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TemplateMonster unveils the new series of Drupal Templates with extra features. From now on all of the new Drupal templates that you’ll see on TemplateMonster will be made according to this new standard. The renewed Drupal designs are the first ones to be delivered with an extensive set of features that greatly expand the possibilities of layout, bring cleaner code along with some slick pieces of functionality. Drupal Templates will now bring more freedom to end users by letting them customize the layout exactly how they want. Basically our developers team does a big thing to upgrade the way you develop with Drupal, as now we offer nimble and capable product that will help our customers create a website quickly & easily and progress at peak efficiency.
So, what’s new in our Drupal Templates?
- HTML5+CSS3 – every single Drupal 7 Template is now has a clean and nice HTML5/CSS3 code.
- CSS3 animation – these templates include animations made with CSS3. This allows you to perform beautiful motion-based functions and enhance site visual attractiveness (not displayed in any version of Internet Explorer).
- Simple content editing – integrated WYSIWYG editor makes content creation easy, while savvy users can show off their web geek skills.
- Easy install – installation process in just a few clicks; everything is quick, easy and doesn’t require any special skills at all.
- Backup – backs up/restores your Drupal database.
- Social media capabilities – add links with icons pointing to your social media accounts.
- Social sharing – push your content out via social channels including Twitter and Facebook and let users share their social activity streams.
- Content mashups with views – create sliders, galleries, carousels of different structure and complexity.
- Super fish menu – each template has a drop-down menu that can be moved and placed according to your preferences.
- Google maps – take advantage of Google maps with easy-to-use and flexible interfaces.
- Lightbox – clicking on a small thumbnail image will open a lightbox with an enlarged image.
- FAQ – special content type will create and adjust the page with frequently asked questions.
- Polls – content blocks and pages for polls.
- Panels – let you create layouts of any complexity and put up the content in them.
These are the major new features coming with each renewed Drupal Template. We believe these will change your life greatly while you’ll be working with Drupal templates because you can now control the template in ways you haven’t seen in any Drupal template before. Now here comes another awesome thing for you all – we’ve added a free sample of extra features Drupal template, so you’re absolutely welcome to download it, install and play with it and then let us know your opinion about it!
Also, please look through all new Drupal Templates with extra features that bring extra features and lots of improvements. Much more of templates of this kind are coming up.
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PlusGroup Drupal 7 Theme
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Sobos Drupal 7 Theme
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Stock photography is all vividly-colored, expressive, and broadly appealing. This product has grown big and popular among our customers, so we decided to give it its own place on our website. From now on with a purchase of any template at TemplateMonster you can order a package of 15 stock images of your choice for your website from DepositPhotos. This means that in addition to the stock images already included into your template design, you’ll be able to download 15 more images out of an assortment of 4,500,000 items available at DepositPhotos. You can pick whichever image you like from small to high resolution versions.
With the scope of stock photo uses being so large, we’ve also made a poll about whether or not include stock photography offer at TemplateMonster. It turned out that people would highly appreciate the possibility to get extra stock photos for their professional purposes at some cost-efficient price. Now we give you exceptional quality at low cost. This offer is available for $14 for every customer who makes a purchase at our website. But if you feel you don’t really need a template right now and just want to get the images offer separately, you can purchase 15 stock photos package from TemplateMonster for as low as $30.
But of course if you need a professional design for your project, we won’t mind that at all! Go ahead and visit our templates gallery, choose a template you like the most and you’ll be able to add the stock images pack from DepositPhotos to your cart and get it at a special discounted price. Don’t miss this big chance!
Ok guys, we’ve got an interesting giveaway for you today. Since you’re all professionals (which we’re sure you are) you do need business cards as a tool for your business promotion. And today we’ve partnered with UPrinting – an online printing company – to deliver a business cards giveaway. One lucky winner will be able to win a whole lot of 250 business cards from UPrinting, and they will be delivered absolutely for free. Now here are the rest of the details.
Up for draw is one following prize for one lucky winner:
250 pcs Die Cut Business Cards for one winner
- 2 x 3.5″ Rounded Corners, 2×2″ Rounded Corners, 1.75×3.5″ Rounded Corners, 2×3.5″ Leaf, 2×3.5 Rounded one corner, 2×3.5″ Half Circle Side, 2×3.5″ Oval, 2.5″ Circle
- 14pt Cardstock Gloss / Matte / High Gloss (UV), or 13pt Cardstock Uncoated,
- 6 Business Days Turnaround *Free shipping
see ideas for your custom business cards
Sounds like something you’re interested in? Read on!
You have two options of how to enter the lottery:
1. Twitter: Tweet including the business card URL, http://www.uprinting.com/business-cards.html
Example: II want to get a chance to win business cards http://www.uprinting.com/business-cards.html @UPrinting
2. Google Plus: Plus 1 (+1 ) http://www.uprinting.com/business-cards.html
You can use the button below:
So as you can see it’s very easy to enter a lottery, so don’t hesitate to do that. And we wish the best of luck to everyone!
Disclaimer: Limited to *US residents 18 years old and above only. This custom business cards giveaway is sponsored by UPrinting. For more information about online printing please visit UPrinting,com.
Want to get some free bucks which you can spend on advertising your website? We will give you $100 in free Google advertising* under this new little promo that we’re launching. Just follow these simple steps and you can get Google AdWords promotional coupon for $100.
TemplateMonster now offers a 15% discount code for any VirtueMart, Magento, PrestaShop, osCommerce or Zen Cart purchase (active for 4 days – until Sunday, October 23rd). Those of you using this code in the shopping cart automatically enter the lottery, which will give you a chance to win one of five $100 Google AdWords Coupons that we have. So basically the conditions of entering are (1) buying one of the eCommerce templates from TemplateMonster from October 20th through October 23rd 2011 and (2) using the “100adwords” promocode during that eCommerce template purchase. So don’t forget to use the promocode if you want to enter, that’s important. That’s how we know if you want to enter the lottery or not. Then on Monday, October 24th we’ll take the list of all those who enter the lottery and will randomly pick the 5 lucky ones who’ll get the coupons.
Imagine what a great surprise it would be when one morning you’ll check your inbox and see that TemplateMonster has sent you $100 AdWords Coupon. You definitely better not let this opportunity pass you by and make sure to use a chance to save up to $30 on eCommerce template purchase and get a $100 Google AdWords Coupon.
Well, you may already be spending hundreds or thousands of dollars for various advertising media. With Google AdWords you gain competitive advantage as Google will display your ads right next to keyword search results, bringing more customers to you. It is for sure a fastest way to bring a quality target traffic to a new online store.
Now you have less than four days to enter the lottery. Google Adwords coupons will be active until October 31st of this year. But note that these coupons can only be used by customers who have a billing address within North America. That is a strict rule of Google and we should follow it, there’s nothing we can do about it.
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So if you are ready to give it a try and win a free $100 Google AdWords Coupon, go ahead and buy the eCommerce template.
* Terms and Conditions Apply: Promotional credit must be applied to a new AdWords account within 15 days of creating the AdWords account and is valid only for new Google AdWords customers. Advertisers will be charged for all advertising that exceeds the promotional credit. Advertisers will need to suspend their ads at the time the promotional credit amount is met, if they do not wish to receive additional advertising charges. Offer subject to ad approval, valid registration, and acceptance of the Google AdWords Program standard terms and conditions. The promotional credit is non-transferable and may not be sold or bartered. Offer may be revoked at any time for any reason by Google Inc. One promotional credit per customer. Advertisers who choose prepay billing are subject to a $10 (CAD20) minimum prepayment fee before their account is activated. Any such prepay amount will be credited to Advertiser’s account once account is activated. Offer valid only for customers with billing address in the US or Canada. Offer void where prohibited by law.
Do you know about the trick that people often use on Facebook to hold back content for fans only? Well, this is a little ruse when you hide some content from people who are not your Facebook page fans, and once they click the ‘Like’ button and become your fans, they can view exclusive fans-only content.
The pull behind this trick is that Facebook profile owners give visitors a really hard to skip incentive to like their page and become a fan. Today’s good news is that TemplateMonster has added some renewed Facebook Reveal Tab Templates that are full HTML5 animated designs that you may set to display in case a visitor is not a fan of your Facebook page. You can find these extended new designs in addition to what is already available in Facebook Reveal Tab product category (all the previously released templates have been also renewed to come into line with the new ones). Now see what exact benefits you will receive upon getting this product.
Every single Facebook Reveal Template download package will now additionally include a userpic custom design in PSD format and a nice little template of a welcome page for ‘fan-only’ content. This page can be further adapted to suit your Facebook project needs. What we mean saying userpic design is actually a profile picture that is designed in accordance with the template style and incorporates some elements of brand identity, including company name, logo, custom images etc. Each Facebook Reveal Tab Template also integrates the sections that lead to other social streams – to show that your company has a broad social media reach and is up to serve customers elsewhere.
Now let us show you some examples of these renewed Facebook Reveal products. Click through to the demo pages to see the templates in full size and quality:
E-Shop Facebook Reveal Template
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Spare Parts Facebook Reveal Template
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Successful business is what we are all looking for today. Your way to success might be a long and tedious, but it is quite possible to make it easier. And it’s exactly what we are here for. We are happy that our templates have become a special tool to shorten the path to success for so many of our customers and their businesses.
Some success stories we’d like to share today were submitted at our Facebook page testimonials section that offers all our Facebook fans an easy and quick way to share their experience and thoughts about our templates, support services and many other things like this.
Template Monster templates helped Chris Holtzlander to establish a successful and quickly growing business:
When the economy started going under and a couple of companies I worked for closed their doors without notice, I decided it was time to make a change in my life and learn a new trade. I took on web development and design with very little knowledge in the field. I knew this would be a smart move because now a days every business needs a website. I was not much on the design stuff myself and that’s when I started searching the web for companies that supplied website templates that I could work off of and manipulate into my own designs. I also searched easy ways to make websites and manage the content without the knowledge of code and found Joomla! and WordPress, which were the two most popular out there (I prefer Joomla!). When I put one and one together I created a business. I wanted a little more “White label” when it came to the design stuff so I joined the Template Monster Affiliate Program. It took a little more learning on my part, but after a couple of years of educating myself with Template Monster’s Live Chat Professionals and their videos (also lots of forums and Youtube) I have a very successful business that I don’t have to rely on anyone else to write my check. Being a natural salesman and a person who strives to learn along with the combination of Template Monster and their forever populating database of templates, I am able to serve and company in any industry. Just want to give a special thanks to the Template Monster team for great looking templates and ever so special support team for the extra knowledge when I knew nothing about this industry. You guys have honestly helped me establish a successful and forever growing business! Thanks again!
And Gary Casperson can’t even imagine his business without our templates:
TemplateMonster.com rules! Not just for the obvious reasons of the ever increasing selection of quality designs backed by personalized customer support. Not even for the ease of use, low prices or the time savings gained. All these are the foundation that has produced a veritable “Portal’ that allows my customers to simply browse through and find the template that makes their ‘mental image’ of their new site a tangible reality well beyond what they could ever verbally describe! Without Template Monster my business would not be what it is today! Thank you Template Monster!
Our templates are an endless source of inspiration for most of our clients and it’s another thing they like about us:
TM is my first stop for inspiration whenever I build a new website template. When pressed for time or when I deal with clients who find it difficult to make up their minds, I save time and effort by simply letting them choose a design on their own.
Template monster is Easy, fast and so creative that it inspire my creativity in other areas. Before starting with Template Monster I was concern what kind of support it will be, I was pleased with the fast and easy instructions.I’ll keep buying templates from Template Monster.
I love you guys! you have absolutely been wonderful to me from tech support, customer service, email responses, purchases, and of course your resources of templates is perfect for anyone one needing a professional website at an affordable price. your templates and inspirations have made my schooling for web design & development just that much more enjoyable… Thanks! & Best Wishes.
And at the end of this post we’d like to mention some words from a testimonial by Tapiwa Shrek Mavhunga:
Good service begins by showing your customers that you care and that’s what I like about TemplateMonster, they care for all their clients.
Thank you so much, Tapiwa and the rest of the friends! We do care about our customers and we will work hard to offer you the best design and the best support service!
Hearing kind words from our customers is something that we can never get tired of. So when people send us their testimonials it’s always a great pleasure to be a part of someone’s business success. Today we’d like to share a business success story that one of our appreciated clients, Alisa Sanderson, has sent us. She bought our ZenCart template #25021 and used it to develop a very stylish and attractive handbag store (you can see it at http://www.ehandbags.com.au). Here’s what a ZenCart template that she has purchase looks like:
And here’s a beautiful website that Alisa has made from the template:
Now we offer you some her impressions and thoughts about this template and its customization process.
“This template was chosen because it was simple, clear, easy to navigate and looked effective. The theme and color tones were exactly the look we were going for so when we saw this template everything just added up. Our programmer advised us that the template also used current and correct programming techniques that would be beneficial for our website in terms of fast loading, proper syntax and opportunity to expand on.
As our website has grown so has the template and its features. We introduced a four image slide show on the homepage to capture the attention of our audience. These banners are used to promote featured products, specials and offers that may be running. The slide show is simply four rotating images and was very easy to implement within the page. When we need to change the images we simply overwrite the images on the server with the new ones. The right-hand menu was recently added as there was more information to make available to consumers. The blog integrated very nicely into the template and we are thrilled with the results. We are now able to showcase our selection of handbags in a professional and stylish manner”.
Alisa was not the only person who really enjoyed using our templates. This week was very productive and we also got several video testimonials. In this post we’d like to show you two of them:
We always try to bring you best design templates for your website. Now let us introduce the new product category we’ve added to our list – Full JavaScript Animated Templates. What is a JS Animated Template you may ask? Well, the point behind them is that they look like they’re full Flash websites, except there’s no Flash in them. These are the full site templates that do not include Flash animation, but contain JavaScript-based elements instead – this adds spectacular dynamics and leaves the templates very light-weight. So, the main advantage is that if you’re not exactly a fan of Flash, JavaScript Animated Templates are the way to go for you because they replace Flash with a light-weight code and allow getting actually the animation effects just as good as Flash offers. Note as well that this type of templates is a sort of a mix of JavaScript and HTML, therefore you don’t need any specific software to edit JS Animated Templates. This is done easily with any kind of HTML editor. Choose here from these awesome new templates or feel free to search the Full JavaScript Animated Templates category to find website template that suits you best.
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Cherlo
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Utopia
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Strip
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![Who Tops the List of TemplateMonster Best Facebook Fans? [August 2011 Rewards]](http://blog.tmimgcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/top-facebook-fans-august-2011.jpg?9d7bd4 "Who Tops the List of TemplateMonster Best Facebook Fans? [August 2011 Rewards]")
August is coming to its end, which means that today we are awarding our monthly top 10 Facebook fans. The fans’ list is as usually compiled through measuring done via the Booshaka app – a tool that analyzes the fans’ activity on TemplateMonster’s Facebook page and based on the number of thumbs up, posts, and comments rates our fans. So, who are the top August’s fans on TemplateMonster’s Facebook page?
This month the most honorable mention goes to our huge and #1 Facebook fan Oscar Leonardo Serrano Cadena who took the first place with 782 points. Oscar along with our #2 and #3 fans who are Noah Holland and James Hooker receive gift certificates that enable them to choose any template and download it for free. Other people who have been ranked highly on the list are Damon Sson, Will Yoo, and Vinay Mittal – these guys, being #4, #5 and #6 respectively, get a 50% discount and are able to use it for any TemplateMonster order. Also to the fans who took 7, 8, 9, and 10 places we give 40% discounts – our congrats to David Harutyunyan, Guy Drury, Michael Thena, and Koray Tanrısever. We see that you all guys have a stated allegiance to TemplateMonster with more than a passing interest in our website and Facebook fan page. Thank you, friends, for being a part of our affinity group. All of the discount codes and gift codes you have won will be delivered to you within two days via Facebook private messages.
If you feel you should be on our top list, be sure to boost your fans activity on TemplateMonster’s Facebook page and remain stubborn. Fan points will measure your passion for web development and your contributions to the TemplateMonster community – and the bigger the contribution, the bigger the reward. Good luck!
Some time lately TemplateMonster has conducted a special Internet Explorer Versions Survey that was intended to reveal the opinions of our audience concerning the usage of Internet Explorer and the future of this unviable browser.
In the light of an unrolling media campaign that touches the process of dropping support for IE6, our blog team was anxious to hear your thoughts of appropriateness of the measures taken within such IE discredit activities. Therefore, we’ve made a list of the question to examine the numbers of IE unique users and check how popular this software is today. The results are collected, compiled, and presented below – now you’re more than welcome to have a look at them. The total number of respondents reached nearly 1200 people.
What version of Internet Explorer do you use?
IE9 – 56%
IE8 – 34%
IE7 – 7%
IE6 – 2%
Do you plan to update your Internet Explorer version within the next months?
No – 56%
Yes – 43%
Is it critical for you to make sure your own website is compatible with all versions of Internet Explorer, even the oldest ones (ver. 6 and ver. 7)?
No, it’s not – 50%
Yes, it is critical – 46%
What part of your website audience uses IE6 and IE7?
5%-15% – 34%
Less than 5% – 32%
Over 15% – 26%
That is what we have revealed. If to consider that IE (and even its latest version) has lots of compatibility issues unsolved and crowds of tech savvy professionals have ceased supporting IE6 anymore, we can state the fact that there’s a very strong favorability toward using this frankly speaking inadequate browser. Perhaps the most significant conclusion we can make from these survey results is that it is still critical for website owners to have their sites compatible with all versions of IE or otherwise they will simply lose a fair share of audience.
Now we really want to know your impressions – are these the results you expected to see? We were actually dumbfounded discovering them. However, thanks everyone who has took part in this survey, as you helped us make a clear perception of the ongoing.
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