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RocketTheme is one of the most well established template providers for Joomla! In fact, one of their lead designers is a member of the core Joomla! development team. RocketTheme members tend to be fanatical supporters of the site, which says plenty about the user community that has built around the excellent guidance supplied on their forums. Almost all the templates come with free components to get the most out of your Joomla sites, and they were first to proved an streamlined installer package (they call it their RocketLauncher) that not only installs Joomla on your site, but installs the template, components and modules along with demonstration content to get you on your way with a minimum of fuss. What You Get: What version of Joomla do the themes work on - Joomla 1.x or 1.5 ? There is still a huge amount of Joomla sites out there using the older Joomla 1.x as there are some great modules still not available for the new Joomla 1.5. RocketTheme understand this, so all of their new themes are both 1.x and 1.5 compatible. However if you are using Joomla 1.5 and it's extra features, you get an extra level of usability and features from your RocketTheme theme. If you like some of their older templates and want to use 1.5 then don't stress, the older themes are being ported to 1.5 with extra features. How many themes are there and how often do they get updated? Tons. As of May there is 66 and you get access to all of them. RocketTheme release a new theme every month, and each one seems to outdo the previous. That means if you become a member today for a year, before your membership runs out you will have access to up to 79 remarkable Joomla themes. How good are the themes and how much can I customise them? RocketTheme's themes, especially the past 12 months, have been some of the most versatile and customisable themes on the market. In fact, they sometimes suffer from being too complex due to the amount of customisations that can be done. They provide you with numerous variety in module styles and module positions, and this allows you to take the basic RocketTheme theme and turn it into something unique for your site. Want to make it even more custom? Then leave a message in the forum and have one of the developers help you out with your custom changes.On top of that all source files are supplied so you can easily customise the theme further to suit your needs. What other extras are offered? Versatility 3 Rockettheme One of the best points is the previously mentioned user forum. Here you have access to not only the theme developers, but thousands of users who are all willing to help each other out.Also you have access to some further customised versions of their themes suited to specific uses (video game web sites for example), as well as a collection of free Joomla components and modules. How much does it cost and are their any restrictions on how I can use the theme? RocketTheme offers three levels of membership * 3 months $50US * 12 months $75US * Developer 12 months 250 Discounts apply for renewal of memberships. It must be noted that on the basic memberships you are limited as to how many web sites you can concurrently use the themes. As stated in the RocketTheme Terms and Conditions :- Limited usage granted: Your membership grants you the rights to use the RTTC themes on as many concurrent sites as described in the matrix below. For example, a 3 month membership entitles you to use any RocketTheme theme on a maximum of 2 sites. If you renew your membership for 1 year, you are entitled to use the themes on an additional 2 sites, for a maximum of 4 sites. Even after your membership expires, you may continue to use the themes on these 4 sites, so the themes are not time-limited. If you wish to use a theme for a non-profit site, they do not count against your maximum concurrent theme usages. Now while I do not particularly like the limited license, it is standard fare across most theme clubs. Overall Opinion RocketTheme is probably my favourite theme club at the moment. They provide fantastic themes, with great features yet manage to maintain the ability to modify the site for your unique tastes. Many times I have been stuck for inspiration for a web site design and played around with a RocketTheme theme and come up with something remarkable and individualunique. Although like most theme clubs the limited license is a setback, I consider the cost worth it for access to such a great user and support community. If you do only join one theme club, it is hard to go past RocketTheme.
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Chris Watson - also known as Wookie is an IT professional and web site designer and runs his own business - StudioGTB. He offers a series of reviews on Joomla products at his website Wookie Reviews - www.wookiereviews.com/joomla-templates-clubs-review.html
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