[orjan]

Well, of course you have a point there about compiling. If I were new to using templates, your suggestion, phpSavant would probably be a better choice than Smarty, nor that I have used it either, so it would be up to each and everyone to choose.

I'm although very pleased with the Smarty system, and it works well for me. I don't think, that with todays better and better machines even in hosting, the execution time for doing compilages and stuff gets less relevant as the development goes, not saying that you do not would like a fast executable code because of this ...

What do all these large cms systems do to make different themes, as I don't think they are using either Smarty or phpSavant?

what is practical when building something like an cms and you want it to be easily redesigned?