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SOLVED Sincere Q re: Joomla Template Release FrequencyI
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- Bigfly
- Rocketeer
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- New on Rockttheme
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Good evening all,
New RocketTheme customer, I share your opinion regarding the lack of new templates. Nevertheless, I will nuance this a little with my feedback.
I was at Yoothme under Warp 7 for many years. PHP 7.3 becoming obsolete with Yootheme it was necessary to upgrade to Yoothme Pro. Yootheme Pro's problem is that it's also a page builder. This means that it is impossible to easily leave this template provider afterwards. It is a captive system. Forced to redo everything, for example if Yoothme goes bankrupt.
So I went looking for templates compatible with Joomla 4 and PHP 7.4 or better 8. Not easy to find with a reliable editor over time, known, stable, reassuring with real support.
It's hard to imagine the amount of work to make all these templates compatible with J4/PHP8. This must explain the absence of new templates.
A few tries right to left (Joomlart etc...) to finally decide to trust Rockettheme.
All this to say that I clearly favor the reliability over time of a template provider that updates these templates continuously compared to Joomla and PHP versions.
The support here with Mr T is very responsive, effective, sometimes a little harsh
to tell you that this is not the responsibility of the support but it is much better than Yootheme for example or the support is downright bad (no response or evasive).
The RT doc is complete and good.
So it's true that the RT themes are too similar (menu etc.), that the styles are a bit old. But relying on Grantry and Helium (open source) is also a guarantee over time.
You are right about the lack of communication which in the end is counterproductive…
To conclude, as a new Rocketthme customer, I am comparatively really happy with my subscription.
Have a good evening. - Last Edit: 3 years 2 months ago by Bigfly.
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The following users have thanked you: Ellen Port-Peitersen, Matthias Raab
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- Ellen Port-Peitersen
- Jr. Rocketeer
- Posts: 22
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- That really does give me something to think about. My experience with Rockettheme is consistent with much of what you said. The lack of new templates has been a big weight. I will weigh the other "pros" before I decide. There is a cute new template on another site - I want something that is less business and more fun, light and airy. That is hard to find these days. Years back, with more frequent templates, RT would periodically release lighter and more fun templates. I guess everything changes over time.
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- MrT
- Preeminent Rocketeer
- Posts: 101084
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The team at RT is considerably smaller than it used to be. Having to update our entire Gantry 5 back catalogue to work with Joomla 4 really consumed every bit of resource that we had, as did having to make changes to keep up with Wordpress. Believe it or not we are actually working on a new template right now - in fact I'm personally testing it now. So, I'd like to think we can get that released soon.
As for blog updates, etc that's beyond my remit here. I can just pass on your wished to the DEV team, and I will do so.
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The following users have thanked you: Ellen Port-Peitersen
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- Ellen Port-Peitersen
- Jr. Rocketeer
- Posts: 22
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- Thank you for the update. I understand all of you have had a lot going on with the update. It is good to know a new template is coming. I look forward to see what it will be. Thanks again for getting back to us on this!
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- MrT
- Preeminent Rocketeer
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No problem... I hope it won't be too long now as I've just completed another round of testing - DEVS are working on fixes as we speak.
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- Shane Seguin
- Jr. Rocketeer
- Posts: 25
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Mr. T. Thank you.
I know that my apprehensions might never be allayed, and so I close, realizing that perhaps, the ending has not yet been written.
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