It can be hard to edit the Jobberbase templates. Specially if you don't have that much experience with 'raw code'.

Jobberbase uses Smarty as templating engine. Smarty has many standard tags that you can use to edit the output. For instance with the tag truncate you can automagically limit the number of characters. To fully understand Smarty you'll have to check their site. That's to much to explain here.

There is one challenge with Smarty: you can't use the WYSIWYG-method (What You See Is What You Get). With the WYSIWYG method you see the website and can drag and drop items. So when saving the page you already know what it's gonna look like. Because you can't do this with Smarty it means that you'll need to have some (basic) knowledge of HTML, CSS. You might even want to get to know the basics of Smarty and PHP!

Software
In the past years I have tried a lot of different programs for creating and editing templates. Here is my top 3, where #1 is my all-time favourite:
    1. Coda $99 (mac only)
    2. Notepad ++ $0 (win only)
    3. Dreamweaver ±$199 (mac/win)

And for FTP I would advice:
    1. Filezilla $0 (mac/win/lin)
    2. Filezilla $0 (mac/win/lin)
    3. Filezilla $0 (mac/win/lin)

Good sources are:
    • W3Schools - Learn HTML
    • W3Schools - Learn CSS
    • Smarty - What is Smarty
    • Smarty - Built-in functions
    • Smarty - Custom functions

Advanced/Inspiration
    • CSSGlobe
    • Noupe
    • Smashing Magazine
    • Webdesignledger

Did I miss any tips? Share yours in the comments.