January template

When the january template be release?

Can someone from the Mods team at least say something, yes no maybe , soon

Any news yet. At least some scree shots. Thank you!

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We're in the middle of January ...

Hi everyone.
Maybe I’m mistaken, but I don’t see anywhere written that the team behind Gavick has to release a template every month. Of course we are very happy to see their artistic skills expressed into their templates and would like to see as much of their work as possible , but let’s also consider that we have been spoiled with a template every month…they are simply not obliged to do.

In my opinion there’s no point in rushing them. I would rather have a team that takes it’s time in building a good template than a team that rushes things out just because they feel the pressure of time.
Consider also that they are doing a very good job in keeping templates and extensions updated which takes time.

In any case look at December 2011…we had 2 templates in a month (the last one in late December), so it’s not unrealistic to expect a new template on the last week of January or first week of February (but still the template release date it’s completely and rightfully up to them ).

Maybe I’m mistaken, but I don’t see anywhere written that the team behind Gavick has to release a template every month...

You're absolutely right

Maybe I’m mistaken, but I don’t see anywhere written that the team behind Gavick has to release a template every month...

You're absolutely right

"Each customer is entitled to receive one template monthly within a subscription." It's said here:
https://www.gavick.com/supportdesk/inde ... te-release
But there's also another thing: "The exact date of the template release is not specified...", so I guess it can be anytime during the month. But it would be really great if there was a place where club members be notified about upcoming templates and maybe told what kind of template it is going to be - portfolio, social networking, newspaper, etc. Then club members could at least know what they are waiting for

alain81 sorry dude but you just joined, been getting the templates warez and need help, want to get in good graces with the crew, a secret Gavick employee trying to do damage control before we freak out.. I don't know, and I really don't care. It's nice that you have an opinion but when you make it public it effects me and my business.

So let me share my opinion to set the record straight. Gavick is always behind, and has been for 2-3 years. Gavick cut support a year ago to catch up... NEVER did.. still behind.. they didn't cut the cost though... just service.. and that ticket crap was a joke..

Gavick made an effort to catch up before the end of this year by stripping templates in the last quarter, slapping some google fonts on them and a lil bit of css calling it a template well they are not templates, just a remix of other templates.

Obviously your not a coder.. not saying you can't code... just saying you can't tell a steak from hamburger yet. But I can.. and I'm not alone, some of us are coders, and in business doing it. I bet when you build a site you install it.. see how pretty it is.. log in.. yadda, yadda. When I build a site ( from Gavick ) the first thing I do is open notepad and Dreamweaver to look at the code.

The last template Gavick made was TWN II, Tet put some heart & soul into that Jomsocial template he made for it, the rest where pretty much canalized from the previous months.. Hell for that matter Postnote had more code changes than most of the new templates and Postnote sucked!.

Go through all Gavick sites and look at the tab modules.. when Gavick is pressed for time they never touch the design of the tabs.. slap a lil css and presto!!... Then check to see if they finished the K2 modules.. they always miss a few.. You can actually tell when they cannibalize a template just from looking at them.. you don't even need to know how to code.. Look at the templates http://www.gavick.com/products/joomla-templates.html now group the templates in 2-3 month groups and squint your eyes they start to group up in design.. AND CODE, only css and a few images.

SO you can kiss me where you where kissing Gavick.. not even gonna bother correcting errors i got code to write.

bkrztuk

You're absolutely wrong.. we get a template per month around here pimp'n

So let me share my opinion to set the record straight.

I would have to agree with you. I was doing bits for a company with a dev subscription and they dropped it because of the points you make.

In defence of gavick the switch to J1.6 was a drain on their resources and the quality of their work suffered as a result. I think the next few templates will demonstrate if that was the case or whether they have dropped the ball completely.

LOL have you really took a good look at Gavern.. it's better than sex for a web designer... I can't think of better modular coding for a template frame... and it basically builds it's self.. just put your imagination on it and you can build anything with it.. so building a template isn't magical.. and because I know what that framework is capable of, that's why I'm disappointed..

So let me share my opinion to set the record straight.

In defence of gavick the switch to J1.6 was a drain on their resources and the quality of their work suffered as a result.

Gavick was well prepared for Joomla 1.6, 1.7, delay of K2 and Virtumart.. Gavick is the smartest of all template companies.. they play dumb.. but smart as a whip.. All the problems in the Joomla transitions came from 3rd parties.. Now what drove them crazy was all those damned Jomsocial updates..

Any news? at least post some screens please.

Would it be today ??

...eyes they start to group up in design.. AND CODE, only css and a few images....

What do you mean by CODE ? Templates used the same framework - Gavern so we need to recode whole framework to give you possibility to see changes in code ? All Joomla! templates have modular structure and it is obvious than general code skeleton is the same. I really don't understand your point, please look at templates made with T3 and other framework. This is why it is called framework

Code is more than just framework.. Hell I can swap css from one template to the next on most of these templates made in the last year and ya wouldn't see a change.. some templates are less than 600k of each other when you take the image folder away. What I mean is I'm not fooled by a clean design..a minimalist design... to me that's no work in the design lets chill til next month.. I'm tired of that. If it takes 2 weeks to put some google fonts on a old template, Then spend 6 weeks on the next template.

The Point is, I want to see the quality in the coding and CSS. I wan't to be WOW'd again. Less is more only works for 1-2 months.. Try a nightclub / blog template with Jomsocial and Kunenu, Redshop templates to match.. That would put Gavick back in it's true form, A leader in the joomla template industry.

...eyes they start to group up in design.. AND CODE, only css and a few images....

What do you mean by CODE ? Templates used the same framework - Gavern so we need to recode whole framework to give you possibility to see changes in code ? All Joomla! templates have modular structure and it is obvious than general code skeleton is the same. I really don't understand your point, please look at templates made with T3 and other framework. This is why it is called framework

PS there is nothing I can't do with T3 or Gavern, or Gavicks previous framework.. That's how I know the lack of work being put into these templates of late... WOW ME.

The Point is, I want to see the quality in the coding and CSS ...

in my opinion you really don't know what you want, our templates use latest supported by browser CSS tags, CSS3 transitions, opacity, shadows, rounded corners etc. for it is not quality ? Please give me example of quality CSS code.

some templates are less than 600k ...

whats wrong with this ? This is power of quality CSS styling and it should be the biggest advantage.

Hello,

Thank you for your critical remarks.
mongo2006 , could you explain or enumerate all your suggestions?
It will definitely help us to improve our products.

Coming back to post subject:

The new "eSport" VM Store template will be released arround January 22th.
Some screenshots:

Robert I would be more than happy to, and I've done so in the past along with other people that are in business who use Gavick templates but they go ignored and have been for years. Realize that you may see lets say Game magazine as a game template. But if I have a Hair Stylist who likes the colors and she wants that template along with jomsocial and a forum..I'm screwed because i may not have the vision that the artist had... All templates should support the 3rd party components that you guys use.

I have submitted integration code for Jreviews to be added to NSP to the Gavicks programmers going back a few years now ignored. I have asked for tutorials on how to add other components to NSP again ignored. Rather just blown off.

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GavickPro - Paulo Seichinha [email protected] to me, info, Tomasz
   
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Em 31-07-2010 02:30, Rick Dallas escreveu:
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Hello Rick

We thank you and Alejandro to this contribution.
At this moment we are very busy with the new T3 v2 framework concept and other features that we want to add to our projects but i'm sure that our Programmer Dziudek will give full attention.
Maybe he can also give some help and include this patch on our NSP GK4 package.

Since News Show Pro GK4 is for free use and assuming that this patch will be also free, we don't have any problem (on contrary) that you share this initiative to other Joomla Community users.

Again, we appreciate very much our efforts.

Best Regards

Paulo Seichinha
GavickPro Team


My point is we the programmers, and people who are in the business of selling websites, that use Gavick templates are outgrowing the templates with just pretty faces... We need the ability to expand the offerings to our customers. With social network site demand growing at an alarming rate I don't have the time to make custom Jomsocial and forum templates when people choose a Gavick design.. With no warning as to the type or delivery date of the next template we don't have time to react either. We as customers have NO say or idea of whats coming down the pipe.

This is not personal Robert, you and your staff have been good for my business and me. But it's time for all of us to step the game up with end user flexibility for the members who make these sites for a living.

There is great demand for the ability to extend NSP as you can see here. And again I would appreciate a tutorial on how to do it. With the new NSP structure it's past my skill set. Here is a guy basically begging for it. from the lats time I did it.

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lance velasco [email protected] to me
   
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Hey,

I found your post on the jReviews forum about customizing news show
pro gk4 to work with jreviews. Sadly your links are dead and Gavick
has updated their files where the customization does not work anymore.
 Is there any way to you can help me get a copy of NSP that is
customized and working? I would really appreciate it.  Thanks

This is the most recent request for a tutorial on extending NSP as usual it went ignored. I even left the patched files, from my previous attempts.

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https://www.gavick.com/support/forums/110/11635.html

@ mongo2006 - Firstly let me make it clear that I do not work for Gavick and nor am I "a secret Gavick employee trying to do damage control before we freak out" as you have accused another member of being. Here's another classic from you "have you really took a good look at Gavern.. it's better than sex for a web designer..."

Sometimes you make me laugh but the most of the time you just irritate me,the amount of threads where you seem to reply to yourself is astonishing as is your lack of class. I'm guessing you are young and lack life experience. If I was involved with Gavick I would refund your subscription and politely ask you to go elsewhere.

It is clear you are not happy with their products and by reading your posts it would seem you are Gods gift to coding so that leaves me to question why you need a template club subscription in the first place.

"When I build a site ( from Gavick ) the first thing I do is open notepad and Dreamweaver to look at the code."

That is incredibly sad and sums you up,please for the good of this community stop acting like a spoilt brat

Gavick is good folks. take it easy.

I have tested gavick, rockettheme, yootheme, joomlabamboo, templatemonster etc etc for years and I find gavick the best of all themes. not only because of the design, positions, framework etc, but their dynamically extensions and template settings too.

I gladly wait another month to have the January theme.

Im a pro web master, designer and I find joomla becoming the best CMS, I am comparing this to the Episerver, Sitevision, Wordpress etc and I find it amusing to use compared to the .Net driven ones.

One thing I have experienced last weeks, is that gavicks tools, example GKTabs, is a great dynamic tool, compared to the less dynamic, but manually configurable Widgetkit from Yootheme. The Widgetkit didnt work well on my gavick theme, vice verca the gk_Tabs worked as a charm in tootheme.

The key issue here is dynamic content reading into modules, and configuration of this modules. Gavick provide a elegant solution, and the it works. When other providers fails, Gavick delivers and running.

I wish for more excellent extensions from Gavick. Now as Joomla enters the 2.5 verison in aprox 10 days, Im building an new corporate site with access levels other cms can dream of and with modules, positions and features I have missed in my Episerver and the environment that cost a fortune comapared to this LAMP tools.

Building web should be fast, and you should use the money on content development and user experience, not an expensive, heavy tool, that you use a huge amount of time and money to change. Using this Joomla and gavick template as a starting point, (I always redesign the template to fit my needs), I have auseful cost effective tool that let me as a digital media manager and web master, consentrate on content, the GUI (graphic user interface) and we have the ability to test, throw away bad solutions, non-working pages and so on, to really creat a website that do the job. And that is to sell the products.

I can recall projects I have participated on where we used more than 200 000 US dollar a year, and 20 000 USD a year on services, support and hosting. Today I can use that money on the important stuff, so the users finds us, like us, and buy us. The content, ease of use and availability.

just my few cents. Have a nice day.
And no, Im not paid by Joomla, Gavick etc, I work in the medical devices industry.

PS:
for my taste, the clean templates is best.
Also, you should use time on choosing the template that suits your needs best, and that means you need to work from the inside out, the content, the core info and how it works in the eye of the target groups.

thats when we come to the good thing about joomla, its not about "pages" (as in EPI etc), but about content, and then you add supporting navigation, info and other fuss around as you need/want.

for me, the MyFolio stands out as a tweakable well working template I can easily change. and it works as a charm for my needs. PLease note that I avoid using extentions as far as I can. U know why.

For all those who have a problem with me making an effort to get what I want.. lol get over it it will NEVER stop.

For those that think .. "I think I'm Gods gift to coding" I'm not, BUT I am to my customers and it's my obligation to obtain it.

The clean look is great when the design calls for it.. but not every customer appreciates it, nor even knows to appreciate it. I can't always look at a site from a coders vantage, I have to stand in the customers position and do what they want in a way the conforms with logic of web design. That being said, Gavick is STUCK in coder mode, thinking they always know whats best for the customer and damn what they want.

I digressed.. Look thomasjojo I don't care what your taste is...

gonzoyid I don't care who you work for...

I state again.. all templates should have a jomsocial and forum template produced by Gavick and not the sole obligation of a 3rd party or employee..

Gavick you said I'm harsh in my comments... I would much rather you tell me I'm wrong.. "Factually" wrong, and then prove me wrong. Anything else is a matter of opinion. The facts and the code say I'm right, anyone I didn't respond to that made a direct comment to me... lol

I fight for what I want, I will chew right trough your colon to get it because for me it's all about money & time. I don't have time for dreamers, I am what I am.. an aggressive asshole that's getting paid. Making websites, mix-tapes, might club promotions, artist management, and some things I wouldn't dare put on the internet.

Look what Gavick bought me this month, check the meta, I took it with my NIKON at 1/19/2012 – 11:15:13 AM this morning when I made this post. This way you know it's not fake, Gavick buys me a new toy every month. I wouldn't take the time out my day to be making these requests if they where not needed and logical... obviously I have better things to do.

Robert,

What a disappointment, how many shop templates do we need? how many portfolio/designs templates we need?

Yeah webshop!! I was waiting for a webshop for so lang!! Almost sayed goodbye to gavick. Thank you gavick

22nd the release of January OMG
I should rename this to February Template, but i would have to wait for March, to ask that question

For all those who have a problem with me making an effort to get what I want.. lol get over it it will NEVER stop.

For those that think .. "I think I'm Gods gift to coding" I'm not, BUT I am to my customers and it's my obligation to obtain it.

The clean look is great when the design calls for it.. but not every customer appreciates it, nor even knows to appreciate it. I can't always look at a site from a coders vantage, I have to stand in the customers position and do what they want in a way the conforms with logic of web design. That being said, Gavick is STUCK in coder mode, thinking they always know whats best for the customer and damn what they want.

I digressed.. Look thomasjojo I don't care what your taste is...

gonzoyid I don't care who you work for...

I state again.. all templates should have a jomsocial and forum template produced by Gavick and not the sole obligation of a 3rd party or employee..

Gavick you said I'm harsh in my comments... I would much rather you tell me I'm wrong.. "Factually" wrong, and then prove me wrong. Anything else is a matter of opinion. The facts and the code say I'm right, anyone I didn't respond to that made a direct comment to me... lol

I fight for what I want, I will chew right trough your colon to get it because for me it's all about money & time. I don't have time for dreamers, I am what I am.. an aggressive asshole that's getting paid. Making websites, mix-tapes, might club promotions, artist management, and some things I wouldn't dare put on the internet.

Look what Gavick bought me this month, check the meta, I took it with my NIKON at 1/19/2012 – 11:15:13 AM this morning when I made this post. This way you know it's not fake, Gavick buys me a new toy every month. I wouldn't take the time out my day to be making these requests if they where not needed and logical... obviously I have better things to do.

@mongo2006 you are a stupid twelve year old kid !!!

http://autopro.com.vn/2008122185952503ca4937/coupe-4-cua-tuyet-chieu-marketing-va-su-nhap-nhem-khai-niem.chn

LOL It's amazing how people have been minimized to conformist. anyone who apposes the idea of all templates having Jomsocial and forum templates as a default feature designed and produced by Gavick.. in short is an IDIOT. That's what I'm after, that's what I need, and if you don't, then stfu and get off my mongo's. VVVrrrOOOOOOM! For those that are puckering up.. let your subscription run out.. you'll be locked out like everyone else.. this ain't personal silly, it's bout money and what I can offer my customers.

Now Gavick (the person) may be quiet on this issues be he sure as hell is listening.. because he's smart as hell..

Today is the 22nd of January what's up Gavick team?

22nd and no Template, this is a joke, what should we call next month template,
The Febarch template the template that's never on time

22nd and no Template, this is a joke, what should we call next month template,
The Febarch template the template that's never on time

http://demo.gavick.com/

Where is the jan2012's link ?

Very nice template,much appreciated,thanks Gavick

mongo: I have only this to say:

If you really care about your customers and your own profession, you would not use a readymade template.

As I am, I use only the framework, redesign /build the templates to fits my needs and the reason is that I care for the function, usabilty and content.

thats the most important thiing when it comes to web. actually I dont care about design, graphich design is a parameter in the usability issue, so I would like you to either shut up, grow up og get over it.
(you sounds like my 4 year old son)

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