Every month, each of the major Joomla template clubs release a new template.
In this post, I take another look at the premium business Joomla templates released. This time for the month of March 2012.
There are templates from Yootheme, RocketTheme, Joomla Bamboo, JoomlArt, JoomlaShack, JoomlaXTC and Shape5 on display this month. Enjoy!
Yootheme: Inspire
This month's template from YooTheme really shows the possibilities of the Widgetkit plugin. The front page has a large area with an image background on which your can display slideshows. These backgrounds can be changed using the template parameters. There are also cover effects for images and other effects included in the Widgetkit package.
Yootheme Inspire features
This theme utilizes the latest features of the fast and slick Warp theme framework. It comes with a broad range of layout and module variations as well as a neat typography to style your content. Read on to learn more about this theme and its features:
- Available for Joomla and WordPress
- 12 pixel perfect backgrounds
- Beautiful CSS background animations for most backgrounds
- Choose from 6 color styles and 13 fonts
- Light and dark footer available
- 4 module styles combinable with 4 badges and 6 icons
- 3 custom Widgetkit styles for Slideshow, Slideset and Gallery
- Flexible template and column widths
- All Warp framework features are available
RocketTheme: Ionosphere
RocketTheme ionosphere features
- Joomla 1.5 / 2.5 versions
- 12 Preset Styles
- Powerful Core Gantry Framework
- iPhone/Android viewing support
- Extensive RokSprocket Integration
- RocketTheme Extensions Styling
- Custom Content Typography
- Fusion MegaMenu & Splitmenu
- Load Transitions
- 84 Module Positions
- 11 Styled and 26 Layout Module Suffixes
- FF, Safari, Chrome, Opera, IE7+ Compatible
- W3C XHTML 1.0 / CSS Valid
Joomla Bamboo: Epicure
Joomla Bamboo Epicure features
- Elegant slideshow using Zentools.
- 13 Hilite options.
- 8 Subtle Background textures
- 10 Coloured Ribbons
- Responsive design scales to fit your browser or mobile device.
- Built for use with the Zentools module for responsive slideshows, carousels, accordions, grid and masonry layouts.
- K2 template override
- Unified Joomla 1.5 and Joomla 2.5 package
JoomlArt: JA Orisite
JoomlaArt JA Orisite features:
- Running on T3 Framework Version 2
- 5 color options
- 4 Menu options: JA Split, JA Css, JA Dropline & JA Mega menu
- Inbuilt Google Fonts configuration
- Inbuilt CSS and Javascript Compression
- Joomla 2.5.x compatible
- Cross Browser Support: IE7+, Firefox 2+, Safari 3+, Chrome 8+, Opera 9+ and other Standards-Supporting Browsers.
- XHTML 1.0 Transitional Check it ?
- CSS Validates
- Valid 508 Accessibility
- Well-commented template_css.css file for flexible customization
JoomlaShack: N6
N6 from JoomlaShack is something as rare as a single scrolling page template for Joomla. Single page websites are kind of a trend these days, and this is a good way of creating one. If it is good for SEO to have a single page, I'm not that sure about. But it's definitely an attractive way of presenting your site's content.
JoomlaShack n6 features
- Built in 'single page scrolling' function.
- 12 Template themes.
- Monocromatic 'filter' for your added images.
- Fixed (960px optimized) and fluid width options.
- Elegant typography.
- One Zip file for 1.5/1.7/2.5
- Styles for Shackslides image slider (sold separately)
- Progressive enhancements.
- Custom module chrome.
JoomlaXTC: Appwerks
JoomlaXTC appwerks features
- CSS3 Design
- XTC Template Framework
- 4 Preset Styles
- 50 Module Positions
- 90 Stock Module Suffix Styles
- Suckerfish - Dropline - DualFish Menu Styles
- Mulitple Layout Options
- RTL / LTR Support
- Multi Column Design
- Custom Joomla Content CSS Style
- Commented source files
- Cross Browser Support
Shape5: Shopping Bag
Shape5 shopping bag features
- Vertex Framework
- 92 collapsible core template positions plus 4 mobile positions
- 6 custom module suffixes
- S5 Flex Menu integrated
- Choose fluid or fixed template widths
- Custom Highlight Color and Top Background Image
- Custom column, page and row widths
- Mobile device support
- Designed with CSS3 - Limited support for IE7 and IE8
- RTL language support
- Drop down panel
- 3rd Party Stylings for Tienda, Virtuemart, and K2
- Google Fonts