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The Dominion WordPress theme has been updated to version 1.1

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its a multi social plugin thats is used to tweet via your site

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The Reaction WordPress theme has been updated to version 1.3

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Last week we were ask some questions about our new Warp 5.5 theme framework. This was a part of the research done by Team EaSE for their Joomla! Template Tools Part Three article which is published in the latest Joomla! community magazine issue. We don’t want to hold back this interview so everybody can enjoy reading! Here we go:

Why is a framework needed for template development after all?

Each time when you are developing a template you usually deal with the same things, for example you use a certain folder structure to organize your PHP, CSS and Javascript files or you rely on features like layouts, compression and caching. And because you dont want start from scratch coding all these features all over again and again, you better use a framework to provide you with a structure how to organize your template files and also a rich toolset to solve your common problems. That way you take your time and focus on the more important individual parts of your template design.

Is your template based on a third party layout system, e.g. one of the grid systems out there?

In our current Warp Framework version 5.5 we do not use a third party layout system. The CSS layout we use, is a composition of all the best-practices we learned about in last years developing templates. Typically our layout system evolves over time and we update it to match the latest web standards and capabilities of modern browsers.

Is your template based on page elements regarding usability and SEO?

Yes, we built in SEO features to improve the overall website search-engine friendliness. First all our template mark up validates to current web standards to provide a clean HTML output with no bloated code. Also we use graceful-degradation for the template Javascript effects, so if your browser has its Javascript support disabled you are still able to navigate through the website, because the dropdown menu will be working with CSS hovers. Further when using a 3-column-layout we order the websites HTML output in a way that the main component output will always be first followed by the left and right column. That way the your websites main content gains importance compared with left or right column.

How does your framework differ from those of your competitors?

When developing the Warp 5.5 theme framework we wanted it to be as modular, flexible and extendible as possible. We also looked at other template frameworks but we did not found anything that meet our expectations. So we started to design the new framework in a way that every tool or helper as we call them in Warp, is a modular component doing a single task. Like the good’ old unix philosophy: “Write programs that do one thing and do it well.” Also we wanted a clean separation between the individual template and the framework. So we extracted the framework from the template, and now the new Warp framework is placed in a separate directory. Applying updates or patches to the framework is easily done now, because all the generic framework source code can be updated independently from the individual template code.

Which products are currently in production release utilizing this framework?

We recently updated all our YOOtheme templates starting from 2009 to use the Warp 5.5 framework, which are 20 Joomla! templates in total.

Can you tell us a little about the team who helped develop it?

Developing the Warp framework involved our whole team at YOOtheme with each one focusing on different aspects of the framework. Basically each team member brings in the in-depth knowledge of a subject like HTML, CSS or Javascript. Bringing all these creative minds together made it possible to build the theme framework like Warp.

What are the obstacles facing novice users of a framework? How should they prepare for a project which uses one?

In general its really easy to install an YOOtheme template which uses the Warp framework because it uses the normal Joomla! extension installer. And within templates settings you can also change the templates options and choose form the preset styles which are included. This is everything pretty easy for also the novice user to get started. Further we have provide documentation page which provides all the answers to common questions for beginners.

Are there users whom, in your opinion, should not use a framework for their Joomla project? Why or why not?

We think, its recommended to use a framework for your template development. Basically the framework and its toolset provides a solid foundation which you can build upon, also if you don’t use every feature framework has to offer. Even if you design basic template for a micro-site you can benefit from framework features like a layout which is cross-browser compatible by default. Once you have understand how to use the framework you will save some time to built a template for your next website.

Is there any update functionality built into the framework? Either an “click here to update” or a latest version notification?

At the moment we are working on this update notification feature and we plan on releasing it with our usual Warp framework updates in the next weeks.

What is the future for frameworks? How will you develop yours through future iterations?

As the web standards like HTML and CSS evolve, our Warp framework will progress too. We constantly look through the web for new stuff and innovation regarding frameworks and template design. If we learn about a new feature we will evaluate it and extend our framework to implement it. Right now we have a lot of new ideas we want to add to our framework over the next months. You can follow all our announcements of framework updates on our YOOtheme blog or through our twitter tweets.

We hope you enjoyed reading. More update on Warp comming soon!

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Forus Front is a module for joomla that displays the latest forum topics Kunena. The idea is to show the Front Forus themes joomla starting in the middle.

Forus Front has the following parameters:

Limit messages: The number of messages to display (default 5).

Limit words: The number of words to display (default 150).

Read More: Type your text here Read More (Default “Read More …”).

Width images: Width of the images that appear in the written messages in the forums, the value can be in pixels or percentage (default 100%).

Text Hide Link: Text that is displayed when you find the tag [hide].

Title H?: Size of the title can be between 1-6 (default 1).

Author H?: Square that will be displayed to the author, this value should be between 1-6 (default 6).

Horizontal line: gives the possibility to show or not a horizontal bar. (Default off).

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K2 is a powerful extension that allows for incredible control of your Joomla content. This module is a modification to the standard K2 content display module. Rather than define the content you want to display in the module, this module pulls the item data from the current item being displayed.

This allows you to expand your layout options since you can now display part of the item content in the main content display area and other bits of content in the module positions. You can even load more than one module per page to deliver highly complex layouts with the content exactly where you want it!

If you find this extension useful, be sure to rate and review! Thanks!

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The plugin adds jQuery & jQuery UI capability along with 25 jQuery UI themes support to your components and modules.

Features:
* Load jQuery & jQuery UI libraries from Google CDN or local files
* Load jQuery UI themes (currently 25 themes available) from Google CDN or local files
* Choose the theme right from your plugin configuration
* jQuery Form plugin support

The plugin can be used by developers to enable jQuery support in their components and modules. Make sure you do not include jQuery or its plugins mentioned below are not loaded directly using script tag or other way in your components else the libearies will be loaded twice.

Usage:
With this plugin enabled, supported Joomla components/modules/plugins can simply call the below code to include selected jQuery & jQuery plugins:

JPluginHelper::importPlugin( ‘corejoomla’ );
$dispatcher =& JDispatcher::getInstance();
$dispatcher->trigger(‘onCallIncludeJQuery’, array($params));

If you pass $params as an empty array, the selected libraries in the plugin configuration are loaded. You can override what libraries you want to load from your component/module by passing required paramters through $params variable as shown below

$params = array(‘jquery’,'jqueryui’,'jqueryform’);

Supported Libraries as of v1.0.0

* jQuery
* jQuery UI (including 25 themes from ThemeRoller, can be selected from plugin configuration only)
* jQuery Form Plugin

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Add on panel for projectfork (v2.1.9) to allow you to manage weblinks via the core Joomla! weblinks component.

The built in weblinks panel in Projectfork requires you to edit php source code to adjust the weblinks. I thought it would be better to maintain the weblinks via the core weblinks component (com_weblinks), which is why I have written cp_betterweblinks.

Please note that this extension must be installed through projectfork, and not the normal Joomla installer.

Please refer to the following PDF for documentation

http://www.tamlyncreative.com.au/software/downloads/docs/cp_betterweblinks.pdf

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This is a simple plugin to login a user just after the account creation. It provides a little better handling for the registration-,activation- and login- process:

1a) after successful registraion the user would be automatically logged in and redirect to the url set in the menu item.

1b) or after successful registration the login view would be viewed.

2) after successful login redirects to the url set in the menu item or on a base64_encode URL in an hidden imput[name=return] in your acount creation form template, to be redirected back to the page the account creation process started, after the user account is created.

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The Catalyst Joomla 1.5 template has been updated to version 1.5.4 which adds MooTools 1.2 Support.

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