Recently we conducted a special survey on our Dynamic Flash Photo Galleries. It appears that some of our customers have faced various problems with these products. Every pioneer knows there will be problems along the way in any new endeavor.

We are very happy to say that we have solved most of these problems to date that have been mentioned by our customers - with the help of our support and design departments staff. On this post we must also offer our gratitude to each and every one of the many customers who have helped us with the troubleshooting and in the survey.

In the survey we asked our customers about their reactions to our new product. Most of the responses were about the ease of customization and the very comfortable admin panel. We are very happy that our efforts in developing the Dynamic Flash Photo Galleries have found some real fans!

We also ask you to see some of the websites that have been built upon our new Dynamic Flash Photo Galleries:

FlowersOfOneGarden.com is based upon Template #15022
Transitoire.com is based upon Template #14310
PhilYoungPhotography.com.au is made from Template #14306

If there are any further problems with our product we would greatly appreciate it if you would report them to our Support Team or, if you are not satisfied with the help from support, please send them directly to: marketing#at#templatemonster.com

Here are several technical recommendations for you considering how to use our WordPress themes for earlier versions of WordPress. The thing is that our themes are designed for WordPress 2.1 and if you want to use them for the older WordPress 2.0.x version here are several suggestions for you:

get_links_list() function has been changed to wp_list_bookmarks()

wp_list_bookmarks() is used for the links output from the bookmarks menu ( displays bookmarks found in the Bookmarks Management screen) and it’s not supported by the previous WP versions. Currently this function works only with Netscape and Mozilla but WP developers promise to make it cross-platform in the very near future.

If you want to convert the 2.1 version to the 2.0.x, you need to follow the instructions below:

1. If you’re not planning to use widgets in this theme you should:

1.1 open sidebar.php file in your folder with the theme

a) change the wp_list_bookmarks() for the get_links_list();

b) replace < ?php wp_list_categories('show_count=1&title_li=0'); ?> with < ?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&optioncount=1&hierarchical=0'); ?>

1.2 open header.php in your folder with the theme and delete < ?php language_attributes(); ?>

1.3 open searchform.php in your folder with the theme and delete < ?php the_search_query(); ?>

2. If you’re planning to use widgets in your theme you should:

2.1 open header.php in your folder with the theme and delete < ?php language_attributes(); ?>

2.2 open searchform.php in your folder with the theme and delete < ?php the_search_query(); ?>

2.3 open functions.php file and change the wp_list_bookmarks() for get_links_list();

The designers from TemplateMonster have decided that this is the perfect time to show off one of our eCard creations. We are proud of our skill and creativity and want you to see this eCard to help celebrate Independence Day on July 4th!!!

Even better, you can send this eCard to congratulate your friends and your family on the 4th of July. Right under the Flash area of the card there are several fields that you must fill in to send the card to whoever you wish. Just type in your name (so that it will be clear who is sending the congratulations), your friend’s name and his/her email address – then press the “Send” button. Shortly, an email with the card will be delivered and remind you and your friend how proud you are to be Americans!

You’re gonna’ love it! Share the Holiday! Happy Fourth of July!!! TemplateMonster 4th of July eCard!

After having redesigned several websites from all over the Internet the guys from TemplateMonster decided to make some improvements for their own design.

The first change is the navigation bar. All of our products are now divided into general types – “Web Templates”, “CMS & Blog Templates”, “E-Commerce Templates” and “Corporate Identity”. Within each of these general types there are also smaller subtypes like “Flash Templates” and “SWiSH Templates” within the general type of “Web Templates”; and similarly ZenCart or CRE Loaded within “E-Commerce Templates”.

The second change is a NEW, and we think brilliant search form that allows you to search our database not only by a single parameter but also by checking several parameters at one time - for example by choosing several categories that you are interested in. All of these new features are for the convenience of our customers.

Template Monster Team

Every good thing has its end. Yes, life can be very cruel - we all know it. Even the best and brightest things, like the TemplateMonster Anniversary Lottery, must come to an end. It’s over – sad but true. The lottery is over.

But for the lucky ones that won our Golden Gift Certificate – today is for celebration! This certificate gives them the right to choose any of the templates in our database absolutely FREE! We do not know which products will be chosen but we do know that the winners will have many, many templates to choose from.

After the random selection several winners were chosen. We have contacted them and here is something for you to know about those newly-born Internet celebrities:

1. Marian Turba - a web developer. Here’s a part from his first interview: “As I’m not a graphic designer I buy templates either from Internet or cooperate with graphic designers”. Later we will post more of his impressions because now he is a little short of words because of his happiness
2. Cauã Rabbering, a 27 year-old medical student from The Netherlands. His small interview is also coming up soon.

3. Christal Scholl, Quality Systems Management Consultant (Memphis, TN).

TIP: For those who do not know what we are talking about: A few days ago TemplateMonster celebrated its Fifth Anniversary and among other celebration events we conducted the Anniversary Lottery. Everyone who subscribed to our newsletter, from the time after the Lottery was announced until the time of the Lottery drawing, was allowed to enter as a participant and possible winner of the Golden Gift Certificate. The Golden Gift Certificate is redeemable for any single template of choice Free of charge.