Greetings everyone. I used to use x-cart back in the days of version 3.x and early 4.x versions and did a lot of custom development using those versions but haven't done any significant x-cart work for a loooong time now -- I was doing all custom Kohana-based projects for the past 4-5 years and really didn't pay much attention to where x-cart has been headed. So now I'm about to begin rebuilding a very old x-cart 3.x based site using version 4.6.1 Gold Plus, but I'm not sure which skin would be the best to start with. I see the new default skins are called "Ideal Comfort" and "Ideal Responsive". I noticed the sticky at the top of this forum says that the templating system in version 4.5.x is much different than in previous versions. So, my main questions are:
- In what way is the template system in versions 4.5.x and higher different than in previous versions.
- Which skin offers the cleanest and most bug-free implementation to use as a starting point for customization, preferably HTML5, but XHTML is okay too.
- Which skin works best with jQuery or was implemented with jQuery from the start rather than having it tacked on?
- Are any skins other than the responsive skin optimized for mobile -- and how good is the "Ideal Responsive" skin for mobile? Will it be worth the aggravation of a typical "responsive" design or should I stick with one of the regular non-responsive skins if I want to get this project done quick?
Sorry if these questions have been answered before or if they seem overly subjective, but I've been away from x-cart for a long time and I need to make good time on this project so I don't have a lot of time to do research before I jump in and start coding. Thanks in advance for any advice anyone can offer.