Say "Buenos dias" to our latest theme release, Revista! This theme is a right choice if you are looking for a clean and functional design with lots of options for easy layout customization. You can choose from more than 22 backgrounds, three different wrapper options, a squared and a rounded layout and much more. Overall it provides a really versatile design which fits for any news, magazine or company website. You can use this theme with Joomla or WordPress and it is based on the Warp6 theme framework which uses modern web technologies like HTML5 markup, CSS3 features and jQuery based JavaScripts.
Widgetkit Updated
Further the Revista theme also includes fully customized styles for the Widgetkit Slideshow, Gallery and Slideset. Also the new Widgetkit 1.0.1 release comes with some candy enhancements! The slideshow and gallery widget got a new effect called "swipe", don't hesitate to try it out. We also fine tuned the lighbox widget for this release... It's now autoresponsive! Your images will now always fit to the screen - don't worry about the dimensions of a client device anymore. Another great addition to the lightbox is the possibility to show widgets. Lazy load a widget in the lightbox by just linking to a widget-id. This creates new usability possibilities, you should consider when you start your next web project.
Joomla 2.5 ready
This new theme features the latest Warp framework version 6.1 adding full Joomla 2.5 support which was released on 24. January. We also updated all our 31 previous Warp 6 and 5.5 themes to support the new Joomla version.
- Available for Joomla and WordPress
- Choose from 8 styles combinable with 22 backgrounds and 14 fonts
- 4 module styles combinable with 4 badges and 6 icons
- 3 different wrapper styles: White, Glass and None
- Rounded corners option available
- 4 Custom styles for Widgetkit
- Flexible template and column widths
- All Warp framework features are available
JoomlArt's Joomla! 2.5 Roadmap
Roadmap for updating our Joomla! 1.7 products to Joomla! 2.5
Preliminary testing reports have revealed some minor issues with our templates and extensions when used with Joomla! 2.5. The power of JAT3 will make upgrade tasks easier and faster. However, we still do not release anything without routine testing / checks. No hasty releases will be done just to be first to the post. Customer satisfaction is our ultimate goal.
Feb - March 2012
- JA Mers - February 2012 Joomla! template to release with Joomla 2.5 support.
- Test and update the complimentary extensions used in JA Templates (30 plugins, 20 modules and 5 components).
- Use the updated extensions (related) and test all 32 JA Templates currently supporting 1.7 with Joomla! 2.5 / 2.5.1
- Release updated templates along with bug fixes (reported with earlier versions) in batches of 3-5 per release announcement.
- Templates with multiple 3rd party extension support such as JA Social, JA Mesolite II, JA Zeolite II, JA Tiris will be released in the last batch.
Please note, the above plan is tentative and we do hope to finish all within Feb (hopefully), but it may take longer too due to unforeseen reasons.
Whats coming right away (1st week of Feb 2012) ?
- Feb 2012 Joomla! Template - JA Mers
- Feb 2012 Magento Theme - JM Dicento
- Feb 2012 Drupal theme (via themebrain.com ) - TB Mollise
Apart from the above monthly releases, expect JA Elastica, JA T3 Blank, JA Teline IV, JA Kranos and JA Nex. All updated for Joomla 2.5 by this weekend, the whole team is currently working hard on it.
Joomla! 1.5 End of life April 2012
Joomla! 1.5 is retiring in April 2012, that’s barely 2-3 months from now. It would make little sense for the majority to develop a new site in Joomla 1.5 right now and then migrate them to Joomla 2.5. At the same time it takes around 15 days for making template for Joomla 1.5 (design to release). We would NOT be releasing any new Joomla 1.5 template from Feb 2012 onwards, that saves our various teams almost 45 days of work! We plan to use these saved 45 man days for upgrades and converting older templates to Joomla 2.5.
However, we commit to support Joomla 1.5 products till 31st December 2012. Joomla! 1.5 was revolutionary, Rest in Peace old friend.
What about the remaining 80+ Joomla 1.5 templates ?
Lets face the fact, it would not be possible to upgrade all the older Joomla! 1.5 templates to Joomla 2.5 on T3 framework. We would like to go for user polls (Facebook poll or simple voting form) to decide on the next batch of templates to be upgraded to Joomla 2.5. We will start with 2010 - 2009 releases first and take the top 10 voted templates for upgrade and then we may repeat voting for 2008-2007 releases.
What will JA Focus on in 2012?
We will focus on Joomla 2.5 updates / upgrades while maintaining Joomla 1.5 products. We may discontinue products (extensions / templates) which may have better alternatives available or are no longer serving the purpose of their existence.
We also would be updating our user guides and wiki for Joomla 2.5 changes (if any) and removing references to Joomla 1.6 / 1.7 .We always try to put our users needs and wants as our top priority, however, at the same time we request our members and friends to consider our position and workload at this stage. As it is evident that future Joomla! releases would be one click upgrades and hassle free, we do hope that it would be easy to maintain one version for all our products. Supporting multiple versions at the same time for 100s of products does have its effect on quality and support.
Catch up with us on Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus. We announce all important stuff via those channels apart from our blog updates.
Looking forward to a Great 2012 !!
Regards
Hung Dinh
Join us for the fourth annual Joomla Day New England, held on March 31, 2012, from 9 AM to 5 PM at the Marlboro College Graduate School in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Once again, we'll feature a great mix of speakers from our local user group, as well as well-known Joomla speakers based in the US. We'll be focusing on Joomla 2.5, mobile for Joomla, and great ways to extend and market your Joomla site.
Some quick facts about our sixteen speakers:
- One is an OSM board member
- One is a Production Leadership Team ...
Read more http://community.joomla.org/events/joomla-days/1544-joomladay-new-england-usa.html
The introduction of our new support system has proven to be a great asset in helping people seeking answers to their questions. Today we want to share some thoughts on how it could be even better.
In case you have a question there are two possibilities: If you have a membership or account issue, please send us an email. In any other case - be it a technical issue, a bug report or a general question - the support section on our website is the way to go! With regards to the use of that support tool we came up with a short guideline for you.
1. It's all about questions and answers
One question - some answers - one accepted answer. That is our idea of the perfect support dialogue. We replaced the old forum because important information tends to get lost in lengthy discussion threads. Help us create the perfect knowledge collection!
2. Edit a lot
Do not be afraid to edit your questions and answers if you have something to add or something to be corrected. In that way information stays in one place instead of being split amongst several answers.
If you have something to add to your question - it still belongs to the question and should not be posted as an answer. We often search for questions without any answers and if you post further information as answers to your own question it may slip through the cracks.
If someone edits a question or an answer all people involved will be notified by mail. No need to add a new answer.
3. Vote a lot
If you agree with someone's post, vote it up instead of writing "me too" or "+1". These kind of comments are no real answers. If you stick to voting instead of commenting, the conversation will be more relevant on the website. We prioritize and help questions with many votes faster! If you post answers like “+1” instead of voting it has the opposite effect: We may think that there are already a lot of useful answers to the question.
Also don't forget to vote useful answers up!
4. Hide information if you need to
Very often it's easier for us to fix a problem if we've got it right in front of our eyes. In case you don't want your current development URL to be visible to the public or there is credential login data involved, simply use the "hidden information" field right below your question. All information in there will be visible to our support team only.
5. Accept an answer
Your problem has been solved? Perfect! Now just accept the right answer so others with the same problem can benefit. Not to forget, accepting an answer is your way of giving credit to the person that helped you. It will motivate him to help you next time again.
6. One question per question
As simple as it sounds: If you have more than one problem, ask multiple questions, instead of putting a whole bunch of questions into one question. If your question only focuses on one issue at the time it is more likely that your question will be voted up by someone with the same issue. This will get you help faster!
7. Use tags
Please add tags to all your questions. By doing that you provide important information that helps us to understand your issue and allows us to respond as quickly as possible. Note that "General Question" is the one tag you should only use if it is not a technical question about Zoo, Widgetkit or the themes at all.
Please check our support system's help guide for more details. We also provide an extensive documentation that already describes and solves most common issues.
Following these steps will help us and others to help you.
With our new company pages we want you to meet the YOOtheme team and the support crew. Check it out to put faces behind the products and services we offer. But there is a lot more information to be found here.
We have come a long way since our start in 2007. Ride the train along all the important places we have been too in the past couple of years on our history page. YOOtheme has always taken pride in its participation at conferences and other fun events. The Events & Press page gives you a reference about that. Last but not least - We are hiring again! If you are a web designer or developer from Hamburg, Germany, check out our job section and apply today!
About 2 weeks ago, we released a trailer of JA Elastica. The trailer introduces how the Elastica template "transforms" dynamically into different design states in order to shine on desktops, touch devices (iPad, kindle fire..), iPhones or other mobile devices.
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I. A. JA Elastica vs Transformer 3
Transformer 3 vs JA Elastica
Web Design that transforms
Like Bumblebee, one of the Transformers 3, is able to switch to a car to run faster, into a machine gun to fight for the good and spread his wings and take off to a flying rocket, our Elastica template adapts it shapes to your screen size. It has the potential to become a world-changing template for the Joomla! community. Always ready for the user's (screen) needs.
Let's see how it transform itself in different browser resolution widths
1280px or larger
The Robots in the most powerful shape vs JA Elastica in standard desktop view
From 640px to 1280px
The Robots in a off-road mode vs JA Elastica for touch readers
640px or smaller
The Robots in small crowded street vs JA Elastica's " & convinient" view for mobile lovers
II. In the making: How Elastica "transforms" ?
JA Elastica listens to the user's browser and its viewport, always ready and query when adaptation is required. This is how "responsive" design should be, your template listens and responses with a web design according to the client's request.
1. Adapting to the Screen Resolution with Media Queries
With media queries we are able to deliver different CSS files to the browser, depending on the screen resolution. A lot of testing on different devices and CSS code lines needed to be done.
<file media="only screen and (max-width:719px)">css/layout-mobile.css</file> <file media="only screen and (max-width:479px)">css/layout-mobile-port.css</file> <file media="only screen and (min-width:720px) and (max-width: 985px)">css/layout-tablet.css</file> <file media="only screen and (min-width:986px) and (max-width: 1235px)">css/layout-normal.css</file> <file media="only screen and (min-width:1236px)">css/layout-wide.css</file>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.joomlart.com/ja_elastica/templates/ja_elastica/css/layout-mobile.css" type="text/css" media="only screen and (max-width:719px)" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.joomlart.com/ja_elastica/templates/ja_elastica/css/layout-mobile-port.css" type="text/css" media="only screen and (max-width:479px)" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.joomlart.com/ja_elastica/templates/ja_elastica/css/layout-tablet.css" type="text/css" media="only screen and (min-width:720px) and (max-width: 985px)" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.joomlart.com/ja_elastica/templates/ja_elastica/css/layout-normal.css" type="text/css" media="only screen and (min-width:986px) and (max-width: 1235px)" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.joomlart.com/ja_elastica/templates/ja_elastica/css/layout-wide.css" type="text/css" media="only screen and (min-width:1236px)" />
2. Responsive Website Elements
2.1. Responsive Grids, Layout
Switch between 5 column to 1 column with a responsive grid. Take care where to place your content as when the template responses, the content in the columns moves to another position.
2.2 Responsive Images
Websites need proper image presentation to support the copy and the auther's story. With responsive images the template displays the image in the right way as your text floats.
2.3 Responsive Forms, Menus
The menu and forms are interactive elements. Higher resolution screens offers more space for navigation choices and form input fields. Lower resolution screens requires simplified navigation & interaction in order to give the user the key content quickly.
2.4 Responsive Font-size
The same story here. Big displays offer space for attractive headlines which is balanced with the design and content. On smaller displays you want the design and balance to be kept consistent. The right typography at the right time.
3. Under the hook
3.1 jQuery Masonry
We have integrated the jQuery Masonry developed by David DeSandro to provide a smooth grid-layout transformation from 5 column to 1 column. Which let's the Joomla modules flow with the screen resolution.
3.2 Content "Response" and Performance matters
Beside moving content module from left to right or top to bottom, there is a common practice for Responsive Design that some "extra" or "optional content" like ads, reference information that can be hidden in small resolution. In Elastica, for example:
The ad content of the website can be loaded in the 5th column which only "ajax" load if the screen is wider than 1280px. The code works in a way that such ad banner won't be "requested" if the media query find that screen resolution is smaller than 1280px.
4. Awesome, download & release information?
We don't have a plan to release JA Elastica for 1.5 however the upgraded version for Joomla 2.5 has already now in the SVN.
Today we are very proud to release Widgetkit 1.0, finally! We kept Widgetkit in BETA status for a long time now. This was because we wanted to wait till our website relaunch to provide a great Widgetkit product site with examples and a comprehensive documentation.
And here we go! Visit the Widgetkit product pages:
Free Version
Yes, that's right! There is a free Widgetkit version. It includes the following widgets: Lightbox, Spotlight, Twitter, Media Player and Slideshow. But only the default style is available in the Slideshow widget.
New Widgetkit Memberships
To get the full Widgetkit including all Slideshow styles, the Gallery, the Slideset, the Map and the Accordion widget, we introduce two new independent Widgetkit memberships:
- Standard: 6 months support and updates for 29€
- Developer: 12 months support and updates for 49€
The Widgetkit memberships also include both: Widgetkit for Joomla and for WordPress.
Theme Memberships
Nothing changed here! Widgetkit is included in all our theme memberships :-) So if you have an active membership you get Widgetkit for the system you are using (Joomla or WordPress). Have fun!
Whats new since the latest BETA?
We added a bunch of awesome features with the latest Widgetkit version:
- Lazy Loading for images!
- Ken Burns Effect (Very smooth)
- New Slideset drops effect
- Update Notifications
- Support to load Joomla articles
- Restart autoplay after 30sec
- New Slideset style for the Gallery
And of course we also fixed all known bugs.
Take Widgetkit for a spin and give us some feedback :-)
I. JA Joomla! Club
A hard but exciting year with Joomla 1.5 - 1.6 - 1.7
Quick facts and stats in brief:
12 X 2 = 24 Joomla! Templates Released
We released total of 671 updates for 148 templates/ extensions (J 1.5 / 1.6 /1.7 versions)
JA Joomla Template version releases
JA Agora theme - 1.0.1(07 Jun 11) JA Anion template for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0 beta(13 Jan 11), 1.1.0(02 Jun 11), 1.1.1(15 Jul 11), 1.2.0(27 Aug 11) JA Community Plus - 1.1.2(07 Jan 11) JA Community Plus Template for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.0 beta(13 Jan 11), 1.1.0(19 Mar 11), 1.2.0(02 Jun 11), 1.2.1(23 Jul 11), 1.3.0(20 Aug 11), 1.3.1(22 Sep 11), 1.3.2(10 Dec 11) JA Droid Template for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.0 beta(13 Jan 11), 1.1.0(03 Jun 11), 1.2.0(20 Aug 11) JA Edenite Template for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(17 Jun 11), 1.0.1(19 Jul 11), 1.1.0(12 Aug 11), 1.1.1(15 Aug 11) JA Erica template for joomla 1.5 - 1.4.2(03 Oct 11) JA Events Template for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0 Beta(14 Feb 11), 1.1.0(24 May 11), 1.1.1(15 Jul 11), 1.2.0(29 Aug 11) JA Larix template for joomla 1.5 - 1.4.2(22 Apr 11), 1.4.3(26 Sep 11) Ja Lime Template for Joomla 1.6 - 1.0.0 Beta(14 Feb 11), 1.1.0(17 Mar 11), 1.1.1(24 May 11), 1.1.2(23 Jul 11) JA Mesolite II template for Joomla 1.5 - 1.1.3(24 Apr 11), 1.1.4(21 Sep 11) JA Mesolite template for joomla 1.5 - 1.2.2(24 Apr 11), 1.2.3(21 Sep 11) JA Norite Template for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0 Beta(23 Feb 11), 1.1.0(25 May 11), 1.1.1(18 Jul 11), 1.2.0(27 Aug 11) JA ores template for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0 Beta(28 Jan 11), 1.0.1(04 Apr 11), 1.0.2(25 May 11), 1.0.3(25 Jul 11), 1.1.0(14 Sep 11) JA Portfolio Real Estate template for Joomla 1.6.x - 1.0.0 beta(13 Jan 11) JA Portfolio template for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.0 beta(13 Jan 11), 1.1.0(02 Jun 11), 1.1.1(22 Jul 11), 1.2.0(27 Aug 11), 1.2.1(10 Dec 11) JA Purity ii template for joomla 1.5 - 1.2.1(21 Jun 11) JA Purity II template for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0 Beta(28 Jan 11), 1.1.0(03 Jun 11), 1.1.1(26 Jul 11), 1.2.0(12 Aug 11) JA Pyro Template for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0 Beta(22 Feb 11), 1.1.0(02 Jun 11), 1.1.1(18 Jul 11), 1.2.0(27 Aug 11) JA Rasite template for Joomla 1.5 - 1.1.2(01 Jul 11) JA Rasite Template for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0 Beta(14 Feb 11), 1.1.0(24 May 11), 1.1.1(25 Jul 11), 1.2.0(12 Oct 11), 1.2.1(12 Oct 11) JA Rave Template for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0 beta(22 Jan 11), 1.0.1 Beta(25 Jan 11), 1.1.0(31 May 11), 1.1.1(18 Jul 11), 1.2.0(19 Aug 11), 1.2.1(10 Dec 11) JA Social Template - 1.2.2(06 Jun 11), 1.2.3(13 Jun 11), 1.2.4(14 Oct 11) JA Social Template for J17 - 1.0.0 Beta(17 Jun 11), 1.1.0(27 Jun 11), 1.2.0(09 Sep 11) JA Sulfur template for Joomla 1.5 - 1.4.1(10 May 11), 1.4.2(24 Jun 11) JA T3 Blank template - 1.1.5(23 Mar 11), 1.1.6(22 Jul 11) JA T3 Blank template for joomla 1.7- 1.0.2(14 Jan 11), 1.0.3(22 Feb 11), 1.0.4(01 Jun 11), 1.0.5(14 Jul 11) JA Teline III Template for Joomla 1.6 - 1.0.0 Beta(28 Jan 11) JA Teline IV Template - 1.2.3(07 Jan 11), 1.2.4(14 Jan 11), 1.2.5(05 Jul 11) JA Teline IV - 1.0.0 beta(22 Jan 11), 1.0.1 Beta(25 Jan 11), 1.1.0(02 Jun 11), 1.1.1(20 Jul 11), 1.2.0(09 Sep 11), 1.2.1(09 Dec 11), 1.2.2(14 Dec 11) JA Xenia II gamer template for Joomla 1.5 - 1.4.2(18 Apr 11) JA Zeolite II Template for Joomla 1.5 - 1.1.2(02 Mar 11), 1.1.3(22 Apr 11), 1.1.4(23 Sep 11) JA Zeolite template for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0 JA Sulfur social theme for Joomla 1.5 - 1.1.0(10 May 11) JA Teline III Template for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0 Beta(28 Jan 11), 1.1.0(02 Jun 11), 1.1.1(22 Jul 11), 1.2.0(09 Sep 11) JA Larix VM theme for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.0(22 Apr 11), 1.0.1(26 Sep 11) JA Mesolite II VM theme for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.1(21 Sep 11) JA Mesolite VM theme for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.1(24 Apr 11), 1.0.2(21 Sep 11) JA Zeolite II Vituarmart theme - 1.0.1(22 Apr 11), 1.0.2(23 Sep 11) JA Zeolite theme for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.1(22 Apr 11), 1.0.2(22 Sep 11)
JA Joomla! Extension version releases
JA Amazon S3 for joomla 17 - 1.0.0(03 Mar 11), 1.0.1(03 Jun 11), 1.0.2(07 Dec 11) JA Job Board Package - 1.5.1 beta(20 Apr 11), 1.5.1 stable(02 Jun 11), 1.5.2(14 Jul 11) JA Amazon S3 installation Package (component & Plugin) - 2.0.1(09 Mar 11), 2.0.2(02 Jun 11) JA Comments component for Joomla 1.5 - 1.1.0(05 Jan 11), 1.1.1(14 Jun 11) JA Comment Component j17 - 1.0.1(10 Feb 11), 1.0.2(19 Mar 11), 1.0.3(25 Jun 11), 1.1.0(01 Sep 11), 1.1.1(27 Dec 11) JA Extensions Manager - 1.5.3(21 Jan 11), 1.5.4(05 May 11), 1.5.5(31 Aug 11), 1.5.6(06 Oct 11) JA Extenstion Manager Component j17 - 1.0.0(13 Jan 11), 1.0.1(22 Feb 11), 1.0.2(05 May 11), 1.1.0(18 Aug 11), 1.1.1(19 Aug 11), 1.1.2(09 Nov 11) JA Showcase component for Joomla 1.7 - 1.1.0(23 Sep 11) JA Voice Joomfish J15 - 1.0.0(21 Mar 11) JA Voice component for Joomla 1.5 - 1.4.1(24 Jan 11), 1.4.2(09 Feb 11), 1.4.3(16 Feb 11) JA Voice component for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(01 Sep 11) JA Comment On Plugin for Joomla 1.6 - 1.0.1(25 Jun 11) JA Comment plugin for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.4(14 Jun 11) JA System Comment plugin for Joomla 1.6 - 1.0.0(11 Mar 11) JA Content Extra Fields for Joomla 1.6 - 1.0.0(19 Mar 11) JA K2 Search plugin - 1.0.4(22 Sep 11), 1.0.5(15 Dec 1) JA K2Extra fields plugin - 1.0.2(22 Sep 11) JA Load module Plugin for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.0(14 Jan 11), 1.1.0(27 Aug 11) JA Popup plugin for Joomla 1.6 - 1.0.0(13 Jan 11), 1.0.1(12 Feb 11) JA T3 System plugin for Joomla 1.5 - 1.2.3(07 Jan 11), 1.2.4(09 Apr 11), 1.2.5(03 Jun 11), 1.2.6(01 Jul 11), 1.2.7(22 Jul 11), 1.2.8(01 Sep 11), 1.2.9(17 Sep 11), 1.3.0(01 Oct 11), 1.3.1(06 Oct 11), 1.3.2(14 Oct 11), 1.3.3(30 Dec 11) JA Tabs plugin for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.0(05 Jan 11), 1.0.1(21 Jan 11), 1.0.2(29 Jan 11), 1.0.3(14 Feb 11), 1.0.4(22 Feb 11), 1.0.5(14 May 11), 1.0.6(24 May 11), 1.0.7(14 Jun 11), 1.1.0(14 Aug 11), 1.1.1(27 Aug 11), 1.1.2(09 Sep 11), 1.1.3(22 Sep 11), 1.1.4(01 Oct 11), 1.1.5(24 Oct 11), 1.1.6(11 Nov 11), 1.1.7(29 Nov 11), 1.1.8(09 Dec 11), 1.1.9(30 Dec 11) plg jatypobutton - 1.0.0(21 Nov 11) JA Typo plugin - 2.0.1(18 Mar 11), 2.0.2(12 May 11), 2.0.3(20 Jun 11), 2.0.4(23 Jun 11), 2.0.5(01 Sep 11), 2.0.6(30 Sep 11), 2.0.7(21 Nov 11), 2.0.8(30 Dec 11) JA Typo plugin For Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.1(02 Jun 11), 1.0.2(18 Jul 11), 1.0.3(25 Jul 11), 1.1.0(12 Aug 11) JA Voice Search Plugin - 1.0.0(17 Feb 11) JA Tabs Plugins for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.3(06 Jan 11), 1.0.4(17 Mar 11), 1.0.5(01 May 11), 1.0.6(03 Jun 11), 1.0.7(01 Aug 11), 1.0.8(01 Sep 11), 1.0.9(17 Sep 11), 1.1.0(23 Sep 11), 1.1.1(28 Sep 11), 1.1.2(02 Dec 11), 1.1.3(30 Dec 11) JA Accordion module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.0(02 Dec 11), 1.0.1(30 Dec 11) JA Accordion module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(30 Nov 11), 1.0.1(30 Dec 11) JA Animation module for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.0(11 Feb 11), 1.0.1(24 May 11), 1.1.0(29 Aug 11) JA Bulletin module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.3(06 Jan 11), 1.0.4(24 Jan 11), 1.0.5(15 Sep 11), 1.0.6(30 Sep 11), 1.0.7(02 Dec 11), 1.0.8(30 Dec 11) JA Bulletin module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.1(22 Jan 11), 1.0.2(25 May 11), 1.0.3(17 Aug 11), 1.1.0(17 Aug 11), 1.1.1(27 Aug 11), 1.1.2(09 Sep 11), 1.1.3(14 Sep 11), 1.1.4(01 Oct 11), 1.1.5(21 Oct 11), 1.1.6(29 Nov 11), 1.1.7(10 Dec 11), 1.1.8(30 Dec 11) JA Latest Comments module - 1.0.0(07 Mar 11), 1.0.1(14 Jun 11) JA Latest Comment module for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.1(11 Mar 11), 1.0.2(25 Jun 11), 1.1.0(01 Sep 11), 1.1.1(27 Dec 11) JA Contenslider 2 module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.1.1(05 Mar 11), 1.1.2(15 Mar 11), 1.1.4(01 Sep 11) JA Contenslider module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(18 Mar 11), 1.0.1(13 Jun 11), 1.1.0(20 Aug 11), 1.1.1(20 Aug 11), 1.1.2(27 Aug 11), 1.1.3(14 Sep 11), 1.1.4(16 Sep 11), 1.1.5(01 Oct 11), 1.1.6(31 Oct 11), 1.1.7(11 Nov 11), 1.1.8(29 Nov 11), 1.1.9(10 Dec 11), 1.2.0(30 Dec 11) Module JA Facebook Activity for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.1(16 Sep 11), 1.0.2(14 Oct 11) JA facebookactivity module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.1.0(19 Aug 11), 1.1.1(19 Oct 11), 1.1.2(10 Dec 11) Module JA Facebooklikebox for J15 - 1.0.2(15 Sep 11), 1.0.3(14 Oct 11) JA facebook like box module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(17 Aug 11), 1.1.0(17 Aug 11), 1.1.1(21 Oct 11), 1.1.2(09 Dec 11) JA Featured Employer module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.1.2(02 Jan 11), 1.1.3(14 Jul 11) JA Filter Jobs module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.1.1(01 Jun 11), 1.1.2(14 Jul 11) JA JB Statistic module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.0(14 Jul 11) JA Job Board Menu module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.8(14 Jul 11) JA Jobboard Jobs Counter module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.1(14 Jul 11) JA Job map module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.1(14 Jul 11) JA K2 Fillter module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.4(22 Sep 11), 1.0.5(15 Dec 11) JA List Employers module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.7(20 Apr 11), 1.0.8(14 Jul 11) JA List Jobs module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.1.2(20 Apr 11), 1.1.3(14 Jul 11) JA List Resumes for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.0(20 Apr 11) JA Login module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.1(11 Feb 11), 1.0.2(16 Sep 11), 1.0.3(06 Oct 11) JA Login module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(14 Jan 11), 1.1.0(14 Aug 11), 1.1.1(20 Aug 11), 1.1.2(22 Sep 11), 1.1.3(11 Nov 11) JA Masshead module - 1.0.0(03 Nov 11), 1.0.1(02 Dec 11) JA Masshead module for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.0(31 Oct 11) JA News Light module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.2(03 Oct 11) JA NewsPro - 1.0.3(07 Jan 11), 1.0.4(23 Jan 11), 1.0.5(27 Jan 11), 1.0.6(08 Feb 11), 1.0.7(05 Jul 11), 1.0.8(04 Nov 11), 1.0.9(30 Dec 11) JA News Pro module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(22 Jan 11), 1.0.1(28 Jan 11), 1.0.2(02 Jun 11), 1.0.3(22 Jul 11), 1.1.0(09 Sep 11), 1.1.1(08 Nov 11), 1.1.2(09 Dec 11), 1.1.3(30 Dec 11) JA News Ticker module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.5(08 Jan 11), 1.0.6(17 Sep 11), 1.0.7(30 Dec 11), JA Newsticker module for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.1.0(19 Aug 11), 1.1.1(24 Oct 11), 1.1.2(09 Dec 11), 1.1.3(30 Dec 11) JA News Featured module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(22 Jan 11), 1.0.1(28 Jan 11), 1.0.2(02 Jun 11), 1.0.3(22 Jul 11), 1.1.0(09 Sep 11), 1.1.1(09 Dec 11), 1.1.2(30 Dec 11) JA News Frontpage module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.3.5(24 Jan 11), 1.3.6(24 Jan 11), 1.3.7(24 Jan 11), 1.3.8(24 Jan 11), 1.3.9(08 Feb 11), 1.4.0(18 Apr 11), 1.4.1(30 Dec 11) JA News module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.3.5(21 Sep 11) JA Quick contact module for joomla 1.5- 1.0.1(06 Jan 11), 1.0.2(13 May 11), 1.0.3(15 May 11) JA Quick Contact module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(22 Jan 11), 1.0.1(21 Feb 11), 1.0.2(17 Aug 11), 1.1.0(18 Aug 11), 1.1.1(19 Aug 11), 1.1.2(27 Aug 11), 1.1.3(11 Nov 11) JA Recently Viewed Jobs module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.5(20 Apr 11) JA SideNews module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.2(05 Mar 11), 1.0.3(07 Mar 11), 1.0.4(31 Aug 11), 1.0.5(01 Oct 11), 1.0.6(03 Nov 11), 1.0.7(02 Dec 11) JA SideNews module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.1(13 Jan 11), 1.1.1(27 Jul 11), 1.2.0(19 Aug 11), 1.2.1(27 Aug 11), 1.2.2(01 Oct 11), 1.2.3(19 Oct 11), 1.2.4(10 Dec 11), 1.2.5(30 Dec 11) JA Slideshow II module for Joomla 15 - 2.2.0(10 Feb 11), 2.2.1(29 Apr 11), 2.2.2(01 Jun 11), 2.2.3(01 Jul 11), 2.2.4(01 Aug 11), 2.2.5(05 Aug 11), 2.2.6(01 Sep 11), 2.2.7(30 Sep 11), 2.2.8(14 Oct 11), JA Slideshow III module for Joomla 15 - 1.0.0(25 Jan 11), 1.0.1(08 Feb 11), 1.0.2(04 Nov 11), 1.0.3(02 Dec 11) JA SlideShow module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.5.4(06 Jan 11), 1.5.5(21 Sep 11) JA Slideshow module for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.1(13 Jan 11), 1.0.2(22 Jan 11), 1.0.3(28 Jan 11), 1.0.4(14 Feb 11), 1.0.5(22 Feb 11), 1.0.6(19 Mar 11), 1.0.7(14 May 11), 1.0.8(13 Jun 11), 1.0.9(17 Jun 11), 2.0.0(01 Jul 11), 2.0.1(19 Jul 11), 2.1.0(12 Aug 11), 2.1.1(19 Aug 11), 2.1.2(27 Aug 11), 2.1.3(09 Sep 11), 2.1.4(14 Sep 11), 2.1.5(16 Sep 11), 2.1.6(01 Oct 11), 2.1.7(31 Oct 11), 2.1.8(08 Nov 11), 2.1.9(11 Nov 11), 2.2.0(29 Nov 11), 2.2.1(10 Dec 11) JA Tabs module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.5.1(31 Aug 11), 1.5.2(31 Aug 11), 1.5.3(23 Sep 11), 1.5.4(02 Dec 11), 1.5.5(30 Dec 11) JA Top Panel module - 1.0.1(11 Feb 11), 1.0.2(06 Jun 11), 1.0.3(16 Sep 11), 1.0.4(05 Oct 11) JA Toppanel module for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.1(23 Feb 11), 1.1.0(27 Aug 11), 1.1.1(18 Oct 11), 1.1.2(11 Nov 11) JA Twitter module for joomla 1.5 - 1.0.5(15 Mar 11), 1.0.6(03 Jun 11), 1.0.7(26 Jun 11), 1.0.8(01 Sep 11), 1.0.9(16 Sep 11), 1.1.0(06 Oct 11), 1.1.1(02 Dec 11) JA Twitter module for joomla 1.7 - 1.0.1(22 Feb 11), 1.0.2(26 Jun 11), 1.1.0(17 Aug 11), 1.1.1(16 Sep 11), 1.1.2(21 Oct 11), 1.1.3(09 Dec 11) JA Voice: Module List of Voices J17 - 1.0.0(01 Sep 11) JA Voice: Module Work Flow J17 - 1.0.0(01 Sep 11) JA Content Scroll module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.7(22 Sep 11) JA Contenslider module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.1.2(10 May 11), 1.1.3(01 Jul 11), 1.1.4(01 Oct 11), 1.1.5(04 Nov 11), 1.1.6(02 Dec 11) JA Login module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.2(03 Oct 11) JA Vm Product Slide module for Joomla 1.5 - 1.5.2(21 Sep 11) JA Comment Off Plugin for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.1(25 Jun 11), 1.1.0(01 Sep 11), 1.1.1(27 Dec 11) JA Comment On Plugin for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.1(25 Jun 11), 1.1.0(01 Sep 11), 1.1.1(27 Dec 11) JA Disqus and Debate comment for joomla 1.5 - 1.0.4(06 Jun 11), 1.0.5(14 Oct 11) JA Bookmark plugin for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.1(09 Sep 11) JA Comment plugin for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.1(25 Jun 11), 1.1.0(01 Sep 11), 1.1.1(27 Dec 11) JA Compress plugin for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.2(22 Jan 11) JA Disqus Debate Echo plugin for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.1.0(29 Aug 11) JA Facebook Like for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.0(16 Sep 11), 1.0.2(11 Feb 11), 1.0.3(05 Jul 11), 1.0.4(16 Sep 11) JA Facebook Share for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.3(11 Feb 11), 1.0.4(16 Sep 11) JA JB JomSocial Plugin - 1.0.1(02 Jun 11) JA Google map plugin for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.2(01 Jun 11) JA Popup plugin for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.4(17 Sep 11), 1.0.5(30 Dec 11) JA Retweet plugin for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.3(11 Feb 11), 1.0.4(06 Jun 11), 1.0.5(25 Jun 11), 1.0.6(16 Sep 11) JA RPXNow Plugin for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.3(14 Jun 11) JA Thumbnail plugin for Joomla 1.5 - 1.0.4(19 Jun 11), 1.0.5(06 Oct 11), 1.0.6(30 Dec 11) JA Thumbnail plugin for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.0.1(02 Jun 11), 1.0.2(19 Jun 11), 1.1.0(19 Aug 11), 1.1.1(09 Sep 11), 1.1.2(09 Dec 11) JA Translate for joomla 1.5 - 1.0.3(04 Mar 11), 1.0.4(28 Apr 11) JA Multi Capcha Engine PLG J17 - 1.0.0(25 May 11), 1.0.1(18 Aug 11), 1.1.0(18 Aug 11) JA Search Comment plugin for Joomla J17 - 1.0.0(25 Jun 11), 1.1.0(01 Sep 11), 1.1.1(27 Dec 11) JA System Comment plugin for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(11 Mar 11), 1.0.1(25 Jun 11), 1.1.0(01 Sep 11), 1.1.1(27 Dec 11) JA Content Extra Fields for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(19 Mar 11), 1.0.1(01 Jul 11), 1.1.0(20 Aug 11), 1.1.1(24 Oct 11) JA System Google Map plugin for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.1.0(20 Aug 11), 1.1.1(08 Nov 11), 1.1.2(10 Dec 11) JA System Nrain plugin for Joomla 1.7.x - 1.1.0(01 Sep 11), 1.1.1(27 Dec 11) JA Popup plugin for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.0(13 Jan 11), 1.0.1(17 Aug 11), 1.1.0(17 Aug 11), 1.1.1(19 Aug 11), 1.1.2(27 Aug 11), 1.1.3(09 Sep 11), 1.1.4(10 Nov 11) JA System Social plugin for Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.1(19 Mar 11), 1.0.2(24 May 11), 1.0.3(27 Jun 11), 1.0.4(26 Jul 11), 1.1.0(19 Aug 11), 1.1.1(08 Nov 11) JA T3 System plugin for Joomla 1.7 - 1.2.0(13 Jan 11), 1.2.1(22 Jan 11), 1.2.2(22 Feb 11), 1.2.3(19 Mar 11), 1.2.4(14 May 11), 1.2.5(20 May 11), 1.2.6(24 May 11), 1.2.7(02 Jun 11), 1.2.8(13 Jun 11), 1.2.9(14 Jul 11), 1.3.0 Beta(25 Jul 11), 1.3.0 Stable(12 Aug 11), 1.3.1(20 Aug 11), 1.3.2(27 Aug 11), 1.3.3(22 Sep 11), 1.3.4(01 Oct 11), 1.3.5(05 Oct 11), 1.3.6(15 Oct 11), 1.4.0(28 Oct 11), 1.5.0(14 Nov 11), 1.5.1(29 Nov 11), 1.6.0(29 Dec 11) JA Typo plugin For Joomla 1.7 - 1.0.1(02 Jun 11), 1.0.2(18 Ju11), 1.0.3(25 Jul 11), 1.1.0(12 Aug 11), 1.1.1(20 Aug 11), 1.1.2(01 Oct 11), 1.1.3(29 Nov 11)
II. JA Drupal Theme Club
Drupal 7 - JDTC becomes ThemeBrain & Nucleus
6 New Drupal Themes Released
III. JA Magento Theme Club
JMTC club completed its second successful year and we gave away 100’s of complimentary renewals to our members. Dec 2011 saw special promotion for Magento and the prices / duration of the memberships were updated and based on the response we are thinking to keep it that way. The new pricing / membership duration can be seen on the signup page.
On an average each of Magento theme was taken up for update process every 3th month. Since, we support only the latest version of magento, the club assets were easy to maintain and upgrade. Currently all are updated for Magento 1.6.1.0
12 New Magento Themes Released
JA Magento Extension version releases
JM Categorylist module for Magento - 1.1.1(30 Dec 11) JM Productslider module for magento - 1.1.1(19 Apr 11), 1.1.2(31 May 11), 1.1.3(01 Oct 11), 1.1.4(11 Oct 11), 1.1.5(19 Oct 11), 1.1.6(03 Nov 11), 1.1.7(04 Nov 11) JM ProductSpotlight module for magento - 1.1.1(15 Nov 11) JM Product module for magento - 1.0.2(31 May 11), 1.0.3(01 Oct 11), 1.0.4(11 Oct 11), 1.0.5(02 Nov 11), 1.0.6(30 Dec 11) JM Slideshow module for magento - 1.0.1(03 Oct 11), 1.0.2(06 Oct 11), 1.0.3(13 Oct 11), 1.0.4(19 Oct 11), 1.0.5(25 Oct 11), 1.0.6(02 Nov 11), 1.0.7(04 Nov 11), 1.0.8(01 Dec 11), 1.0.9(30 Dec 11) JM Tabs module for Magento - 1.0.1(20 Apr 11), 1.0.2(31 May 11), 1.0.3(29 Oct 11), 1.0.4(04 Nov 11), 1.0.5(30 Dec 11)
There had been a lot of updates for Magento themes throughout 2011 as well
JA Magento Themes version releases
JM Anion template 1.0.4(19 Jan 11), 1.0.5(01 Apr 11), 1.1.0(30 Oct 11), 1.1.1(17 Nov 11) JM Deco template 1.0.3(19 Jan 11), 1.0.4(04 Apr 11), 1.0.5(21 Oct 11), 1.0.6(17 Nov 11) JM Easyshop theme 1.0.0(16 Jan 11), 1.0.1(20 Jan 11), 1.0.2(22 Feb 11), 1.0.3(31 Mar 11), 1.1.0(19 Oct 11), 1.1.1(15 Nov 11) JM Epidio Template for Magento 1.3.5(21 Jan 11), 1.3.6(05 Mar 11), 1.3.7(31 Mar 11), 1.4.0(03 Nov 11), 1.4.1(16 Nov 11) JM Fabian Template for Magenton 1.1.5(06 Apr 11), 1.2.0(30 Oct 11), 1.2.1(17 Nov 11) JM Galaxite Template for Magento 1.0.3(20 Jan 11), 1.0.4(01 Apr 11), 1.1.0(26 Oct 11), 1.1.1(16 Nov 11) JM Larix template for magento 1.2.3(04 Apr 11), 1.3.0(04 Nov 11), 1.3.1(17 Nov 11) JM Lead template for Magento 1.1.5(19 Jan 11), 1.1.6(03 Apr 11), 1.2.0(03 Nov 11), 1.2.1(17 Nov 11) JM Lime template for Magento 1.1.3(19 Jan 11), 1.1.4(02 Apr 11), 1.2.0(31 Oct 11), 1.2.1(16 Nov 11) JM Mesolite Template for Magento 1.2.5(06 Apr 11), 1.3.0(04 Nov 11), 1.3.1(16 Nov 11) JM Methys theme 1.0.1(20 Jan 11), 1.0.2(21 Feb 11), 1.0.3(31 Mar 11), 1.2.0(04 Nov 11), 1.2.1(16 Nov 11) JM Morganite template for Magento 1.1.5(19 Jan 11), 1.1.6(19 Jan 11), 1.1.7(31 Mar 11), 1.2.0(27 Oct 11), 1.2.1(17 Nov 11) JM Natris template 1.0.4(20 Jan 11), 1.0.5(02 Apr 11), 1.0.6(20 Oct 11), 1.0.7(16 Nov 11) JM Norite template for Magento 1.5.0.x 1.0.4(20 Jan 11), 1.0.5(31 Mar 11), 1.0.6(25 Oct 11), 1.0.7(17 Nov 11) JM Oganis template 1.1.2(20 Jan 11), 1.1.3(01 Apr 11), 1.1.4(19 Oct 11), 1.1.5(17 Nov 11) JM Ores template 1.0.6(19 Jan 11), 1.0.7(31 Mar 11), 1.1.0(27 Oct 11), 1.1.1(15 Nov 11) JM Painite template 1.0.2(17 Jan 11), 1.0.3(04 Mar 11), 1.0.4(31 Mar 11), 1.1.0(23 Oct 11), 1.1.1(15 Nov 11) JM Purity Template for Magento 1.1.4(06 Apr 11), 1.2.0(04 Nov 11), 1.2.1(16 Nov 11) JM Rasite template for Magento 1.1.5(02 Apr 11), 1.2.0(02 Nov 11), 1.2.1(16 Nov 11) JM Seleni template for Magento 1.1.4(04 Apr 11), 1.2.0(03 Nov 11), 1.2.1(16 Nov 11) JM Sulfur template for Magento 1.3.0(05 Apr 11), 1.4.0(06 Nov 11), 1.4.1(15 Nov 11) JM Topaz template for Magento 1.2.4(04 Apr 11), 1.3.0(03 Nov 11), 1.3.1(16 Nov 11) JM Tube template for Magento 1.1.6(05 Apr 11), 1.2.0(04 Nov 11), 1.2.1(16 Nov 11) JM Adamite theme 1.0.0(28 Jan 11), 1.1.0(05 Apr 11), 1.2.0(14 Oct 11), 1.2.1(16 Nov 11)
IV. Behind the Scenes
JA Team
We almost doubled our team size and found great dedicated moderators all over the world. Without their years of experience in the forums and with JoomlArt products, our customer service wouldn’t be at that level as it is today. We still have challenges upfront but we are ready for the next steps in 2012. Thanks to all moderators, our internal technical support team and new team members. Welcome aboard!Agile Development Methodology
Along with our extensions, templates and themes we have started this year to apply agile development principles in the entire company. Agile software development is new to us and we have to learn a lot more about lean, agile and self-managing teams, with the goal to bring products early to our customers, get faster feedback and keep you happy. Thanks to Scrum and our patient team members for learning and improving sprint by sprint.House Renovation:
In 2011 we put the live demo top bar accessible 100% on the entire site, to make sure our readers can always experience our products well before making any decision.
Old header
New site header simplified & re-aligned
V. Responsive Web Design
Dim lights Embed Embed this video on your site
There are 2 things we strongly believe RWD will be trending in not just Joomla but also in web development in general:
- The rise of HTML5, CSS3, booming JavaScript libraries improves user experience at incredible speed.
- Mobile devices has changed the way we interact with the “browser”. You can see the figure 1 below, a real statistic of mobile visitors to joomlart site in 2011.
First responsive Joomla template At the end of the 2011, our lab team put their heads together and has developed JA Elastica template (view Demo | read documentation), the first responsive web design template we have ever made. Improvements and features will come step by step. To thank our customers and the Open-Source community for the year 2011, we decided to offer JA Elastica for free.
JA Elastica will be available for download next week. Check back our blog later for the download information.
