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[Hung Dinh Friend Hung DinhJoin date: September 2014Posts: 4408Downloads:11Uploads:189 Thanks: 309 Thanked: 3310 times in 3 posts]

#187630

Hello folks,

Its time for a totally different template for the next month. We have been listening to the feedback we got from you all and there has been a long standing request for horizontal scrolling template on the lines of Youtube TV for personal, portfolio, showcase purposes. So here we are with our June 2013 Responsive Joomla! 2.5 & 3.1 Template – JA SmashBoard, one of its kind.

JA SmashBoard features :

• T3v3 Framework latest version
• Integrated Bootstrap
• Fully responsive
• K2 Component Support
• Off-Canvas menu for Mobile
• Fully compatible with Joomla! 2.5 & 3.1
• Does not support Megamenu

Sneak Peek1: Homepage

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Sneak Peek 2: Featured Articles

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Sneak Peek 3: Category Page

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Sneak Peek 4: Item Detail Page

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Let us know how you feel about this new concept.

LIVE DEMO (alpha) : CLICK HERE

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1. swissa
2. Arvind Chauhan
3. studiofat
4. Manos
5. dieudonne
6. John Wesley Brett
7. wombat1
8. creativesmythe

[swissa Friend swissaJoin date: November 2011Posts: 1955Downloads:7Uploads:277 Thanks: 175 Thanked: 717 times in 572 posts]

#493917

Look forward to seeing this one in the flesh. Conrats for bringing something fresh to the table.

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1. tfosnom

[Arvind Chauhan Moderator Arvind ChauhanJoin date: September 2014Posts: 3835Downloads:74Uploads:92 Thanks: 1240 Thanked: 1334 times in 848 posts]

#493943

Live demo is up >> http://joomla25-templates.joomlart.com/ja_smashboard/

Please note its alpha.

Have a nice weekend guys!!

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1. tfosnom
2. Manos
3. dieudonne

[pedrox Friend pedroxJoin date: July 2007Posts: 375Downloads:1Uploads:85 Thanks: 5 Thanked: 37 times in 1 posts]

#493956

Sounds interesting…
Please, include extra provisions. Gallery, portfolio, blog … Only one provision appears to me too reductive
And include gallery (for articles or not)
And option for Facebook comments

The navigation seems easy, but it should not be easy to find old things … seems to me a sort of bottomless hole, where everything falls is lost.
I like everything well organized and easy to find…

And maybe include modules for Latest articles, Popular Articles, etc..
One position to the right for the Facebook module.

Anyway, something more organized and social…

Thanks

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#493957

And as always, K2 giving problems (See picture)
Why insist on using K2?? And why not Portfolio, for example??
Why insist on perpetuating the same problems from a template to another ???
I do not understand …

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1. dieudonne

[gringo211985 Friend gringo211985Join date: May 2012Posts: 678Downloads:197Uploads:121 Thanks: 77 Thanked: 123 times in 27 posts]

#493983

WoW!!!! This looks amazing! I really hope that it will support VM2 because that would just make this template perfect and I love the way it’s designed for touch! Outstanding work again from JA team!

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#493992

So as Arvind says, it needs some work but so far this is excellent. Will likely be buying a new subscription just for this template.

I would also like to add my support for the comment above.
Stop with K2 already and do some more design and functionality work on standard Joomla articles and category layouts.
Now that Joomla 3.1 has tags, and Komento exists, there is no point in using K2 for just about anyone. Why design for a third party with almost nonexistent support and dodgy updating. It boggles the mind that template makers continue to support this product.

If you can create double and triple column designs for Joomla tag layouts, Joomla will suddenly become a very different proposition for many.

Either way, it is always good to see development on templates that are beginning to take advantage of the possibilities available with html5 and bootstrap. It needs to be taken much further, but this is a great step in the right direction.

Good to see Joomlart doing work like this.

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1. Arvind Chauhan
2. Saguaros
3. dieudonne

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#494057

<em>@pedrox 374287 wrote:</em><blockquote>Sounds interesting…
Please, include extra provisions. Gallery, portfolio, blog … Only one provision appears to me too reductive
And include gallery (for articles or not)
And option for Facebook comments

The navigation seems easy, but it should not be easy to find old things … seems to me a sort of bottomless hole, where everything falls is lost.
I like everything well organized and easy to find…

And maybe include modules for Latest articles, Popular Articles, etc..
One position to the right for the Facebook module.

Anyway, something more organized and social…

Thanks</blockquote>

We are trying to have a vertical layout for components (3rd party extensions such as jomsocial, kunena etc… they do not look all that appealing in the current layout). The design concept of this template puts lots of restriction. We will know how its going to look (if easy to implement) in the next few days.

The template do have right side module position (activated by button on top right (top of logo) but was disabled in demo as it is work in progress.

If you guys have any specific module position in mind (not shown on demo), let us know.. we will try to implement it in the template but may not be included in the demo site.

Arvind

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#494058

<em>@wombat1 374347 wrote:</em><blockquote>So as Arvind says, it needs some work but so far this is excellent. Will likely be buying a new subscription just for this template.

I would also like to add my support for the comment above.
Stop with K2 already and do some more design and functionality work on standard Joomla articles and category layouts.
Now that Joomla 3.1 has tags, and Komento exists, there is no point in using K2 for just about anyone. Why design for a third party with almost nonexistent support and dodgy updating. It boggles the mind that template makers continue to support this product.

If you can create double and triple column designs for Joomla tag layouts, Joomla will suddenly become a very different proposition for many.

Either way, it is always good to see development on templates that are beginning to take advantage of the possibilities available with html5 and bootstrap. It needs to be taken much further, but this is a great step in the right direction.

Good to see Joomlart doing work like this.</blockquote>

Good to hear from you wombat, happy to see a old member thinking of returning. PM me whenever you wish to renew, will restore the 30% renewal discount for you.

Cheers!

Arvind

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#494059

<em>@gringo211985 374333 wrote:</em><blockquote>WoW!!!! This looks amazing! I really hope that it will support VM2 because that would just make this template perfect and I love the way it’s designed for touch! Outstanding work again from JA team!</blockquote>

Based on the feedback from you guys, we are working to have a normal layout for 3rd party components, the current popup overlay for 3rd party extension may not work for all the extensions. But don’t ask for my blood if it proves to be difficult, the template concept does not allow flexibility.

Regards

Arvind

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1. John Wesley Brett
2. dieudonne

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#494080

<em>@wombat1 374347 wrote:</em><blockquote>So as Arvind says, it needs some work but so far this is excellent. I would also like to add my support for the comment above. Stop with K2 already. . . . Why design for a third party with almost nonexistent support and dodgy updating. It boggles the mind that template makers continue to support this product.

If you can create double and triple column designs for Joomla tag layouts, Joomla will suddenly become a very different proposition for many.
Good to see Joomlart doing work like this.</blockquote>
Agree re comments on K2, adding . . .
And yet JA and most users on the forum insist on styling for JomSocial which is bug ridden, is just one bug fix after another and seems to always be in Beta (being developed, revised or re developed, and has non existent support also
LOL
Shannon

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#494084

<em>@drarvindc 374422 wrote:</em><blockquote>Based on the feedback from you guys, we are working to have a normal layout for 3rd party components, the current popup overlay for 3rd party extension may not work for all the extensions. But don’t ask for my blood if it proves to be difficult, the template concept does not allow flexibility.

Regards

Arvind</blockquote>

Arvind, I know JA can’t please us all and it’s great to see some progress being made to produce a unique design. But given your “the template concept does not allow flexibility” comment. Wouldn’t it be better to say no to a lot of extra work on this 1 off design, and direct resources to something less difficult to modify, thus saving all those things that can go wrong and thousands of support questions that will follow?

Guess I’m saying you have presented something unique in form and function, get it working perfectly first of all and don’t destroy it’s look and feel by adding too much in the way of extras, know when in this case to stop and leave it alone?
Blessings Shannon

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1. Arvind Chauhan
2. wombat1

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#494087

<em>@tfosnom 374450 wrote:</em><blockquote>Arvind, I know JA can’t please us all and it’s great to see some progress being made to produce a unique design. But given your “the template concept does not allow flexibility” comment. Wouldn’t it be better to say no to a lot of extra work on this 1 off design, and direct resources to something less difficult to modify, thus saving all those things that can go wrong and thousands of support questions that will follow?

Guess I’m saying you have presented something unique in form and function, get it working perfectly first of all and don’t destroy it’s look and feel by adding too much in the way of extras, know when in this case to stop and leave it alone?
Blessings Shannon</blockquote>

I agree shannon, the design concept will remain the same.. We are trying to get a better layout for the components layout.. be it registration, contact us and so on… so if it works well, it would be part of next demo update.

Regards

Arvind

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1. tfosnom

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#494088

<em>@drarvindc 374422 wrote:</em><blockquote>Based on the feedback from you guys, we are working to have a normal layout for 3rd party components, the current popup overlay for 3rd party extension may not work for all the extensions. But don’t ask for my blood if it proves to be difficult, the template concept does not allow flexibility.

Regards

Arvind</blockquote>

No problem at all and thanks for considering the requests, the unique design is pretty amazing although you’ll never please everyone. I hope there is at least a standard/basic layout for VM or another shopping extension, doesn’t have to be amazing but just standard view with all correct coloured fonts etc would be perfect. I think it would be a shame if this template doesn’t have functionality with extensions like VM, Kuenena etc.

Anyway, you get my thumbs up for the layout and the designed for touch.

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1. Arvind Chauhan

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#494149

Wow, this is amazing!

I am wondering if it is worthy to do a version with 2/3 of article’s width and also to have the possibility to show the intro text after the title…

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