Firstly i want to announce that i haven't used Joomla ever yet, but i will be, my usual approach to getting into something new is to do a ton of reading and find out lots. Im amazed at all the joomla stuff out there, im not a designer and wondered if anyone has used the Template Kit thats available? I know its not free, but if it can help me then il add it to my to buy list Basically is it to help just with editing of templates or can it be used to create a template from scratch? Ive been reading the reviews and people seem pretty pleased with it.
My friend bought joomla template kit, and I think it's not easy as the people said, joomla template kit is only put joomla code in index.php similar as mambo solution 453 with more module choice. You should know css and structure of joomla template where to put the code module which generated by joomla template kit. It can make joomla blank css template but you can download blank template from compassdesigns.net for free. If you want to make template from the scratch better read and download the tutorial template ebook and the template which used on the tutorials from compassdesigns.net, I think it's very useful and the best tutorial to make joomla template from the scratch. Or you can download joomla free template and modified it ( joomla24.com has more than 1500 free templates), this is a shortcut and the fastest way to make joomla templates. Hope this help