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With six color variations, fully collapsible module positions and an animated front page slider all built within a responsive framework, JSN Gruve is a very nice addition to JoomlaShine's growing list of Joomla templates. And as with every JoomlaShine template, you can very easily "try before you buy."
Digital marketplace Envato recently announced a contest for some of their "most wanted" file types, Joomla templates and extensions. Envato offered $10,000 as a reward for the first 50 Joomla files. There was also an extra $250 for the best template and extension, and the results are in.
As the Joomla Forum grows and demands on hardware increase, some of the community members that frequent the popular message board have noticed some performance issues, and have even experienced site errors due to the increase in traffic. As more and more users took advantage of the Advanced Search feature, the site began to display the message: "Sorry but the board is temporarily unavailable, please try again in a few minutes." This began to occur with some regularity.
Widgetkit 1.1 was released a mere three weeks ago, adding support for responsive design, but YOOtheme has quickly put some updated functionality in the hands of users looking to improve their image galleries with Widgetkit 1.2.
Minimal Skins truly does bring minimal design to Joomla templates. Their focus is mainly on photography based portfolio websites and blogs, and their strength is in the fact that they allow the subject to dictate the overall design.
Themeforest author, geceolurken, has updated one of their highly stylized Joomla themes suitable for web designers and anyone wishing to showcase features of a creative business. The template ships with 7 color schemes and has been designed with some responsiveness in mind to scale between desktop computers and tablet devices.
YouTrader is the latest responsive template from YouJoomla, and it offers a solution for those wanting to put together a website based around selling cars. The main feature that YouJoomla believes sets this template apart from the car themed templates on the market is the robust filtering system built in.
Joomla theme developer, Shape5, has release their latest Joomla template incorporating responsive web design. It's called Metro Shows, and according to Shape5, the "design can be used on any website but has a modern metro style."
Template developer JoomShaper, creators of the Helix Framework, have release an all new responsive Joomla template aimed at the corporate world. The template boasts "8 elegant clean and clear styles" and features support for K2.
Looking for a quick wrap-up of what's been going on in the Joomla world this past week? This is the first in what I hope will be a regular series of posts on the week that was in Joomla. This first attempt is a little brief, but I'd love to hear your feedback in the comments.
