Click here to visit: RocketTheme

www.rockettheme.com, finds a new way of placing its products and services. The name, the site design and the various blends of packages to interest the buyers especially the Joomla fans. RocketTheme specializes in Joomla templates, Joomla 1.5 templates and phpBB3 platforms and proudly develops Joomla templates every month. Now they have over 80 professional templates in their club and more arriving every month.

Clicking on the Joomla templates tab, you will see templates sorted yearly without any changes in quality. I would like to share a list of features RT adds in their templates.

• W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional

• W3C CSS 2.1 Valid

• Multiple module variations

• Multiple preset styles

• Multi-column menu

• Multiple Menu systems (RokMoomenu, Suckerfish, Splitmenu menus)

• Browser Compatibility (FF3, Opera 9.6, Safari 3, IE6,7,8)

• Source Ordered Layout

• Thematic extensions, plugins and components included

For a buyer visitor, RT is very user friendly as it places all information along with every template. I reviewed a template lately and I found out that there is a lot of assistance provided by the seller in order to satisfy their clients. There are wide ranged document and video tutorials, template installation guide, FAQ’s, Live DEMO and community based Forum for members who can exchange solutions to their Joomla templates. Moreover, the RSS brings you feeds on new templates, updates and modifications on existing templates, and Team Blog. Therefore, containing everything you need.

While checking the updates, I read a notice about RocketThemes decision on continuing with Joomla 1.5 templates only after January 2009.

‘RocketLauncher’ is a new feature that allows you to deploy your Joomla template themes, custom content, settings and tuning quickly and easily. This feature works on only new template installations and is not compatible with existing content or site.

Looking at the pricing strategy, RT requests you to join their Club to benefit by matching your needs. They give out “entitlements” i.e. allowance for using a template on a domain. If you get 2 entitlements, you can use 2 templates on 2 separate domains. You can only use a template on more than one domain in case you are developing a Non-profit website.

The prices range from $50 to $300 with entitlements from 1 to unlimited respectively. You can further discount yourself through upgrading your membership, which is the same thing as buying another template on discount. Before making any purchases, please remember RT follows non-refundable policy for their intangible products and thereby no funds are issued after any membership.
When you find the templates meeting your requirements with trendy and appealing designs, I believe you should next consider its features and buy immediately.

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Click here to visit: ThemesClub

On my way to reviewing Joomla template providers, I found one more piece of sophisticated website that arranged its Joomla services and products neatly in the view. It is none but www.themesclub.com that have solid expertise in designing and coding Joomla 1.0v, Joomla 1.5v, Drupal and Wordpress. Leaving aside the rest of the services, let us get to know what ThemesClub has to offer in Content Management Systems like Joomla.

I hope that others will review the template design after my descriptions especially that I mention the template deliverables provided by the seller. Please note down what they offer in most of their Joomla templates.

• 100% CSS Based

• Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional and valid CSS

• Fast loading and fairly lightweight

• Joomla 1.0 / Joomla 1.5+ Native

• Built in PNG fix

• Built in Image Lightbox

• Tool Tips Enabled

• Multiple Module Positions & Flexible Layout

• Built in Module Suffixes & Controlling

• Multiple Menu Systems (Dropline, Suckerfish, etc)

It seems professional when the provider is offering detailed support. Just like that, Themes Club has a huge collection on tutoring their clients within various topics, such as articles on (Templates, SEO, CMS, Business, etc). You can further entertain your knowledge through their Blog. If you are a technical person with a Pro plan for developers, this could be one of the best ways to promote your expertise among the huge traffic. Not only this, but you can also get a free call to ThemesClub customer care who can answer your technical queries in a detailed manner. There is no EMAIL contact support.

Moreover, ThemesClub is going to perform Joomla templates conversion for you. You will supply them the template with source files and they will return you after converting it to Joomla version you prefer. This facility is coming soon. Other than that, ThemesClub proposes several membership plans to accommodate the buyer needs. Please check out the plans below.

Plan terms          Maximum concurrent templates              Price
3 months                                         1                                                                  $40
3 months renewal                        1 Additional                                          $30
6 months                                         2                                                                 $50
6 months renewal                        2 Additional                                          $45
1 year                                                3                                                                 $75
1 year renewal                               3 Additional                                          $60
1 year pro                                        Unlimited                                               $200
1 year pro renewal                       Unlimited                                               $150

The prices are all competitive however, it is verily required for any buyer to first test the template via Live DEMOs and ThemesClub justifies its every Joomla template through it. For further satisfaction, one should know about the refund policy as well. I read it for you, which explains all the membership purchases are non-tangible and irrevocable therefore no refunds are issued after any purchases.

In the end, I would suggest all, to make a safe decision by first downloading and using the free templates. Upon satisfaction, you are good to go with the premium templates. To achieve valuable satisfaction, ThemesClub proves to be one of the sellers who offer a good number of free Joomla templates.

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Click here to visit: TemplatePlazza

According to the newest traditions of famous Content Management System Joomla, www.templateplazza.com comes up with a variety of trendy Joomla templates while mastering in Joomla 1.5.x templates and most wanted extensions. On the first visit, everyone would consider TPlaza a well-established seller however; I will place all possible facts that will give a refined image of this provider before you.

I first browsed through the templates and the inclusive deliverables provided by TP. Let me list down the elements while you analyze and start planning your review on the website.
Compatibility to Joomla 1.5.x
Manual
PSD sliced and layered source files
Browser Compatibility: Firefox, IE7, IE6, Opera, Safari, Chrome
Themed components & extensions
Ajax Tabs
Multiple design variations and orientation styles
Multiple Menu types (Dropline, Dropdown, Dropcolumn, Dolphin)
Typography: Xtypo
Lightbox Effects
Moo Tooltips Enabled
Multiple module positions
Tabless Design (Some 100% and a few table design needed for template overriding)
Valid XHTML/CSS
GZip Loader
IE6 Png Fix

Right below the features of any Joomla template, you will find a complete tutorial section that includes template tutorials, extensions tutorials, Joomla tutorials and Video tutorials). All these tutorials are viewable after signing up on Template Plazza. There are three straightforward membership plans for TP and the details are as follows.
Silver Membership ($39) 4 months:    Access to all templates/extensions with usable templates on
2 domains
Gold Membership ($65) 1 year:    Access to all templates/extensions with usable templates on
4 domains
Developer Membership ($189) 1 year:    All existing and joining templates are yours to deploy on
unlimited domains.

Joomla templates and extensions are not only the entertainment here, but you can be a part of a community forum where you can over the time, tune your skills or may be prove to be the best service among Joomla clients. TP does not offer any customization services however; you can find answers to your queries and sound technical support through their forum.

It is recommended to go through the Pre-purchase questions to confirm your purchase to be valid and beneficial. Template Plazza offers you limited usage license on none but Developer Membership plan. You can ask for refund within the first week of purchase depending on the situation. E.g. If the template is not-as-described, or any other genuine reason, Template Plazza will arrange a refund within an agreed time by both parties.

I believe TP is very accommodating and affordable at the same time. The best part is when any Joomla template covers all that you require in a Content Management System, the price is not a variable.

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Click here to visit: Shape5

Writing in the science of Joomla, I must say that www.Shape5.com has portrayed itself as a very diligent seller who is precisely explaining about the template services they offer. The first thing that caught my sight was the fine typography used in the Shape5’s design showing professionalism and quality experience. However, today we are going to find out more about the Joomla templates rather than the website itself.

Mastering in the design and code of Joomla templates and Joomla 1.5 templates, Shape5 recently announces to move ahead with only Joomla 1.5 in order to work on advanced level. Let me feature down the template elements for you to realize the benefits:

• 100% Tableless design and CSS code

• XHTML Validation

• CSS Validation

• SQL Dump

• Joomla 1.5 compatibility

• Multiple and fully collapsible module positions

• S5 Effects in JavaScript

• Custom Virtuemart themes

• Sliced PSD’s

• Tooltips enabled

• Multiple Menu Systems: No-Moo Drop Down, No-Moo Fading, Suckerfish

• Browser Compatibility

You can first test and measure these features through a LIVE DEMO link where I spent about half hour enjoying the template in action. You can further add satisfaction by reading through answers in “Pre-Sales questions” section. In case you want to try Shape5 without spending anything, try out the FREE extra-ordinary templates and extensions. If you are pleased with the service, I am listing down the club membership packages for your convenience.

Standard Membership :
$45    (3 months to use any Shape5 products on maximum 2 domains)
$65    ( 1 year to use any Shape5 products on maximum 4 domains)
$110    (1 year to use any Shape5 products on Unlimited domains)

Developer Membership:
$225    (1 year to use Shape5 products on unlimited revisions)

You might figure out that $110 membership is better than of Developer package, however if you choose to deal Developer Membership, it will exclude all non-profit websites.

To find tutorials on all topics about your template, you can simply click the “Tutorial” menu and browse through all the handling and managing instructions. From my perspective, Shape5 collects a large database of information in their forums, as there is a regular posting activity for new and existing members. Over 21,000 posts give an expression of a large community established with Shape5.

Furthermore, right before deciding to purchase a membership, take a cursory look at Terms and Conditions while I am going to share the most important Refund Policy. Shape5 like other professionals offer non-tangible irrevocable products and hence are not liable for any refunds to the paid memberships. Therefore, please take your time reviewing through Demos and overall service quality and I am sure you will make a deal today as I did.

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Click Here to Visit Site: PixelsParadise

Welcome to www.pixelsparadise.com review. Since year 2004, PixelsParadise is carrying a profound experience in the field of Joomla and Mamboo templates. They say they design and code professional themes for most commonly used Content Management Systems such as Joomla and Mamboo. We cannot depend on the bit of information discussed above but I will inspect through the site to gather valuable information for Joomla template buyers.

Two fine categories in their shop sell Joomla 1.0.x templates and Joomla 1.5.x templates. They have further categorized these templates into Business templates, One-column templates, two-column templates, Shop, Specials and Blog templates. While finding the deliverables with these templates, I found that all templates possess the following:

• Validate XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.0 code

• Screen resolutions: 1024 x 768px and above

• Compatibility in Joomla 1.0+, Mamboo 4.5.1+, Joomla 1.5+ and PhotoShop CS+

• Joomla 1.5 templates contain only native Joomla 1.5 version

Other templates include 3 versions:

• Tableless design/w3c valid code

• Full sliced and layered Photoshop source file

• Simple and Clean code for faster loading

At first glance, you might feel PixelsParadise is not a friendly seller however clicking on its Pro Club, you will find a bunch of services offered like a strong competitor. Placing 50+ templates on the store and introducing one new each month with no other than ‘unlimited usage’ license where you can use any Joomla template as many times as you wish. They are offering two membership plans for 3 and 12 months for 79Euro to 99Euro respectively. Please note down the following facilities upon your membership.

• Access to all templates with new templates every month

• Unlimited Usage (use the templates on unlimited domains)

• Removable Credits (Replacing their backlink with your info)

• User-to-User forum (A community for members and template designer)

Before buying a Joomla template or templates at PixelsParadise, you will have Pre-Join questions regarding the prices, the packages, payment methods, etc. Take a glance at FAQ’s in Pro Club and entertain your queries in the first place. Moreover, if you are looking to buy up to three templates, buy them individually while if you are a developer yourself, the best option you can make is a SIGN UP.

It is never a bad deal when you can test a product thoroughly. Just like that, you can see templates in action through Live Demo feature. PixelsParadise is not responsible for any refunds to any purchases of the intangible products. Nevertheless, a complete support forum is established to facilitate your issues within the topics of your Joomla/Mamboo template.

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Click here to visit: JoomlaShack

www.Joomlashack.com sounds dashingly an energetic team, improvising in the expertise of designing and developing Joomla templates and Joomla 1.5 templates. Their Core Joomla services include Free and pro templates, licenses, extensions and components, Developer template club membership, and lightweight customization.

Their outstanding designed templates come with the following features however; their thematic designs have unique ingredients.

• XHTML Strict/ CSS Based/ Tableless design

• Multiple module positions with variations

• CSS based Dropline or Suckerfish Menu systems

• Multiple Color Themes

• Enhanced typography styles

• Versions 1.0 and 1.5 native

• SEO Optimized header

• Integrated support for PNG images

• Integrated Column width selector

• Dynamic Header Scaling & Sizing

• Template widths parametrized

• A small comprehensive guide on installing and setting up your template

To help you set up the finest quality of your Joomla template loaded with all required extensions and components, Joomla Shack has build a strong community forum where you can extract assistance on many a topics of your interest. If you find it hassle, you can browse through JoomlaShack’s wide ranged ‘how to’ articles and tutorials. Its further support programs include ‘ticketing system’ where you can post your queries and assist yourselves by their representatives while you do have FAQ’s section on most fundamental issues of your template. Moreover, you get the latest updates on templates and innovations through RSS Feeds.

If you are a non-technical resource and wish to customize your Joomla template or Joomla 1.5 template, JoomlaShack offers only tuning services to insert a logo, add module position or further play around color customization. They are not offering complex customization since their forums and tutorials have enough of information for their clients to manage their templates individually, easily and cost effectively.

As far as the price is concerned, it is affordable buying quality loaded Joomla templates starting from $25 to maximum spending of $40 per template. They also offer yearly ‘Developer Club Membership’ with unlimited usage license for $400. If your needs are less than the packages discussed, you can make a free signup to access free templates, modify and enjoy JoomlaShack’s services. Since I am a non-technical person, I personally achieved satisfaction after testing their template through Live Demo loaded with tutorials on each page.

Again, like other renowned sellers in the market, JoomlaShack has non-refundable policy for their intangible products. It sounds assuring that their templates are fraud proof and possess all deliverables offered by them.

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Visit Site: JoomlaArt

“More than just a template”, www.joomlart.com appears as one of the best Joomla template providers I have ever reviewed. May be it sounds too good to be true, yet I would go through the nook and cranny of the site and aware you what, how and why it suits your needs. Firstly, they present their foremost templates include Joomla and Magento. However, as I target the Joomla audience therefore my analysis will benefit more of Joomla fans.

In the field of Joomla templates, JA comes up with fully loaded templates that include the following:
Tableless and 100% CSS-based design
Multiple theme color options
Joomla 1.5.x compatibility
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
CSS Validates
Valid 508 Accessibility
Source Files including .PSD, Fonts, Demo Site Sample database and a User Guide
Cross Browser Support
3 Menu options: JA Split menu, JA Css menu, JA Moo menu

Noting down the above deliverables, you can expect a professional Joomla template. However, I could not find anywhere if extra modules or extensions are provided as well. Instead, they have opened a Joomla Extension club where you need to become a member and get access to all extensions available at JA. The membership plans include 3 months and 1 year for $59 and $70 respectively.  It is relatively expensive yet cheapest when it is a desired module, extension.

Other Joomla Membership plans include standard template club membership and Developer Club Membership at similar packages as discussed above.  Full refunds are only available to Developer Membership within the first 7 days of purchase on two conditions:
If the templates or extensions are not functional and having problems
If the customer service is not able to resolve the issues through email
JA charges $40 for your Joomla template installation while they offer wide ranged custom work. All you need is send your requirements and accept the price suiting your pocket. JA also shows a ‘Compare Package’ that informs you of ‘Who is buying what’ statistics to further screen down your membership plans. Your registrations can process through PayPal, 2CO, Wire Transfer, Credit Cards and MoneyBookers.

If you are already a technical client and looking to test a template, JA provides Demos to all their templates for thorough inspections before you purchase. The other way round, if you are a non-technical buyer, JA details its support through forums (visitors & members only), email support, FAQ’s and a User Guide attached with every Joomla Template to entertain your basic and technical queries regarding the installation, creating module positions and module class suffixes.

JA emerged in year 2005 mastering in Joomla and Magento platforms and further improved their expertise in demanding extensions. Now, they have over 30,000 registered members who enjoy two new Joomla 1.5 templates (backward compatibility) and extensions every month throughout their membership life.

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Click Here To Visit: JoomlaCapital.com

Like other template providers, www.joomlacapital.com also rises up as a professional team that offers Joomla 1.5 templates and Joomla templates to most traffic rather than just the Joomla fans. A small team having nearly ten years of working experience covers all what their customers demand. Along with their distinct selling, they have renamed template packages to ‘credits’. E.g. If you buy 5 credits, you can actually download 5 templates and use on 5 different domains. This goes on until you buy 30 credits to 30 templates. Remember here, these credits are without any expiration date so you can enjoy the templates in a lifetime.

It is mentionable that here, the cost or benefits of multi-usage of templates is not as important as the inclusive deliverables with the offered Joomla templates. Hereby, I am listing down most significant features that JC proudly offers:
Every template package comes in two versions.
1.0.13 joomla template package
1.5 native joomla template package
-     W3c Compliant Tableless template designs
-     Clean and simple coding
-    Template functionality/styling is similar for all, (JC promises assistance on requiring additional components/modules/extensions)
-     Comprehensive Guide on setting up the template and modules

To achieve client satisfaction, JC places its LIVE Demos on each template for testing and inspections. Other than that, you can find support through FAQ’s, Sitemap and contact email. Apparently, there is not a strong community forum or Blog to invite a user-to-user communication. However, a huge collection of tips and techniques about CSS and CSS utilities guide you exactly where you want your Joomla template to be. I believe the valid reason behind their comparatively small support is their effective simple and clean code with useful tutorials on installations and other settings.

Your purchasing on JC is highly secured as they have encrypted a 256-Bit SSL certificate that protects your payments online more effectively. Moreover, they do not issue any refunds for buying their non-tangible products after thorough testing. If you make a purchase, it is assumed to have read the terms and conditions.  For regular credits, you are granted a “limited usage” while Developers package includes unlimited usage of Joomla templates on unlimited domains.

Screening down all the factors discussed above, Joomla Capital makes a right choice if you are looking to a simple and clean coded design with Joomla Core Functionalities and above all, when affordable.

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Visit Site: JoomlaBamboo.com

Adding to my reviews on template providers, www.joomlabamboo.com comes up with another way of designing and developing templates for Joomla fans across the globe. Their two-line introduction explains everything they possess for their valued clients on the web. Their work domain is designing Joomla templates and Joomla 1.5 templates. They currently have 41 templates in their download center while they introduce a new template every month.

Let us find out the ingredients of JB’s Joomla templates. Since their templates have different themes, therefore they have different components and modules provided within each template while I would extract the most common elements included in every of their package.
Latest JQuery components (Superfish Menu
Plugins
Color Schemes
Multiple module positions
Tableless and CSS based designs
Extensive Template Overrides
XHTML and CSS valid
Extensive Typography
MicroBlog module (works on enabling legacy mode)
Full PSD Source Files
Panel Menu
Quickstart package for Joomla and Joomla 1.5 templates (A guide to help install JB template after you have a ready server setup)

Building a further convenience to run your website stably, JB guides you through its comprehensive community forum, tutorials, Blog, RSS Feeds on new releases and FAQ’s. If you still feel uncomfortable, you can simply contact them by email; fill the contact form and get assistance. Moreover, JB costs you $49 for all the installation and bringing up the final output of the website. All you would need be providing them the website content.

Signing up on JB for free will give you access to free Joomla templates and extensions in the download center while if you wish to benefit more by saving your costs and building multiple websites, you can subscribe a club membership on plans detailed below.

3 months plan offers you all available templates and extensions downloads, while you can use any template on one domain only. Likewise, 6 and 12-months plans allow you to use single template on 2 and 5 domains respectively. For all these plans, except for the Developer subscription, you are supposed to keep JB’s link on your Joomla template. This would not harm your website’s presence but a petty deal of advertising JB. Prices for all these plans list below:
3 months         -    $40
6 months        -    $50
12 months        -    $70
6 Month Developer    -    $120
12 Month Developer    -    $195
Joomla Bamboo is not liable for any refunds to your subscriptions as thorough testing is provided via Live Demos to satisfy the client’s needs in extensions and template functionality. Therefore, my personal idea about JB and its templates is that they are not too old, yet trendy and believing the fact that they deliver comparatively more extensions in a template than other providers. End of the day, it is acceptable to believe the information provided is what JB offers.

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Click Here to visit: CMSlounge

After my first visit to www.cmslounge.com, I have intended to share valuable information and basket of services they are soundly offering. I will refine down all possible measures that may help you make a solid deal for your Joomla template or Joomla 1.5 template. CMS Lounge specifically designs these templates and builds them for clients in the form of e-stores, blogs and social network sites. The templates include instructional guides on installation, finding module positions and configuring class suffixes. Moreover, the template design is the choice that catches your eyes.

Since Joomla is coming up as a trendy open source platform for your website, it is essential to go through the features and benefits before you risk buying a template from a non-professional. CMS Lounge claims to have a prolific experience in designing and developing Joomla templates that leads them to produce Joomla 1.5 with features listed as follows:
Fully customizable layouts
Content Management System for nearly all sorts of content on the website
Dynamic forum and polling
Able to run on servers like LINUX, MacOSX server, Solaris, and AIX
Extensive Administration Capabilities

CMS Lounge claims to have been designing and developing Joomla templates since 2005. To testify their expertise, I am going to extract the technical facilities offered by the provider. After searching a few templates, I found out that not all but a percentage of templates include module positions and class suffixes that may help you work on positions within a template and create CSS classes in HTML. They provide different styling for all their templates, which again is a standout.

If you further wish to customize your Joomla template, CMS Lounge can do for you:

• Template Installation

• Additional Module integration

• Incorporating extensive open source components/plugins

• Applying or using module class suffixes

• Support for Maintenance and minor bugs issues

You can test all the templates in action via a demo by the provider. Regarding the support program, nearly all the Joomla template providers offer support to assist their clients in setting up their websites however, CMS Lounge offers through Email, Phone, FAQ’s and ticketing support system where you can get access to operators quickly.

The last and one of the most important reasons to buy a Joomla template is the price which to be honest, I look first. Since I shop after reviewing through various provider offers, I assure CMS Lounge makes a competitive deal for its valued clients. This site offers a “10 template package” where you can choose any 10 themes or templates, add to cart and transact 100 dollars. If you wish to buy one CSS-driven template, the price ranges 25$ and above. If you are looking to buy a full package containing installation and customization, your deal adds to $250. Thereby, you can build a Joomla Website within a $300 budget. After a thorough search, I could not find a refund policy with CMS Lounge however, they do offer coupon discounts to random or most visiting clients.

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