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Expanding the 960 Grid using Cryastalline

Thursday, 04 March 2010 15:39 Written by Troy Martin
Expanding the 960 Grid using Cryastalline

For CMS developer's finding just the right combination of style, color and function can be a challenge when choosing a Joomla! template. Some developers chose to start from scratch while the majority will stand on what is tried and true.

As Joomla! has matured so has the templating process. There are thousands of ready off the shelf designs to chose from. Some template clubs even build templates around general themes like shopping carts, religion, schools, etc.

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Minimalist Design using 960 Grid

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 10:44 Written by Troy Martin
Minimalist Design using 960 Grid

We continues our series on the 960 Grid system. Quietly today we have upgraded Xanluna! to yet another new theme that was introduced in December 2009. This theme is called “Reaction” and it was the first commercial 960 grid based theme from Rocket Theme. To date there have been 3 released and we chose “Reaction” because of its ability to be very minimal in design. This theme similar to the new Free GPL based theme we started with and is clean and void of distractions.

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960 Grid System

Friday, 05 February 2010 08:28 Written by Troy Martin
960 Grid System

You can say a lot about how the internet has changed by looking at the foundation of how popular websites are built. As with any technology as it matures and standards are adopted it gets better. Today open source has come a long way to standardization.

As an ECMS Architect and developer I am on the fence when it comes to purchased products like Documentum, FileNet, and others. These are the best of the best for what they do. But they are expensive for small business and in many cases way overkill the need. It simply makes good business sense to look at alternatives when it comes to CMS design.

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