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i am a experienced php developer and new to civicrm
i am very much excited by looking at the features of civicrm
i m just started exploring the features of civicrm one by one

but the thing i am not liked in civicrm is the userinterface with simple textboxes and radio buttons

i wnat to change the look and feel of civicrm to the one like(eg: easymemberpro dot com <got to online demo>)

so i wanted ask is there any prebuilt themes/templates which is very cool and nice to see apart from civi default theme..

if not how can i start with customised css design..?

please civi crm experts help...

you might get more input if you can clarify the sort of differences you are looking to achieve - eg do the set up on that other system and take a screenshot that you have annotated with comments that explain the changes you were able to achieve on their system

i went there - i logged in - i had a look around - please provide screenshot as per my above suggestion

i can't see anything there that can't be done using a civicrm profile - please either be more specific - or ask 'how to do something' - or check out the book etc. Sorry for sounding blunt but I am wondering if you are just here to promote that other solution.

Have you created a 'profile' yet?

i created profile it is working fine....
but i want to customize css design...with smooth transisitions like jquery..
for opening menu...textbox design...selectbox easing..e.t.c

Thaks a lot for your valuable feedback Mr petednz

Now i ll Write the Actual Requirment...
I want to develop a CRM solution for one of the nonprofit organization which working in throughout the countery(india) to help for poor students to pursue their education who are unable to do due to financial problems..

there are registered members under this organisation who have to renew their membership every year by paying small amount of Rs 20 INR(0.4 USD)...
every year  this was going manually by paper forms..

since i am also a member of this organization i want to automate this..

what i thought is we can generate the coupans worth 20 INR..each member should buy this coupon code before registration manually  (we cannot keep online payment since most of the members are middle class family and not having credit cards)and they should put this coupan code while registering...

hence member regurgitation is done at the end user...hence we should keep this in frontend..

and i need a proper validation to differentiate the member types based on their date of birth..(that means those are above age 40 are should be senior members e.tc)..

finally this organization publishes monthly magazine and the subscription cost for this is 100 INR(2.0 USD) annually...
hence the admin should able to add the subscription for new subscribers based on the period of subscription(1year,2year,5 yaers)with expiry date taken automatically..

this is a brief about my total requirment...
since i am experienced in both joomla and drupal i want the suggestions and helps which may be irrespective of platform(joomla/drupal)..
i am thankful to all civi experts who ll assist me to accomplish this project bcoz i am the only developer for this project

Thanks a lot

Ok Thank yo so much for valubale suggestion

so how can i start with my project..?