Quick-Loading Joomla Template: Usability

Posted on 15. Mar, 2009 by Rick in Templates

<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/3701212">http://www.vimeo.com/3701212</a>

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After a long hiatus, I am finally releasing a Joomla 1.5 template! This template is the representation of how I feel a Joomla template should be:

(1) Specific to a type of use
(2) Simple
(3) fast loading

Thus I call this template “Usability”! There aren’t many bells and whistles. You should have the freedom to decide what javascript library to use, what modules and special effects to include in your site (and there’s plenty of extensions out there to build upon this design!), so I made sure this template doesn’t get in the way.

An HTML version comes with it too!

To be fair, I did include jQuery for a user requested feature (which was implemented at the last second). However, I have enabled the jQuery “NoConflict” mode so it won’t interfere with any other scripts you are currently running. Don’t want to load the library at all? No problem! Just turn it off in the template parameters and you’re all set.

Template Features

Speed

This template is really fast. There’s a minimal use of images, a nicely spliced CSS file, and really no 3rd party scripts to slow things down.

Support

What’s so cool about that? Integrated into the template administration area is BiD’s getSatisfaction support area! What does that mean? You can issue a support ticket now right from your Joomla administration. You don’t even have to visit this site again! From the template manager you’ll also have access to the latest BiD news, keeping you up-to-date on template updates, new releases, support tickets, etc. Cool eh?

Styling

There are a handful of module styles to choose from and easy-to-use template parameters in the Template Manager (so you can toggle stuff you want…like the color of the template). There are 3 colors to choose from.

Standards

Everything validates. Ok, so maybe that’s not really a ‘feature’ but I thought I’d mention it anyway. The CSS code is commented and uses my own, modified version of the Blueprint CSS framework.

Included is the Joomla 1.5 template, an HTML version, and a layered PSD

->Download the template now

Tags: joomla template, usability

26 Comments

Thang

07. Apr, 2009

Really cool template and the video presentation, can you tell me how did you make this video?

Rick

07. Apr, 2009

It’s a great mac app called “Screenflow”

Road to FREEDOM

14. Apr, 2009

good theme. clean and smple but elegant

CIGAROO

16. Apr, 2009

Hey

it’s a great template i would like to purchase it. unfortounatlly i don’t have a visa/mster card

can i pay via paypal or transfer money?

thank you.

Rick

16. Apr, 2009

The gateway is actually PayPal pro, so yes, you can pay with Paypal. Use the contact form and email your paypal email and I’ll send a Paypal invoice for you to pay from.

CIGAROO

16. Apr, 2009

ok i’ll do it now.
one last thing. can i change it to a different language? cause my website is in Arabic and i want to make it Rignt-to-left

Rob

27. Apr, 2009

Demo link doesn’t work for me…

Rick

27. Apr, 2009

@Rob Try it now.

Peter

01. May, 2009

Clean simple and modern design, is it easy to alter the design of the template?

Martin

01. Jul, 2009

Hi Rick. Thanks for all you do for the growing Joomla community. A pat on the back isn’t thanks enough, but give yourself one anyhow. We need more around like you. My question: Would you recommend this template for newbies like myself?

Rick

01. Jul, 2009

Yes it has only a handful of module positions, so it is easy to manage

teri

10. Aug, 2009

Nice template, bought it but can’t use the administer function. Abends when try to edit the template

Brian Teeman

04. Sep, 2009

Template looks great. Nice and clean.

Sarmad

21. Sep, 2009

I have not had a look yet at the template yet, so my question is: Does it change to RTL template when one uplaod the Arabic language module? If answered I would appreciate it.

Best regards

JseBusiness

28. Oct, 2009

im using JA Mesolite and it seems considerabily fast loading for product website. test it your self @ http://bit.ly/JSeBusiness

BSDemon

10. Dec, 2009

wonderful template. is it free?

Arun

11. Dec, 2009

Is it possible to change the widths of the right and left columns?

erix

10. Apr, 2010

Nice template really, I’ll test it for now, thx

ralf

30. May, 2010

how about commercial use?
where can I buy it, where are the license options for this template?

Rick

31. May, 2010

@Ralf,
You can use it for commercial use, of course. It’s GPL.

Shree

02. Jun, 2010

Is it possible to change the position of the side bar from right to left on this template?

Rick

02. Jun, 2010

You could do it in the CSS file…but there isn’t a template param for it.

Pride

02. Jun, 2010

Demo and template link isn’t working..

Adam

19. Jul, 2010

I would pay for more templates like this one, great job, watched your video on 1.5 – 1.6 and then wanted to see your template.

This is the ultimate layout type for the static content seo friendly type sites i tend to setup

Michael White

11. Aug, 2010

Dude you are awesome. I have been spending more and more time here. I’m not even ready to start designing sites but I’m pretty sure after watching some of your videos and learning from you that I can tackle it.