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Design Lab - Present your business

June 23rd, 2009 at 11:29am Under Joomla Template+ YouJoomla

Need fast vibrant and Web 2.0 Joomla Template ? How about Design Lab ? This blazing fast and features enhanced joomla template can be used as your company portfolio, personal web site , image gallery or any type of web presentation. Enhanced with some new Mootools Features and extremely fast frame, Design Lab will soon become one of your favorite Joomla template.

Design Lab features:

* 100% Tableless Design
* XHTML Valid
* CSS Valid
* 508 Valid
* 14 fully collapsible module positions
* 5 Additional module styles for each color
* PSD files included
* Joomla 1.0.x template
* Joomla 1.5 template
* Mambo 4.5 + compatible
* Default Suckerfish dropdown menu
* SMooth Dropdown menu (using mootools)
* 3 new color styles
* Server side Compression New!
* Light weight and blazing fast
* Demo Starter Joomla 1.5.8 and Joomla 1.0.15 Installation Included
* Extended Typography styles
* IE6 png fix
* Adjustable width 1024px 800px
* Font resizing
* SEO features build in
* Yj Shine new Mootools Class
* YJ Image Slider Enhanced

Design_Lab_Demo_15.zip (6.68 MB)

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Bulletin Plazza, Another Joomla News Portal design

June 21st, 2009 at 05:40am Under Joomla Template+ TemplatePlazza

Template： Bulletin
developer： TemplatePlazza
Version： Joomla 1.0.x & Joomla 1.5.x

BulletinPlazza is another news portal theme and dedicated as an answer to a lot of requests from our member that still want another look and feel news portal beside our first succesful news theme, FunkyNews Plazza.
BulletinPlazza equipped with our new free JQuery-based Carousel Banner module that will display all of your banners in a carousel animated fashion.
And still equipped with a well known free extended menu module from de.siteof.de which provide you with suckerfish-style menu system.
Also, still powered by our free Minifrontpage module, the articles published from all over sections and categories you have will become more easier to be placed on this 11 rich news module positions plus 1 headline news position template design.

Overview

Below is an overview of the template :

* Joomla 1.0.x compatible
* Mambo 4.5.x compatible
* Full CSS/ Tableless design
* Suckerfish Dropdown Menu
* Carousel Banner
* Fully Collapsible Module Position
* Tabbed Module With / Without Animation
* Full width layout
* Already Named Sliced PSD file included
* Tested with IE 6+/IE 7/ Firefox/Opera/Safari/Netscape
* Valid XHTML and CSS

Legend.

1 = inset
2 = cpanel
3 = user5
4 = user6
5 = user7
6 = user1
7 = user4
8 = user8 (suckerfish)
9 = left
10 = advert1
11 = advert2
12 = right
13 = mainbody
14 = advert3
15 = banner
16 = user11
17 = user12
18 = user15
19 = user16
20 = user17
21 = user18
22 = user3

Bulletin 1.0.x

Bulletin 1.5.x

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Kube Plazza, Another Fresh Dark Joomla Design

June 21st, 2009 at 01:24am Under Joomla Template+ TemplatePlazza

Template： Kube
Developer： TemplatePlazza
Version： Joomla 1.0.x & Mambo 4.5.3

We have just released the next Joomla Premium Template, under the name of Kube Plazza for the members of TemplatePlazza-template Club.

This new template designed with dark grey color theme + soft light color combination

Also equipped with this template, a Slide In Image SlideShow feature to showcase a small of your favorite image collection to visitor.

You can see the template in action from our demo page or download it directly from our dowload page

Overview

Below is an overview of the template:

* Joomla 1.0.x compatible
* Mambo 4.5.3 compatible
* Slide In Image Slideshow using Mootools
* Full Width Wrapper
* Full collapsable module position
* Valid XHTML and 508
* PSD images included
* Tested with IE6/Firefox/Opera/Safari
Some screenshots showing these capabilities can be seen below :

Download:

http://w13.easy-share.com/1213555.html

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Simplethin Plazza, Clean and Simple Design for Joomla

June 21st, 2009 at 01:02am Under Joomla Template+ TemplatePlazza

Template： Simplethin
Developer： TemplatePlazza
Version： Joomla 1.0.x & Mambo 4.5.3

Simplethin Plazza, is another new Joomla Template design from TemplatePlazza.com. Comes with simple and clean layout, this template was designed with the Web 2.0 style in mind. You can fit this design for numerous website purpose like personal site, blog, corporate profile etc. This template also features suckerfish dropdown menu and colapsible tabbed module position.

Just check it out at our demopage or download it directly from our download page (after logged in)

Overview

Below is an overview of the template:

* Joomla 1.0.x compatible
* Mambo 4.5.x compatible
* Son Of Suckerfish Dropdown Menu
* Collapsible Tabbed Module Position
* Fully Collapsible Module Position
* Full width layout
* Tableless Design / Full CSS
* Already Named Sliced PSD file included
* Tested with IE 6+/IE 7/ Firefox/Opera/Safari
* Valid XHTML and CSS

Some screenshots showing these capabilities can be seen below :

Download:

http://w13.easy-share.com/1194891.html

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JA Trona - Getting closer to Joomla Web 2.0 design

June 18th, 2009 at 07:07am Under Joomla+ Joomlart

Inspired by the warmth feeling in the midst of near-coming Chrismas seasons, JA Trona brings to you an “web 2.0-looking” template for various purposes like fashion news, blog or news review. Our user-friendly functional add-ons together with stylish color options will turn your site into greater pro one.

Not just a beautiful web typeface, JA Trona builds in dropdown control panel module keeping usertool and login panel smartly hidden or shown at your discretion. Further, you will see our highslide module as a powerful tool to organize your gallery through which you can create a wide range of image presentation or other types of content (i.e.html, ajax, iframe etc.). In addition, our first-introduced JA Tooltip plugin new will enable an eye-catching and user-friendly popup that load embed contents directly from your articles. By this way, it is easier than ever to provide instant instructions or highlights to your site visitors at any place around.

Select JA Trona now! Refresh your site with a new professional appearance and get more visitors globally than ever.
An Overview of JA Trona features:

* Modern and beautiful web typeface
* 3 columns layout based template
* 4 color options: default, orange, blue and green
* Tableless design and 100% CSS-based
* Joomla 1.5.x compatible
* 3 Menu options: JA Split menu, JA Css menu, JA Moo menu
* XHTML 1.0 Transitional Check it ?
* CSS Validates Check it ?
* Valid 508 Accessibility
* Delivered with source .PSD and FONT files, Demo site sample database and detailed user guide which can be found in JA Trona downdoad and JA Trona forum.
* Well-commented template_css.css and index.php file for flexible customization

JA Trona screenshots and modules guide:

JA Trona source files : Full PSD Source file for logo, background, module, fonts… (1.88 MB)

JA Trona for Joomla 1.0 : Quickstart included Joomla! 1.0.15 + Template, Extensions installation packages (4.08 MB)

JA Trona for joomla 1.5 : Quickstart included Joomla! 1.5.8 + Template, Extensions installation packages (6.54 MB)

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JA Justicia - Web Design Showcase

June 18th, 2009 at 04:55am Under Joomla Template+ Joomlart

Template： Justicia
Developer： Joomlart
Version： Joomla 1.0.x & Joomla 1.5

You are a designer looking for a good template for your showroom? Or a business man selling art works? Time to come, JA Justicia has been released. The design team keep it came in a simple and clean way, simple to use and simple to customize. Also they have integrated JA NewsMoo New! in the right position which give an all-brand-new and attractively look at your news.

The boring Joomla! traditional homepage has been completely replace by neat and eye-catching blog content. We also replaced the header with JA SliderGallery and JA NewsLight, not only save space but also give your customers a fullest view about your products.

JoomlArt is proudly well known for our simple but professional design style and we are happy to reassure you with the release of JA Justicia, a smart choice for a professional website.

In addition, JA Justicia comes with 5 color options and many built-in typography styles that make the Joomla! creative process easier than ever before.

An Overview of JA Justicia features:

* Less is more approach in web design
* Brand new and Impressive JA NewsMoo New!
* Elegant JA SliderGallery module
* 3 column layout based template
* 3 color options, clear, clean and high accessiblity layout
* 2 screen resolution types: narrow and wide
* Tableless design and 100% CSS-based
* Joomla 1.0.x + Joomla 1.5 compatible
* 5 Menu options: Standard Joomla menu, JA Split menu, Moo Menu, JA Transmenu, JA Suckerfish menu, JA Dropline menu
* XHTML 1.0 Transitional Check it ?
* CSS Validates Check it ?
* Valid 508 Accessibility
* Delivered with source .PSD and FONT files, Demo site sample database and detailed user guide which can be found in JA Justicia download folder.
* Well-commented template_css.css and index.php file for flexible customization
* Cross Browser Support

JA Justicia screenshots and modules guide:

Justica 1.0.x

Justica 1.5

Justica 1.5 Quickstart

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JA Polaris - Adding usability to Joomla template design

May 30th, 2009 at 12:08pm Under Joomla Template+ Joomlart

Template： Polaris
Developer： Joomlart
Version： Joomla 1.0.x & Mambo 4.5.3

Joomla! template design is a complex and time consuming process, and there is tension between designing for beauty and designing for function. While other Joomla! template providers tend to put most of the design effort into a graphic based job and give very slight attention to the simplicities and usability of the template, JoomlArt always keeps our goals to make the templates both pleasurable and functional, appealing and usable with a text and CSS based layout. In fact, as you can see in most of our JA joomla template club, simple and usable design is the approach of our templates and is also the gold of our templates.

JA Polaris - September JA Joomla Club template is released under this concept.

This joomla template is built to responsd to many needs. We have 4 selections of color (’brown’, ‘green’, ‘red’, ‘blue’) and 3 options for menus ( JA Split Menu, SuckerFish,Transmenu). Our designers always define the template concept and develope the template in a user-benefit oriented way. With an in depth look into JA Polaris as well as other JA templates, you can recognize the following:
For your site visitors

* Loads faster - less waiting
* Render faster - quicker responsiveness
* Easier to read and scan for key information
* Easier to navigate

For you - as Joomla! based web developers and companies

* Quicker to install and customize your Joomla! web site.
* Easier and quicker to make changes
* Easier and quicker to redesign (following client or user feedback)
* Require less server and bandwidth (we do not use many images)
* Easier to make work on different platforms and browsers.

An overview of JA Polaris key features:

* Simple layout: the default 3 columns can collapse to 1, 2 columns. All users modules are also fully collapsible.
* Centered orientation
* Soft, neutral background colors
* Strong colors, used sparingly
* Plenty of whitespace
* Tableless design and 100% CSS based
* Joomla 1.0.x+ compatible
* JA Split Menu, SuckerFish, Transmenu - very light and adaptive
* Wide selections of header images
* XHTML 1.0 Transitional Check it ?
* CSS Validates Check it ?
* Valid 508 Accessibility
* Well-commented template_css.css and index.php file for flexible customization
* The template comes with .PSD and FONT files which can be found in JA Polaris download folder.

Template screenshots and modules guide:

Color Variations

With JA Polaris, the Site Tools and Colors Switcher has been revamped using both PHP (server side) and Javascript (client/browser side) to enhance the accessibility and improve the performance for browsers. We will explain this technique in full details in a template tutorials which will be published in late September.

Installation:

Please download, unzip and read carefully the userguide.html file for installation and configuration guides. The template_css.css and index.php file are well-commented for the ease of customization.
Configuration:

There are a couple of configuration options for this template. The configuration variables are put in index.php file so that you can edit the file right from your Joomla! Admin CP. Go to Template Manager >> Edit HTML of JA Polaris template to make changes to these options. Please use userguide.html file, index.php files for advanced template configuration.

####################################
#support extra color themes
$ja_color_themes = array(’brown’, ‘green’, ‘red’, ‘blue’); // You can add more color array if needed
####################################

# TEMPLATE CONFIGURATIONS ##########
# Change the width of the template
$ja_width_default = ‘wide’; // ‘narrow’: 800×600; ‘wide’: widescreen
# default color
$ja_color_default = ”; //blank for default, else pick one of in extra color themes $ja_color_themes
#font size default
$ja_font_size_default = 3;
# Cnable users option
$ja_tool = 3; // 0: disable all; 1: disable color, enable screen; 2: enable color, disable screen; 3: anable all.
# Choose your prefer Menu Type
$ja_menutype = 1; // 1: Split Menu; 2: Son of Suckerfish Dropdown Menu; 3: Transmenu;
# END: TEMPLATE CONFIGURATIONS ##########

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Dark Rational – A Sleek, dark and sultry design

May 30th, 2009 at 05:59am Under Joomla Template+ JoomlaJunkie

Template： Dark Rational
Developer： JoomlaJunkie
Version： Joomla 1.5.x
Demo： Live Demo

Based on our very popular Rational Magic, Dark Rational is it’s super hot sister template. This template has enough features to satisfy your need for gadgets, but still lightweight enough to be fast and super good looking as well.

We love clean and effective designs. We wanted a template that was super lightweight, fast loading and still had a lot of versatility and we think we nailed it with Dark Rational. This template also has our brand new menu system. If you want to showcase your product or content, this template is perfect for you.

An introduction to Dark Rational
Dark Rational comes with four color switch options including:

Blue, Green, Orange, Pink

Give your users the ability to change the sites overall colors from a simple switcher in the header. Users can change the site color on the fly, make the text bigger and smaller, and basically personalize your site to their tastes. If this much control for your users is not desired, it is just as simple for you to set the colors and sizes that you want everybody to use via the templates settings in your Joomla admin.

It’s all about choices.
Brand new menu system for Joomla 1.5

We have implemented an entirely new menu system this go round that will be in all of our future templates. This menu is great because it combines all of the most popular menu systems into the template. Superfish and our new SuperDrop menu will fulfill all of your needs. This system also degrades gracefully when Javascript is switched off, allowing users who have older system to still be able to navigate your site. This menu system is also equipped with a time-delay on mouse-out which means your users won’t lose the menu because they weren’t quick enough or accurate enough in pointing.
60% Faster with CSS Compression and file Include

With modern websites, load times are going up respectively as the size, complexity and number of javascript and css files loaded into a page increase.

With Dark Rational we have implemented a method built into the template to do 2 very important things in order to help reduce the load speeds.

Compress (gzip) CSS and Javascript
We include a php script that first checks the server accepts this method, then it uses one of the php compression methods to reduce the size of the file for loading as well as revalidate the cache header.

Using php includes to minimize “http” requests to the server
The main focus here is to merge (on the fly) the css and javascript into single files in order to reduce the http requests. So instead of loading 6 css files, only one is loaded.

These 2 methods have shown us and increase of nearly 60% and we think it makes this an exceptionally fast loading template. This feature is built into the template and requires no setup, directly after install your visitors will enjoy enhanced browse speeds.
Module versatility at your fingertips

Intelli Modules Built in
This template comes with intelli-modules which calculate how much space they can take up depending on how many of them you publish. It can handle a maximum of 2 rows of three modules. What’s more Dark Rational has a fully collapsible top & bottom shelf. With this template there are over 30 module positions for you. That is a total of 38 module positions. Talk about options!

Module FX - Mix and match module styles!
One thing we have learn over the years is that our users want control and the means to easily customize the template to their needs. That is why we have come up with this clever system allowing you mix and match your different module styles.
Express yourself through style, color, and layout versatility

Dark Rational brings a new dimension to layout flexibility using its flexible layout configurations that are available on a per component basis. This allows you to set a 1, 2 or 3 column layout for any component, not only that, you can even specify the ordering of the columns!

This allows you to change your sites layout, depending on the content that your users are viewing. For example, if you wanted your site to have a forum, but did not want the sidebar to be loaded when viewing the forum, you would simple set the configuration to com_fireboard = content. It really is that simple! Examples of all of those situations and more are depicted in the pictures on the right.
Extra Goodies included when you buy Dark Rational

For Rational Magic, we decided to include a couple of simple additions that would make your life easier.
Simple Feed Module

Ever wanted to display a rss module, but did not know how to customize the default joomla syndicate module? Well, we have taken the concept and run with it. With our Simple Feed module, you can now add your own “pre text”, customize the link text, customize whether to pull the rss feed from Joomla! or MyBlog and if choosing Joomla! you can specify what type of feed you would like to syndicate. All this without digging in a single line of code!
Simple company contact Module

A simple yet effective module that allows your company to have a contact blurb. Save space and use this module for easy and quick contact info.

Features Summary:

* Out of box install
* Joomla 1.5 - 2 different menu choices, SuperFish, new and exclusive SuperDrop
* Compressed CSS
* 8 Normal and 5 Intelli Module Positions which are capable of expanding to 30 module positions
* Fully XHTML and CSS Validated and Compliant.
* Multiple layout options
* Detailed style guide
* Semantic markup / separation of presentation and content
* Comprehensive setup guide
* Fireworks source included
* Fully collapsible module positions
* Disable or change footer credits and links from the admin
* Disable Joomlas default MooTools library from admin
* Accordian Side menus
* Fully compatible IE6, IE7, Safari 2, Firefox 1.5+ (mac +win), Opera

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