On the subject of taking CSS to a whole new level.
Tabeless Structured phpBB Template?
Is it possible?
I think it is and I will officially be opening my forum to prove it in the next few weeks.
I'm doing a xhtml template for phpBB. My goal is to have tables only for forum category output; using the scope value for the <th> elements to properly define the columns. I've basically got the core of the template done, or the index.php is fully validating with only a two tables left to remove. Yes, it's structured with <div>s and CSS. So it is possible to open the on-line application door to these standards.
BTW, I purchased the graphics from extremepixels.com, I just liked the layout and wanted to make sure I had all rights to modify it.
Here it is -
warning, the template is still far from finished and there will be unexpected things happing until I get everything in sync. The old phpbb styles and markup were horrible to be nice.
On the index page, check out the source code, you will quickly see the templates core structure is now using <div>s.
I may submit the core design to phpBB when it's done, providing they will feature the template. The structure is well commented so you can see where everything is (not on the other pages as of yet, just the overall_header.tpl. index_body.tpl, overall_footer.tpl
Additionally, I'll be taking the CSS out of the equation from old browsers by using the @import rule once I get finished with the CSS.