance over css on w3schools in less than a day and you could get working on your own. Knowing html is also good, but I find that nearly everything is accomplished in css so you kind of only need to know linking, images and divs.

Buying a template would of course be easier if you see one that is near what you want. However, when you buy a template you will likely only receive the files and maybe some support depending on who from.


Developing an x-cart site using dreamweaver is possible but very likely wont do any good. The best two tools you'll use are Notepad++ and Firebug.
Notepad++ for creating and editing the templates/css, and firebug for troubleshooting the css in real-time.