By 2013, some Joomla template clubs have been running for over 7 years.
Even after over 150 templates, the best designers still manage to produce exciting new releases every month.
We're going to highlight 6 of the most innovative new Joomla templates from the last few months.
Here are some fresh and inspiring designs from Joomlashack, YooTheme, JoomlaBamboo, JoomlArt, Gavick and JoomlaXTC.
#1. Keenly from Joomlashack
- Link: Keenly Joomla template
- Description: Keenly was crafted to be a multipurpose template with a distinctive and timeless look. Fully responsive, you don't have to worry what platform it will be viewed in - tablet, smartphone, notebook or desktop. Keenly will communicate your ideas cleanly and beautifully.
#2. Showroom from YooTheme
- Link: yootheme.com/demo/themes/joomla/2013/showroom/
- Description: As shown with Est. 1935 in the demo logo, Showroom aims to be both old-fashioned and fresh.
- Mobile version: Shown below, its nicely done with mobile-friendly slideshow and menu that elegantly moves from the sidebar to the top. The only downside is that the body font is little hard to read.
#3. Moments from JoomlaBamboo
- Link: demo.joomlabamboo.com/index.php?theme=apr13
- Description: As Stratros provides a fresh look for Windows 8 tiles, Moments provides an elegant alternative for Pinterest layouts. There's a nice use of audio and video players inside the tiles.
- Mobile version: Shown below, the mobile version collapse into a clean, readable layout.
#4. Smashboard from JoomlArt
- Link: joomlart.com/demo/#ja_smashboard
- Description: Smashboard has a huge, oversized menu on the left-hand side. The featured articles scroll horizontally across the page and when clicked, load inside a pop-up.
- Mobile version: Shown below, the mobile version works well, although as with the desktop version, some of the navigation is hard to spot.
#5. Creativity from Gavick
- Link: demo.gavick.com/joomla25/creativity/
- Description: This template launches with a full-page slideshow. When the user scrolls, the slideshow minimizes and gives way to a one-page design. Click the menu items and you get an elegant and automatic scroll down the page.
- Mobile version: Shown below, it's fresh and clean.
#6. Hardcore Shop from JoomlaXTC
- Link: demo.joomlaxtc.com/hardcore
- Description: This template jumped out at me for the use of full-page videos. The rest of the design is interesting, but it's the homepage that got it included on this list. T
- Mobile version: Shown below, the video is dropped for mobile devices. The resulting design works well, although had a couple of overlapping areas on my iPhone.
Over to you ...
Have you seen any really fresh and innovative Joomla templates that should be added to this list?