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Xoops themes and themeing(is that a word) framework should be xhtml compliant. There are some additional threads in these forums relating to this topic.
try this:
Recent ThreadI would like to believe that all of the "Core" modules (delivered with the product) are also xhtml compliant. The themes themselves consist of xhtml templates into which content is inserted by system and module code.
The problems start when a "third" party module delivers non-compliant content into the templates and then a page so create is not compliant. The skills of the module developers ranges from absolutely wizard, to mostly novice, and the quality of the content insertion code varies tremendously. Also, many modules are simply "wraps" of existing free-standing php scripts, and so they may or may not deliver standards compliant content.
As for the simple bits site, there should be not problem creating a theme like this. My recommendation is that you find a theme with a similar structure (layout) and then you modify the css first to change the markup and color scheme, then seek to modify the templates to get closer to the look you seek.
If I were a designer (with skill
) I would be happy to help, but if you were to look at the sites (and themes) that I have created you would understand why I say that I am not a designer (with skill
).