Boxes Icon Set
Today we are very happy to present you the next icon set release for our icon club . The Boxes Icon Set! We put a lot of effort in this release and we are proud that it is the biggest club icon set in our portfolio now! It contains 34 high quality icons in 32-bit transparency PNG file format and in 8 different standard sizes, ranging from 16×16 to 512×512 pixels. This makes 272 extremely detailed icons which are handmade and optimized for each specific size. Of course vector PDF files are available so you can change the colors and customize the icons! Here is an example of the different sizes for the cardboard box icon. The boxes icon set contains all kind of boxes: cardboard boxes, wooden boxes, metal boxes, shoe boxes for the ladies and more. Each has different colors and variations like closed, opened or filled with paper. The different colors makes them perfect for organizing different categories, for example your product-bundles. We also included a nice paper bag in the set. Don’t worry, it’s 100% recyclable! Take a look at all the different boxes: Spice up your websites, catalogs or shops with our new boxes icon set. Our Premium members will also get all the vector PDF files for easy customization and resizing. Have a look at this set and join our icon club today! We would be very happy to get some feedback. Please post a comment with your thoughts about this set and your wishes for future releases.
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ZOO 2.1 Frontend Submission
Today we are really exited to announce the BETA release of ZOO 2.1! The release comes with the most anticipated feature for ZOO: Frontend Submission! But it is not just another frontend submission. We really tried to raise the bar and take frontend submission to the next level in design, usability, simplicity and flexibility. In this blog we put together a comprehensive walkthrough of all the new features. This helps you to explore all the new things we implemented in ZOO 2.1. Take some time, get yourself a coffee and enjoy reading 
Here we go: Frontend Submission Your brand new frontend submission for ZOO allows you to create submissions for any content type of your ZOO apps. For example authors can submit articles or the latest movie reviews. It can also be used as a form builder for any kind of form, e.g. an application or contact form. Create multiple submission forms for your content types with different fields and layouts for your user groups. Not only submissions by registered users even public submissions are possible. Everything can easily be managed from the submission manager of the ZOO administration. Submission Interface We’ve put a lot of effort into the design of the submission interface to create a great user experience. The forms are well-designed, clearly arranged and simplified for all the different elements of ZOO. For example link, email and video elements now use simple input fields. Fields that currently have the focus are nicely highlighted. Required fields are marked with an asterisk. And help messages appear whenever the submission fails due to requirements not met. Of course users don’t have to enter data twice if a submission fails. They’ll only have to fill out the missing fields that are nicely emphasized. Field Labels We provide an elegant solution for labels in elements with more than one field. The label appears in a light gray inside the field even if the field has focus. It doesn’t disappear until the user actually enters the first letter. These small things help the user to follow through the submission and give an overall better user experience. More Options Some elements like link, email, image and others can have some extra options. If you enable these options a little Show Options button appears in the submission interface. For example the extra options for a link element are a custom text, title, rel tag and whether the link should open in a new window. Upload fields One of our little highlights is the upload field of the image and download elements. The file upload field is by far the worst field to style and it is difficult to get the same look in all browser. So we are proud to present a well-designed upload field which works in every browser. As icing on the cake it only displays the selected file name without the whole path which is normally really annoying. Tooltips You may remember that you can add a description for each element in ZOO when creating a new content type. These descriptions show up as tooltips for each element in the ZOO administration. They can also be enabled for the frontend submission form to give users some help to fill out the form. Form Builder Of course we introduce a new submission layout where you can arrange your content elements via drag ‘n drop from the administration backend. This makes creating your submission form a breeze! Just drag ‘n drop the elements of the submittable type to the layout positions. This key feature makes ZOO very versatile and easy to use. For example you can build an application or contact form with just a few clicks! The layout parameters allow you to define what elements are required when filling out the submission fields. My Submissions Ok, submitting content is the first part but what if you want to review or edit your submitted items in the frontend? Well, here we go We implemented a “My Submission” Page that lists all items of an author. It got all the basic features like pagination, filtering items by type, editing and creating new items. You can also preview an item before editing without loading any new page. The preview looks exactly the same as the item view. Awesome! Frontend Editing You may ask how ZOO manages the different requirements of a frontend submission. Some people need submissions for registered users, some need public submissions like a simple contact form and others need frontend editing with administration permissions. With ZOO you can do it all! ZOO allows you to create all kinds of submissions for different content types and user groups (public, registered and special) with different template layouts and fields. But a new key feature we like to introduce is the Trusted Mode which you can enable and disable for different submissions. Here is a short overview of the differences if the trusted mode is enabled or not: Trusted Mode Off Trusted Mode On Textarea No editor, just a plain textarea HTML is stripped Word-wraps, links, emails still work WYSIWYG editor from Joomla loaded HTML allowed Lightbox available for adding images My Submissions Page Not allowed to delete items Allowed to delete items Link Element E-Mail Element Video Element Download Element No extra options available All extra options available Image Element Download Element Only upload valid types of files Upload valid types of files + Additional select box to use existing files Related Items Element Related Categories Element Social Bookmarks Element Disqus Element Intense Debate Element Add This Element Element Disabled (Will not show up) Enabled (Forms will show up) Administration Area Not available All options available Published, Searchable, Comments, Frontpage, Categories, Tags Security To make public submissions possible we had to provide some good security settings for the frontend submission. If the Trusted Mode is disabled no HTML editor is available and HTML is stripped from all fields. It is not possible to see any paths for example to the image and file folders. The image selection through the lightbox is disabled as well. Of course the Trusted Mode is always disabled for public submissions. Upload Size For each image and download element you can define a maximum upload size. If the file size is too big the user gets a help message. Restricted File Types Again for each image and download element you can define the valid file types that are allowed to upload. Backend revamped While designing and developing a beautiful frontend submission we came up with the idea to revamp the form fields in the ZOO administration as well. For example the item creation form looked a little messy in ZOO 2.0. So why not kill two birds with one stone? ZOO 2.1 now has the same polished form fields the new frontend submission has. All forms are now clearly arranged and and the user interface is simplified! You will feel much more comfortable while working in the backend. Isn’t this awesome? Submission templates for all apps Last but not least we created new submission layouts for all types of each app. For example the Movie Database app has a nice submission layout as do all the other apps. Each layout fits the design of the specific app. You don’t have to do any extra work to create new layouts… You can start right away! What’s next? The ZOO 2.1 BETA is exclusively available for members only who purchased the ZOO app bundle. As soon as ZOO 2.1 goes STABLE it will be released for the public. Members can go straight to the download section in the member area and take ZOO 2.1 BETA for a test drive! Be aware that it is a BETA version. It is not intended to be used on a production web site just yet.
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New ZOO template released
Today we released a new minor ZOO version 2.0.3. In addition to the bugfixes we updated our blog app and put an additional template called “Sans” in this app. The new template is based on the default blog template and beside some small improvements it uses a sans-serif typeface for the headlines. We created this template to make our blog app fit a wider range of websites which uses a sans-serif typeface. So with this new template you can easily change the style of your blog, without changing any of the css styles. Read more about the other improvements and update ZOO today . Further Updates and Changes With the new release, we also got rid of a few bugs and introduced some changes. Here is a not complete list of bugfixes and changes to the ZOO 2.0.3 + added new sans template to blog app + added “above title” media alignment option to the default template of the blog app + added k2 version 2.3 import support + added requirements check button to administration ^ general performance upgrade # all template positions are now being saved on type slug rename and copy # fixed bug where an items tag would show, even though the publishing date was in the future # fixed bug where .flv movies would only play if set to autoplay # fixed some HTML markup validation errors # replaced deprecated ereg function from googlemaps helper # fixed bug with tags view and pagination # fixed bug where Joomlas email cloaking plugin would introduce a leading space to the email address # fixed bug with chinese characters in slug # removed unused helpers/menu.php file (caused problems with Advanced Module Manager) ^ changed “READ MORE” to “READ_MORE” in all language files – removed needless $params in teaser layout (only documentation app) ^ changed how layouts are called in the item template ^ removed article separator if article is last in all templates of the blog app (CSS) ^ changed padding for last elements in text areas (CSS) ^ moved comment rendering from layouts to item view (all apps) Download ZOO and the new template today.
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Free Social Icons Set
First of all thanks for the great feedback we received for our new icons stuff! We are very happy that you folks like our new icon club we launched last week – And today we want to bring you the complete social bookmarks icon set as freebie , including all sizes and even the vector source files. Using social bookmarks icons on your website has never been prettier. Easily share and bookmark content and spread it all over the world! We provide our social bookmarks icons with a high brand recognition, looking straight-lined and equally fresh styled. Of course they are designed to match with all our club icon sets . This freebie features most popular web and social media icons, such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Google and many others. For each of them we created different color and shape variations to give you a wider selection of matching icons for your website. The whole set contains 47 high quality icons in 32-bit transparency PNG file format and in 8 different standard sizes, ranging from 16×16 to 512×512 pixels. This makes 376 extremely detailed icons which are handmade and optimized for each specific size. The set also includes vector PDF files of all icons that are compatible with Adobe Illustrator and can be rescaled to any size without a single loss to the details. So download , enjoy and and please feel free to Twitter , Digg or recommend them. Are you missing your favorite social media icon? – Tell us and we’ll see what we can do about it!
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Live presentations online!
First of all we want to thank the organizers of the JandBeyond conference for this great event and the whole on-site organization. Robert , Alex and the whole team did a great job! We had the chance to present two sessions about our templates and the new ZOO 2.0. For those of you who did not have the chance to see the presentations live, we recorded both of them on video and are proud to show you the result in this blog post. So lean back and enjoy the show! YOOtheme templates – An inside look! In our first presentation, Sven one of our lead designers took a closer look at the design process and the magic behind YOOtheme templates. He gave an insight of what makes a template a good tempate and what we do to achieve this. He also explained how easy it is to customize images of the templates using Fireworks. Watch the presentation: ZOO 2.0 in Action! The second presentation by ZOO developer Jan and support team member Malte showed the ZOO 2.0 in action, and described what benefits you’ll gain by using it. The visitors got an insight look of content building and templating and followed a live demonstration of building a blog with the ZOO in five minutes. Watch the presentation:
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JM Anion – Build up movies site with Magento
JoomlArt (http://www.joomlart.com) Magento theme for May is coming, it’s JM Anion (http://magento-themes.joomlart.com/jm_anion/)! Anything about theaters, DVD, HD…
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I love YOO t-shirts
Ta-ta-tada! We are pretty proud to present our new online t-shirt shop! Since our I♥YOO competition and ZOO presentation last year, people would ask us where to get those I♥YOO t-shirts. So due to popular demand we opened a brand new t-shirt shop where you can get them! We were a little creative in our spare time and created a bunch of new designs too. Check out all the cool designs here . For each t-shirt we will make a charitable donation… We are donating to WWF We sell all t-shirts at prime costs plus additionally 5€. For each t-shirt we donate the 5€ to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The WWFs goals are to to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. It is the largest environmental organization in the world with over 1300 conservation projects all around the globe. The main mission statements of the WWF are conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. So when you buy one of our YOOtheme t-shirts you are one of the over 5 million supporters of the WWF to achieve these goals. We will collect all donations and after we have reached a certain amount we will keep you up to date about this project in our blog at yootheme.com, so come back and check for news. We use American Apparel Most printed t-shirts are produced in China in working environments with unhealthy conditions. So called Sweatshops. Sweatshop workers often work long hours for little pay. We picked American Apparel as t-shirt manufacturer. They are not outsourcing their labor. All t-shirts are made in downtown Los Angeles, California. American Apparel t-shirts are also very soft and smooth to touch and not heavy and bulky like many printed t-shirts. They are made from 100% cotton and are excellent for printing. Who prints and ships the t-shirts? We chose Spreadshirt as platform to produce, sell and ship the t-shirts. They offer great printing techniques to produce our design in high quality on t-shirts. After your order has been submitted and the payment has been processed, Spreadshirt produces the t-shirts and packs them for delivery, so you will get them very fast. They ship to nearly all countries in Europe, to the USA and to Japan. Spreadshirt also offers a fair return policy. If the product you receive should have any defect you can send it back to Spreadshirt and they will either refund your money, or exchange it with a shirt of the expected quality. So what are you waiting for? If you like one of our designs go to I♥YOO store and pick your favorite t-shirt! In case you missed our last blog post: Like last year we kicked off a I♥YOO competition to celebrate the ZOO 2.0 release. We give away 10 ZOO memberships for free! Get one here…
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I love YOO Competition
Almost 10.000 downloads of ZOO 2.0 in 4 days! This is amazing! Thank you guys for the great feedback we received via Twitter, email and our forum. Currently we are fixing some small bugs and then we are going back to our lab to cook up ZOO 2.1. As we promised we are aiming for short release cycles and you can expect updates very soon. Win a free App Bundle for ZOO 2.0! Like last year we are going to kick off a I♥YOO competition to celebrate the ZOO 2.0 release. We give away 10 ZOO memberships for free! This includes the cool new app bundle for ZOO 2.0. You find more information about it on the new ZOO website . In detail the ZOO membership will include the following: All apps: Business Directory , Cookbook , Movie Database , Product Catalog , Download Archive and Documentation Unlimited Licenses for all apps. You can use the apps for any of your projects. 6 Months technical support in the YOOtheme forum. 6 Months access to the YOOtheme member area to get updates for all apps. To win the app bundle download the I♥YOO PDF , print it and take a picture with you holding the printed I♥YOO paper. Then send the picture back to us ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). We will pick the 10 lucky winners and each one gets a ZOO 2.0 app bundle for free. The competition ends on the 04. June and we will announce all winners on our blog and share the winning images with everybody. Now we leave it up to you and to take a great looking picture. So be creative, funny or just pick a fascinating sight. Download the I♥YOO PDF
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ZOO 2.0 Final Arrived
The wait is over… We are really excited to announce that ZOO 2.0 is FINAL. Today we release the new version of ZOO 2.0 and as promised everybody can download ZOO for free. Since the BETA release we have made quite a few changes and fixed all known bugs. You can find more in information in the changelog file of the download package. Download ZOO 2.0 for free now! As we announced in our blog about the new app bundle ZOO 2.0 will come with two, free preinstalled apps: the pages and the blog app. Both are ready to use after the installation of the ZOO 2.0. All types, elements and layouts of the apps are predefined you can start using them right away. No configuring needed. Besides the ZOO component itself a item, tag and comment module as well as a search plugin are bundled in the download package. They allow a seamless integration into Joomla and provide a richer tool set to create your website. Go and grab your own copy of ZOO 2.0 and take it for a spin. Note: If you need frontend submission or a multilingual support don’t waste your time with ZOO 2.0 and go with another solution. It is not supported by ZOO 2.0 Download ZOO 2.0 for free now! Additionally we launch our new exclusive app bundle for ZOO 2.0 today. All current ZOO Pro customers will get this app bundle for free. You can purchase the app bundle on the new ZOO website . Head over and take a look at the feature descriptions and demos of all the new apps . New Website and Documentation We relaunched the whole content of the ZOO website . Everything is now up-to-date. You find there the new video tour through ZOO 2.0, new screenshots, a description of all powerful key features, detail information about the content builder and demonstration sites of all apps. Another highlight is the brand new documentation site for ZOO 2.0. We created a lot of tutorials to get you started and how you set up your whole website with ZOO. For developers we offer a comprehensive documentation about how to create your own app, template, layouts, types and many more. Take a look at the documentation !
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Studio template
Here comes Studio, YOOtheme’s new May template. Its very versatile design is perfect for presenting your products to your visitors. Highlights! One of the highlights of this template is the newly designed distinctive right column. The different color separates it visually from the content part of your site. By the way: If you don’t have any modules in the right column, the search module in the menu bar will get a new style to match the rest of the site. Another great feature is that you can publish modules, which appear with a shared gradient background, to visually separate content on your site. Also we added fresh module styles, like the engraved style and new module header styles, for example the two colored ones, which are very easy to customize. Variations You can chose from a wide range of different color variations. The Top position on the frontpage is perfect for presenting important new content of your site like we did with our brand new ZOO teaser video. Check it out now! Warp5 Framework Off course this template is build with our Warp5 framework. Learn more about it on our Warp5 Website . Feature list A variety of template color variations Built with the Warp5 template framework Multi-column dropdown menu Lots of modules with color variations, endless combinations with icons and badges possible 2-1-3 column ordering for search engine friendliness Compact size, using gzip and image sprites Works with all YOOtools
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Studio template