Archive for June, 2009
We know how much all of you guys love Joomla. And you probably know we love it even more. There are tons of Joomla-based website available out there, and many of them have great designs. TemplateMonster has always tried to keep an eye on what is going on on the net and today would like to share the collection of beautiful Joomla 1.5 designs present on the web.
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This seemingly simple website is in many ways similar to the Falcon Motorcycles. It is elegant yet does not feature anything too fancy. However, you look at it and understand that these bikes have character just like this Joomla 1.5 website.
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Time is passing by just like the watch images on the slideshow of this website. The whole design is made mainly in dark and confident manner and creates image of a serious and reliable brand.
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Little Prince once said: “You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” Unfortunately people often forget this important truth. There are many abandoned creatures out there. While some can take care of themselves others, such as Havanese dogs, can’t. Luckily there are people who care for our little friends. There is such an organization – Havanese Rescue Inc. It is an independent charity organization that is not affiliated with any breed club but aims at giving home to as many Havanese dogs as possible.
So these guys have applied for a little help from TemplateMonster – they asked for a template that they would like to base their store on (they sell different goods to be able to keep helping their inmates). Well, providing it absolutely free of charge is the least that we could do for the noble work they’re doing. You can see it in the image below.
And this is what these guys have got as a result (available at HavToHavIt.com):
Havanese Rescue Inc is probably not the largest charity organization in the world and maybe they are not saving the whole Universe but they do make lives easier for those who depend on us. And TemplateMonster is proud to be a part of it all.
This is not yet autumn but it definitely seems like a fall: prices are going down as if they were crazy. Let’s take for example our friend IconDemon. This company provides premium quality icon sets. Usually they charge $99 for yearly membership, but recently they have decided to make life easier for our clients, and now you can buy their membership at only $49 if you purchase at least one template from us.
People often neglect importance of such small elements as icons. As a result lazy web designers usually fall behind their competitors who paid the necessary attention to icons, logos and other “trifles”. With this offer you will be able to get access to over 1300 professional icons for less than half the price. Plus you will not have to take any additional actions: when checking out with your purchase from TemplateMonster you will be offered to add IconDemon membership package to your cart and pay for both in a single transfer. After that you will get your login details automatically. Sounds like hell of a fall, doesn’t it?
Here comes the summer – a perfect time for a little show off! What we’re going to be showing off this time is (surprise! surprise!) how cool our designs are. Here’s what it’s about: some time ago we’ve come across two interesting post at SmashingMagazine – the Web Design Trends for 2009 and Current Web Design Trends. And guess what! It appeared to be that our designs are the perfect illustrations for these trends! So in this post we will list some of these illustrations.
Now here’s a quick some-sort-of-agenda for today’s review:
- Embossing Letterpress
- Big typography
- Font replacement (sIFR, etc.)
- Media blocks
- The magazine look
- Carousels (slideshows)
- Out-of-the-box layouts
- One-page layouts
- Huge illustrations and vibrant graphics
- More white space than ever
- Dynamic tabs
- Still large search boxes
- Icons and visual clues
- Handwriting
- Retro and vintage
- Organic textures, tiles and photographic backgrounds
- Price tags
- Ribbons
- Rich user interfaces
- Multi-column layouts
Here we go, the designs step in:
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Embossing letters have not been used in web design too much and now they are becoming a popular trend represented in the Design Studio Template. This style allows to stress main points of the interest like logo of the company.
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Large and extra large letters are becoming a popular trend in our days. Besides their stylish look they are very good for conveying certain ideas and images. In the Web design Island Template large letters stress reliability of the company and creative approach of its employees.
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