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Tachyon is the perfect template for social networking, with its elegant design and structure, in conjunction with styled integrated for popular social extensions, such as JomSocial, and Community Builder. Additional icons for social networking sites are also demoed.

SpliceMenu is a new menu option that combines the dynamic, animation-based features of Fusion, with the dropline and sidemenu approach of SplitMenu. The dropline appears on hover, and all further children appear in the sidebar, or another configurable location.

The login module is an important element of any site. Nevertheless, it can be a bulky presence on a page, especially if you are conscious of screen space. Tachyon uses a popup login powered by RokBox, which is activated by a single button in the menu bar, to alleviate this.

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Maelstrom illustrates the elegance of merging a complex style infrastructure, with a dynamic feature set. Perfect for a portfolio or gallery site. The theme features animated header background images, with configurable transitions, in the X or Y axes.

Scrolling Positions is a Gantry feature, which, when activated, modifies the behaviour of stacked modules. Instead of appearing vertically, the other modules become accessible via a button for the Top, Showcase, Feature or Bottom Module rows.

Maelstrom has 31 inbuilt suffixes with 25 stylistic suffixes. These can be combined to create a diverse range of module styles. The box, title, icon and button variations must be placed in this order, such as box5 title5 icon2 button2.

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Paradox combines a dynamic, interactive arsenal with style and beauty; achieved with a diverse array of presets. The themes styles have varying background and bodylevels: High, Medium or Low, combined with the 8 presets, which allow for a varied appearance.

Scrolling Positions is a Gantry feature, which, when activated, modifies the behaviour of stacked modules. Instead of appearing vertically, the other modules become accessible via a button for the Top, Showcase, Feature or Bottom Module rows.

There are two menu options, Triple Level SplitMenu and Fusion. The latter is a CSS based dropdown menu. Triple Level Splitmenu splits the first level, second level and all further menu items, allowing for for a navigation bar, a dropline and a sidemenu, as configurable.

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Syndicate is ideal for any news, media or business type site that requires a clean, conservative but advanced design. The Color Chooser makes the template incredibly adaptable, alongside its 8 presets, 6 logo options, and 49 module variation combinations.

Gantry offers a grid system, splitting module position rows into blocks of up to 6 modules, side by side. Their widths can be adjusted in the administrator. This is based off of 12, such as 4|4|4, but with Syndicate, this is 16, allowing for more precision such as 6|6|4.

Syndicate has compatibility styling for 7 major third party extensions: K2, JComments, Contact Form Enhanced, Tienda, NinjaBoard, Virtuemart and JomSocial. The extensions will not be included in the RocketLauncher, but can be acquired from the respective developers.

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Omnicron is the ideal choice for any product related site, as well as broader uses, based on its rounded, colorful appearance and the inclusion of the new RokFeatureTable module. The diverse module suffixes allow for stylistic focus of particular products.

Fusion is an advanced, CSS menu system, which offers a wide range of per menu options, such as: inline subtext, icons, modules, module positions, custom column widths and number, as well as control over how menu items are distributed between columns.

Omnicron has compatibility styling for 5 major third party extensions: K2, Tienda, NinjaBoard, Virtuemart and JomSocial. The extensions will not be included in the RocketLauncher package, but can be download / purchased from the respective developers.

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Zephyr features an impressive assortment of stylistic tools, ranging from its completely Transparent Base, to an extensive array of Color Chooser controls. It sports twelve preset style variations and 24 module class suffixes to diversify your modular and page content.

A uniquely styled feature is the horizontal login in the header area. The styling is automatically applied, without the need for a module suffix, which transforms the vertical login module into a compact, singular lined login, perfect for displaying in space-conscious zones.

Fusion is an advanced, CSS menu system, which offers a wide range of per menu options, such as: inline subtext, icons, modules, module positions, custom column widths and number, as well as control over how menu items are distributed between columns.

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Panacea encapsulates stylistic freedom with its Color Chooser with 12 preset styles, allowing for easy style customization with just a few clicks. Offering an unconventional approach to such designs, combining ease of alteration with a mainstream appearance.

The Background Rotator is a Gantry Feature which offers basic background rotator functionality with content calling controls. Load articles from a set category and select images from the background manager to fully control the effect, it is very simple to use and edit. (more…)

Somaxiom concentrates on design elegance. The visuals are refined, making the appearance suitable for many different sites, as well as being a base for individualization. The template supports custom image overlays to add detail to otherwise minimalistic elements.

Somaxiom has compatibility styling for 3 major third party extensions: K2, JComments and JomSocial. The extensions will not be included in the RocketLauncher, but can be download / purchased (JomSocial is a commercial extension) from the respective developers.

Template side RTL support from the Fusion menu to the Typography; alongside Gantrys RTL support for the automatic flipping of the grid system. If Joomla is set to RTL mode, in its language settings, the template will automatically adjust to its RTL layout.

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Grunge is the second free template to take advantage of the Gantry Framework, and is outfitted with a sophisticated, artistic and professional design, in conjunction with a powerful, flexible and feature rich core framework. Grunge has rich visuals throughout.

The template is outfitted with a simple CSS menu, based on the Fusion Menu in club templates. It offers basic dropdown functional for multiple tiers and configurable dropdown widths. Additional features can be added by transplanting from another template.

Template side RTL support from the Fusion menu to the Typography; alongside Gantrys RTL support for the automatic flipping of the grid system. If Joomla is set to RTL mode, in its language settings, the template will automatically adjust to its RTL layout.

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Juxta is a design-centric theme, focusing on unique, professional and fresh visuals to create the templates visual core. Style is very important with any theme, and Juxta intends to entice any visitor of your site. A unique selection of article styles are also configurable.

With each preset, Juxta offers three different detailing levels, for both the background and mainbody styling: High, Medium and Low. This allows you to radically affect the style of the template to better match your intended purpose, such as low for a conservative site.

Template side RTL support from the Fusion menu to the Typography; alongside Gantrys RTL support for the automatic flipping of the grid system. If Joomla is set to RTL mode, in its language settings, the template will automatically adjust to its RTL layout.

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Quantive encapsulates the notion of simply complex, featuring a conservative design. Stylistic choice is another key aspect, with its 8 CSS style choices, each of which can be either light or dark body styling, as noted in the 10 presets, providing choice and flexibility.

The login module is an important element of any site. Nevertheless, it can be a bulky presence on a page, especially if you are conscious of screen space. Modulus uses a popup login powered by RokBox, which is activated by a single button in the menu bar, to alleviate this.

There are two menu options, Triple Level SplitMenu and Fusion. The latter is a CSS based dropdown menu. Triple Level Splitmenu splits the first level, second level and all further menu items, allowing for for a navigation bar, a dropline and a sidemenu, as configurable.

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