I concur with Dan Horning on this topic. "Springboard" is right on target.
For the money, the template clubs such as RocketTheme, YooTheme, Joomlart, Shape5, etc... can give you very good design elements and flexibility to create very professional websites. Bob Rynkiewicz "Dan Horning" <[email protected]> wrote: > the rocketheme templates actually do have some of the extras you talked about > but sometimes hard coding is needed - I've been using the templates with great > success for quite some time. though in this one case yes you are correct - but > do you really want intro's generated automatically - i know that for anything > i've done my client and I both want full control over the wordings. I think you > are looking for a theme that instantly makes your sites look perfect without any > work. be cautious about this - you use any template as a starting point and > adapt it to your needs - if you wanted a theme to do all of that instantly i > feel like you'd pay a LOT more than 90 bucks a year for 4 years of 1.5x > templates. > > I'm not trying to be mean here - but lets put some valuation to the money you > spent on the theme. if you made a theme like they make, and wanted all the > perfection you're asking for - i think you'd be paying more like 500 a theme. > > so in seriousness - have we forgotten the valuation factor? what do you value > the bump in progress that a less than a 100 bucks a year theme subscription > gives you? knowning that the theme bases aren't for everyone - but for a small > church or organization to get the look that a theme (from any of the vendors > like rockettheme) gives you it's priceless. > > oh and one more thing - in the demo site and all the PDF's and source files - it > says how to do everything, quite simply too. > > personally i view any template as a springboard ... not an end product - what do > you think? > > -- > Dan Horning > > American Digital Services - Where you are only limited by imagination. > [email protected] :: http://www.americandigitalservices.com > 1-518-444-0213 x502 . toll free 1-800-863-3854 . fax 1-888-474-6133 > PO Box 746, Troy, NY 12181 > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Donna Marie Vincent" <[email protected]> >> To: "NYPHP SIG: Joomla" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 8:40:36 AM >> Subject: Re: [joomla] RocketTheme: use it with moderation >> Laura presented the AiDa news module at the last Joomla meeting: >> http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-display/latest-news/11652 >> , which has all the features you could possibly want. >> >> >> >> >> From: Herb Tucker <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 5:04:00 AM >> Subject: Re: [joomla] RocketTheme: use it with moderation >> >> Hi Helvecio, >> Check out JoomlaWorks UCD module, its free, as in beer, and I've used >> to >> dynamically display content for news and Latest Happenings. It may >> just be >> what you are looking for. >> You can display content from a section(s) or category(ies) as Lists, >> Slider >> or Fader. It's a great tool. >> Ciao`, >> Herb >> >> Herbert M. Tucker >> Principal >> Covenant Technical Services, Inc. >> P: 732-497-0326 >> C: 848-218-9172 >> F: 732-497-0326 >> E: [email protected] >> W: www.covenanttek.com > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- ********************************************************************************************* Robert Rynkiewicz Joomla Connections 43 East Greenfield Ave. Pleasantville, NJ 08232 (609) 335-2938 ********************************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
