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[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#278310

ShannonN;89668no wow from what I see? really bland and boring, while I know you all will say its not a rehash of a combination of any number of previous templates, it does look that way?
Sorry JA there are better free templates out there also

Different strokes for different folks I guess…. what one will call ‘Bland and boring’ another will call ‘clean and simple’. With JA’s new license agreement you basically get to pick 2 templates from a selection of 60 or so. It cost $50 for 6 Months and you get to keep the templates so it’s costing $25 for each template.

I think at €25 a shot the templates offered by JA are extremely good value plus you get 6 months support . Yes – of course some are going to be a rehashes of older templates but what do you expect for $25? A new menu system with every release? A new extension with every release?

I’ve complained about JA release in the past too. But at the end of the day it has cost me only $70 for 3 top class professional looking templates. A bargain IMO.

Maybe (and hopefully) when the new system of one release per month comes into play we’ll see some more original looking templates. Until then, I think we’re stuck with the rehashes.

[mfcphil Friend mfcphilJoin date: September 2007Posts: 2866Downloads:3Uploads:218 Thanks: 211 Thanked: 388 times in 133 posts]

#278313

<em>@scotty 89670 wrote:</em><blockquote>
Those popup text boxes you mentioned above when you hover over certain text. You will enable it same way you add image captions…

<a class=”ja-tips-title” id=”ja-tip-631″>Curabitur lacinia Nulla</a>

The page curl/shadow and frame in Trona is done with CSS. It’s not part of the photo.

<div class=”shadow”><img src=”/ja_trona/images/stories/demo/sam-8.jpg” alt=”Confessions of a Shopaholic”></div>

and the css….

.shadow img { padding: 1px;
border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
}

.shadow {
float: left;
margin-right: 10px;
padding-bottom: 3px;
background: url(../images/shadow-bg.gif) no-repeat 99% 100%;
}


</blockquote>

Scotty thats 2 tips you can add to the css tips section Please 😉 😉

[wicky Friend wickyJoin date: February 2007Posts: 37Downloads:5Uploads:1 Thanks: 10 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#278360

Ah!! Scotty now that just the thing we need in the CSS TIPS section.
would you like to add the HOW TO there friend
Excuse me, but where can I find that CSS tips section? Sounds very interesting 🙂

[kurdapya Friend kurdapyaJoin date: October 2008Posts: 34Downloads:0Uploads:6 Thanks: 6 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#278361

that photo galery is a must have!!! 😀
does this template comes with that photo gallery extension?

[bennitos Friend bennitosJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1717Downloads:0Uploads:39 Thanks: 39 Thanked: 474 times in 407 posts]

#278362

<em>@kurdapya 89739 wrote:</em><blockquote>that photo galery is a must have!!! 😀
does this template comes with that photo gallery extension?</blockquote>

yes JA templates come with the needed extensions/modules so you can make it exactly like the demo if you wanted too.

[mfcphil Friend mfcphilJoin date: September 2007Posts: 2866Downloads:3Uploads:218 Thanks: 211 Thanked: 388 times in 133 posts]

#278364

<em>@wicky 89738 wrote:</em><blockquote>Ah!! Scotty now that just the thing we need in the CSS TIPS section.
would you like to add the HOW TO there friend
Excuse me, but where can I find that CSS tips section? Sounds very interesting :)</blockquote>

The css tips page was an idea I had, which I thought if everyone joined in could be of great bennifit to us all…..still need Scotty to add his latest couple 😉

You can find it here http://www.joomlart.com/forums/showthread.php?p=89511#post89511

[ShannonN Friend ShannonNJoin date: July 2006Posts: 1947Downloads:0Uploads:9 Thanks: 16 Thanked: 172 times in 49 posts]

#278367

scotty;89672Different strokes for different folks I guess…. what one will call ‘Bland and boring’ another will call ‘clean and simple’. With JA’s new license agreement you basically get to pick 2 templates from a selection of 60 or so. It cost $50 for 6 Months and you get to keep the templates so it’s costing $25 for each template.

I think at €25 a shot the templates offered by JA are extremely good value plus you get 6 months support . Yes – of course some are going to be a rehashes of older templates but what do you expect for $25? A new menu system with every release? A new extension with every release?

I’ve complained about JA release in the past too. But at the end of the day it has cost me only $70 for 3 top class professional looking templates. A bargain IMO.

Maybe (and hopefully) when the new system of one release per month comes into play we’ll see some more original looking templates. Until then, I think we’re stuck with the rehashes.

I agree it’s the cheapest and potentially the best template club etc etc. Just I don’t feel that Joomlart is dedicated enough to consistently turn out great stuff, it’s common for them to turn out a very advanced combo like sandinine with extras like forums etc then the next mth basically a white frontpage with nothing new? >:(

Having been a helper and basically a mod here at one time, I know JA well, it seems they have their fingers in so many other ventureslike joomlancers et al that I wonder do they shift the design talent from project to project leaving a vacuumn for JA development and support ?

Then when enough complaints are received pull out all stops and deliver a great feature packed template like fagus, sandinine, Teline etc?

I sent a support request 2 weeks ago which is still unanswered, sent Hung a PM a few days ago still unanswered, why? busy with other ventures maybe?

I just feel frustrated like many we the community have great rapport with each other and great templates but if it was run as a Dedicated business how much more could JA be

I hope everyone realises this is an observation not a knock JA unneccesarily post 🙂

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