By HMED on Friday, 30 May 2014
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Hi every body, i am new here, just purchased the pro social bundle

i am looking for premium templates for my joomla-stackideas powered website, i need your suggestion please

regards
Hello Ketab,

You could try Joomlart They have pretty cool templates there.
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Saturday, 31 May 2014 00:34
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Hello Mark and thank you, i'd visited the joomlart site, nices templates,
i am looking for some thing simple and elegant as the stackideas discuss/blog sites, can you recommand to me a similar template ?

regards !
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Saturday, 31 May 2014 02:09
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Hello Ketab,

What we have here on our site is built by our own internal team We do not actually use any 3rd party templates to build our site
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Saturday, 31 May 2014 13:50
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Hey Ketab congratulations on your purchase and welcome to the community. Actually just seconds ago I posted this thread: http://stackideas.com/forums/what-is-your-favorite-template-framework-and-why which I hope will create a good debate featuring comparisons of the different Joomla Template Frameworks, as I am in a similar boat as you, I feel overwhelmed with options and I am having a hard time choosing my base. You should keep an eye out on the developments.

That said, based on my experience so far, I have subscribed to JoomlArt, RocketTheme and YooTheme, and have worked on sites for clients or friends where they used GavickPro, JSN and JoomlaBamboo.

Here is how I would compare them based on my experience:

JoomlArt: By far one of the most respected, they are continuously trying to implement the latest web technologies. This is great, but it can sometimes result in templates being challenging to configure. If you choose a template with very unique features or animations, make sure you use the Quickstart and read the documentation, as they really have used out of the box thinking to make their themes do wonderful things.

RocketTheme: By far the most feature rich and easy to configure templates, but some would argue that they can be a bit bloated... and I am not a fan of their latest designs.

YooTheme: Arguably some of the nicest designs out there for Joomla and easier to configure than Joomlart, but a bit more complicated than RocketTheme. In many ways one of my favorites.

GavickPro: GavickPro has very well planned out templates and they are also a joy to configure. Better 3rd party component integrations than the rest, they put more effort into it I feel.

JoomlaBamboo: Their templates are stylistically absolutely stunning, but they are less universal than the others.

JSN: I find them inconsistent... that said, they do focus a lot on third party integrations which I really really appreciate... for example they have the only nice looking Ohana supporting template on the market, and they were one of the first to attempt to make a template which revolved around EasySocial. I love their business model however, as they provide limited versions of their templates for free, so you can test before you buy.

If you are feeling adventurous, goto Themeforest.net then go the the Joomla section under CMS. There you will find very unique designs from smaller design firms or even individuals... consider it more of a marketplace than a template provider. There is always amazing stuff there!


Hope this helps.
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Saturday, 31 May 2014 15:21
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Ohh and I forgot to mention http://www.joomlart.com/demo/#purity_iii would be a good fit for what you are trying to achieve and it is 100% free
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Saturday, 31 May 2014 15:33
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Well said, thanks for sharing Jannik
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Saturday, 31 May 2014 16:19
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Hi Jannik ! thank you for the share,

i was looking for full compatible template with easysocial-discuss&blog, i found that Joomlashine COrsa is the most compatible one, as you said they do attention on the 3rd party plugins.

i will write my reviews on your topic

merci!
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Saturday, 31 May 2014 17:07
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You are very welcome. Do remember that all templates are fully compatible with EasySocial, EasyDiscuss and EasyBlog. Just because they don't advertise it, does not mean that they aren't compatible. That said, in the case of JoomlaShine Corsa they definitely made a conscious effort to make sure that all three components looked good and worked well together... but just don't feel forced to use it if you prefer another template that doesn't specify support.
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Saturday, 31 May 2014 17:38
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