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One of the best things about the Joomla CMS and the Joomla community as a whole is that it truly tries to be global and inclusive in nature. A lot of discussion and debate surounds the issue of language availability in Joomla, and many hours of development work have gone into providing a multi-lingual experience for those using Joomla as their web platform. Over the past few months, Google's Summer of Code project has brought about even greater support for language packs in the Joomla core.
Food related websites are becoming more and more common, and Joomla is a natural fit for the organization and display of information needed for a food blog or online menu. "It's warm feel and easy to change color options make it very easy to adapt to just about any type of restaurant or food website," says Shape 5 of their new Joomla template, Modern Flavor.
New this week to the JED is eXtro DomainCheck from Germany based developer eXtro-media. This new extension provides website users with the ability to do TLD (Top Level Domain) searches to check for available domain names, just as they would at an Internet Service Provider's website.
Joomla extension developer JoomBoss has released a new login extension that will allow website users to login to a Joomla website using either their Twitter or their Google account.
Joomla Monster has released their first Joomla theme built on their in house HCT framework. The template, titled Pharmacy, is an online catalog built with design flexibility in mind.
Highline is the latest responsive Joomla template to be released by Joomlabamboo, and it features "a popular full screen slideshow with the a flexible masonry like layout." With Highline you can fill almost any screen, from a desktop computer to a mobile phone.
JoomShaper has just released Shaper News - III, a news portal template for Joomla that is focused strongly on a "crystal clear layout." The focus on simplicity and clarity is meant to allow Joomla news site owners to concentrate on reaching out to people and changing minds, instead of trying to find the best colors and layout for their web portal.
Loroe, from ThemeForest publisher hainug, is a responsive Joomla template built on the Warp framework. Utilizing the News Show Pro GK4 extension, it also features an attractive grid based layout of articles with some interesting hover effects.
As more and more Responsive-ready designs are rolling out, ThemeForest has managed to make a unique contribution to the popular design sensibility that allows for perfectly formatted content for Joomla sites on desktops, tablets, and smart phones. By adding support for JomSocial, a Joomla-based social networking utility, the new Ramiyah theme is perfect for building communities.
YooTheme introdced a small but fun update recently. YooTheme runs an "Icon Club", where users are given all types of unique icons that are easy to integrate into a variety of different sites. The "Tool" icon set is just what it sounds like: tools like hammers, gears, screw drivers, and a big tool box make up this icon set. This is perfect for any site that wants to have quick navigation tools available for users, especially for ones that allow users to construct blogs or maintain other personal areas that they can construct.