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Alright, we’re kinda getting sick of it now – the good name of TemplateMonster is again being used by some scammers from someplace in Central Europe. Some of you may have received (or will receive) the emails mentioning that you have allegedly purchased something from TemplateMonster – which you know you didn’t – and asking you to click a link and provide your PayPal login details in order to cancel that transaction.
Well, in case you do receive an email like that, please be sure not to click any links and not to provide any other personal details! This kind of scheme is widely spread among scammers – they use names of trusted companies in order to confuse their victims and force them to perform actions the scammers want from them.
Oh, and of course we will greatly appreciate your help with investigating this crime against you and TemplateMonster – in case you receive any suspicious emails mentioning TemplateMonster (most likely those will be the emails from people attempting to obtain personal data from you) please report those cases to us. Thank you and please be careful, Internet is no longer that safe.
Keeping the flow of great customization examples within our monthly customizations contest, we’ll currently feature the works of the three lucky winners of February race.
We thank all the other participants for their attention towards the contest, but as they say it – there can only be one winner (and two more for the discounts). Plus, it is another great chance for us to reveal the results of our diligent work in creating the best templates on the net – and your design and customizing efforts. Now it’s high time to present you our winners!
#3. Osvaldo Schaukoski (that’s a 40% discount)
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Again I had to change the 3D transition and as you don’t provide the source of your 3D animations I made an animation over it, using blending modes to change the eye colors to a CMYK pattern.
On this project I managed to keep the pixel fonts, I like them, my clients are the ones that complain they are too small.
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We’re very excited to announce that the new design and functionality of TemplateMonster shopping cart have been launched today. Some of you may have noticed that by now, some not. To those users who haven’t seen it yet – go to your shopping cart and press the “Switch back to the new design of shopping cart” button at the top of the page to see the new fucntionality. Plus you will also be able to switch to the other variant (the one that basically has the old functionality) by pressing the “Switch back to the old design of shopping cart” button. Here’s what the button looks like:
In a couple of words the new features of the shopping cart include a more comfortable way of displaying special offers that you may purchase along with the template you initially picked – that’s one version of shopping cart.
The second variant is basically the updated design of the old shopping cart. But one major update – valid for both versions – is that the checkout process is now easier to go through due to the division into purchase stages that are intuitively easy to understand (the names of these stages vary depending on what shopping cart version you choose).
So you are now all welcome to test the new shopping cart – both variants of it. And of course we will greatly appreciate your feedback and suggestions. Oh, and here’s something for you to make the testing process more pleasant – the 30% discount code, valid for all purchases at TemplateMonster today and tomorrow. Just make sure you clear your cookies in case you’ve been visiting TemplateMonster website via affiliate links sometime in the past; and make sure you don’t use any sorts of affiliate links now because the promocode is only valid for direct purchases from TemplateMonster. By the way, the promocode field is now located at the bottom of the first stage page of shopping cart, that’s where you will have to paste the following code:
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Just go and pick the template you want to purchase now!
Update: Please note that the promocode above is no longer valid now and using it will not reduce the order price.
TemplateMonster today brings the special offer delivering the Globe Video Effects Pack – a set of 10 premium quality special video effects that depict glossy 3D models of the Globe. Now please note that for a limited time period this special offer is available at a 50% discount (that’d be $19 instead of the $38 full price offered at VideoSmash.com). To take advantage of that huge discount you only have to purchase any product from TemplateMonster and you’ll be offered the Globe Video Effects Pack on TemplateMonster checkout (you’ll be able to pay that tiny price of $19 for that video effects pack while paying for the product you purchase from TemplateMonster).
The current Globe Video effects pack is as a matter of fact an extremely useful tool for web design purposes as well as for creating Flash intros, spectacular animations and backgrounds for TV news or worldwide sports events overviews. It may as well be fully applicable in multimedia presentations, website design, animation, media projects, or science. Being enclosed into real HD quality (HD 720p), these effects are musically illustrated to render the most exhaustive impact (but please note that the video is encoded with Quicktime JPEG codec). Just imagine how dramatically it could change the performance with innovative globe models perfectly implemented!
Alright, you get the point – now time for some action! Go ahead and browse TemplateMonster products, pick yours and enjoy the special offer for these lovely Globe Video Effects!
Ok, we have some good news here! Earlier today TemplateMonster has launched VirtueMart Templates preciously designed to become the premium quality and brilliant solution for the maximum e-commerce activity.
These ultimate VirtueMart templates present harshly different and fresh approach towards Joomla design and will help you add one of the best possible online store designs at your Joomla website.
You can set up e-commerce-oriented design easily armed with VirtueMart templates for they enable convenient intercommunication that will convert your web store into an even more multifunctional and eye-catching online shop. Plus, such themes put in things such as a shopping cart bar, more shop-like graphics, etc. So you can pick your own look and feel for the shopping site of your dream and have a totally modified perfect layout.
Each VirtueMart template supports a number of module positions ideal for online e-commerce performance. In terms of functionality they have practically everything you could ever want being incredibly easy to customize. In addition to arranging the product data in easy-to-navigate tabs, these themes provide the possibilities to swap images, create extra product categories, number of galleries, variety of payment methods and much more.
VirtueMart for sure is a perfect blend of style and utility that brings you and your customers a lot of pleasure. It is just good using all the benefits in these designs to showcase exactly what such e-commerce oriented website is all about.
So, why not to purchase a new theme today and give your e-commerce website a new irresistible look. Here you can access a variety of VirtueMart designs that will give your shop that extra shine in the market place.
You may have heard that earlier we announced a great contest – Share Your Template Customizations and Win A Free Template! And we are glad to inform you that today is a great day because we are ready to unveil the names of our lucky winners and show their great customization works. Actually it was really interesting to check out all the good stuff that you’ve sent us – there is no better fun for TemplateMonster than just surfing trough live websites that are based on our templates. This is a great experience for our team because we can see live results of our work and make many useful conclusions. It is a great opportunity to see the world of web design from another point of view – the point of website owners. So let’s start summing up the results of January 2010!
#5. Andres Betancourt
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I originally like this template because in its main landing page it displays the gallery, with the option of maximizing the size of your art work characteristic which I wanted my site to feature. Adding to this the cool transitions from page to page. What I did was to create an intro page using my logo that now covers the entire site with a transparency, I also minimize the amount of gallery pieces from 32 to 16 changing the overall look of the gallery.
We are happy to announce that our dearest partner VideoSmash.com has launched another striking solution for motion design – this time it’s a new Heart Flash Animation Pack that is now available instead of the Abstract video effects pack previously offered at TemplateMonster. This new pack will also be available at a 50% discount, after all TemplateMonster clients are very special, everybody knows that.
What’s exciting about the pack given is that it comprises 10 majestic video effects of whirling and dancing hearts which all bring the charming feeling of love. Each video effect in this pack is enclosed into real HD quality (HD 720p) in the latest H.264 format and with a frame rate of 29.97 fps. Not to mention a stunning musical accompaniment for the greater emotional impact.
Thus by paying just $17 ($35 regular price) you can now get this thrilling set in a single purchase for maximum savings. Plus there is St. Valentine’s Day just round the corner, so heart animation could serve you a big deal expressing your inmost sensations.
Hurry up to browse our templates and right after you pick the one you like this marvelous Heart Flash Animations Pack will be offered to you!
Our dear friends, please be informed that tomorrow starting 1AM EST and until 5AM EST TemplateMonster website will be down due to the servers maintenance procedures that we’re planning. That’s no big deal so please don’t worry about us, everything’s going to be back to normal just a couple of hours after the maintenance measures start.
We are very sorry for the inconveniences that this website downtime may cause. Thank you for understanding.
Things are getting more and more social. And we thought that expanding our social presence to some more awesome social networks would be just great. After all each of these social networks is where we can spend precious time with you, our precious audience. Anyways, further resistance is impossible and we’re rolling out our brand new Facebook page (along with the awesome new design of our corporate blog that you see all around starting today).
Ok now, back to Facebook. That page is going to be a place for us to learn more about you, about what you want us to be and for us it’s a platform for showing you guys our love to each and every one of you. Of course we’re going to do that in a typical TemplateMonster fashion – by providing you with the latest freebies, bonuses, awesome design news and contests.
Anyways, we are all going to have a lot of fun – after all, that’s what this ‘Social NOTworking’ thing is about – having fun. Ok, now everybody hurry up to TemplateMonster Facebook page, become one of our first fans, check out the first portions of info we’ve had time to share by now. And be sure to let us know what you think of it all – after all, that’s what this whole social thing is about.
Template Monster has now officially become ‘TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award’ winner for multiple years running!
According to TopTenREVIEWS, our website was announced to be the largest and the most comprehensive website template service on the Internet that delivers high quality templates, keep up with technology and popular platforms, and provides great customer service.
Here’s what exactly has been mentioned:
“Template Monster really is the best of the best, and they just keep getting better. They offer more templates than anyone else, keep on top of technology and provide great support and service. If you are a small company or organization without a webmaster, they offer great complete solutions or if you are a designer, they provide high quality templates that will definitely help you keep your clients coming back to you for more. Everyone wins with Template Monster.”
For sure, this award will take pride of its place in our Awards section among the rest of our honored prizes!
