A home page is the most critical page of any website, whether a Joomla site or any other site. The main purpose of a homepage is to let visitors know what a website has to offer, but sometimes webmasters don’t want too much information on the homepage and that is why they create enter pages or welcoming pages. These are the first pages users see once they enter websites.

If you want your Joomla site to have an enter page too, be sure to keep it as simple as possible so it does not look cluttered. For instance, why don’t you make your enter page of a background image and a navigation bar only? This way the navigation bar will stand out on the page and your website users will only visit the pages they are interested in, without spending time to scan the whole home page.

So if you would like the home page of your Joomla site to look like an enter page, you may then use any of the 10 Joomla templates below.

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Today you will discover two more galleries featuring Joomla websites. These are cmswebsiteshowcase.com and cmsdesignresource.com. Both resources welcome new submissions and therefore will be of high interest to webmasters and web designers.

cmswebsiteshowcase.com

cmsdesignresource.com

We believe you know why you should consider adding your Joomla sites to various showcase galleries: this is how you will get free back links and free promotion. Also, each web design gallery is a perfect place to find inspiration.

By the way, the galleries we’re introducing today are not only accepting Joomla sites, but also websites powered by other content management systems. However, we’re a blog inspired by the Joomla CMS, so the most important for us is that these CMS galleries showcase the beauty of Joomla.

Beside cmswebsiteshowcase.com and cmsdesignresource.com there are some other showcase sites which accept Joomla sites and blogs for publication. You can find them in our previous articles

• Joomla Showcase Sites with Black Backgrounds
• Web Design Galleries to Submit Joomla Sites
• A New List of Joomla Showcase Galleries

Here you will find 15 educational sites built with Joomla. Whether you take them as inspiration for your own Joomla websites or merely as interesting samples of what can be done with the Joomla content management system … that’s entirely up to you.

The following educational websites introduce different colleges and universities from around the globe and the Joomla CMS is the binding element that brings them all together. As you explore the below listed screen shots you will see what things you should keep in mind when designing an awesome educational website. For instance, you will understand what a good use of graphic elements is and how important it is to give users a clear understanding of the hierarchy of information, and so on. We hope these websites will be of interest to teachers, students and web designers who specialize in creating educational sites and blogs.

And if you want to set up an educational website and are looking for a design solution, then you will like a collection of free and premium Joomla Templates which are designed to be used for educational websites.

uxbridge.ac.uk

gyanwave.com

mercator-college.org

conisboroughcollege.co.uk

adu.unizg.hr

aktuaya.org

utahheritagefoundation.org

erfolgreich-sprachen-lernen.de

cslpreads.org

theriveracademy.org

stickybrainstorming.com

grundschule-levern.de

raffles.edu.au

berlin-studis.de

nebraska.edu

It has been long time since we reviewed beautiful Joomla sites, so here are some for your inspiration. However, we will not write about personal blogs or corporate sites as we did before, but will focus on Joomla stores: the online stores which are powered by Joomla.

Actually, Joomla is not an eCommerce engine and to build a Joomla store you’ll also need VirtueMart. The case is “VirtueMart is an Open Source E-Commerce solution to be used together with a Content Management System (CMS) called Joomla!”

Although VirtueMart is available free of charge, it still provides a high level of security and usability to ensure that your online stores are not only visually appealing but also reliable and easy to manage.

So, here is a list of online stores that are a mixture of Joomla and VirtueMart. You’d better remember this powerful combination if your site is powered by Joomla and you’d like to turn it into an online store.

pinkcaro.com

milpies.es

earls.ca

rgbledstrips.com

workprotection.net

loveve.com

welovetoys.gr

squisiti.it

briadha-jewellery.com

theglassescenter.com

A new Joomla CSS gallery has been launched and you can find it at Joomlav.com. This gallery is a place to showcase beautiful Joomla websites so visitors could take some inspiration from them.

Joomlav.com is easy to browse because all Joomla sites are divided into many categories such as business, family, music, real estate, travel, SEO, etc. By the way, all submissions are reviewed before publishing. Therefore, the Joomla websites you see there are definitely worth attention.

As well as other Joomla css galleries, Joomlav.com is open to new submission and it will cost you nothing to add your Joomla site to this gallery. The site is striving to be the biggest Joomla showcase gallery ever and it depends on you, dear Joomla webmasters and Joomla developers if it will be so.

It has been a while since we reviewed Joomla showcase sites and today we have some new links to share. Both links will take you to directories that feature websites powered by the Joomla Content Management System.

By the way, Joomla showcase sites like joomlacatalog.com and joomlaspots.com are also an option when you’re looking for inspiration because these galleries offer Joomla sites and blogs in different categories.

As other Joomla galleries, the following resources will be useful to Joomla designers as well as anyone who owns a Joomla site. Why would you refuse free promotion for the Joomla sites you create or the ones you run? Also, adding your Joomla sites to the directories will guarantee free back links and more traffic.

If your website is also powered by the Joomla CMS, feel free to click on the images below and submit your site to the frequently updated Joomla directories.

JoomlaCatalog.com

JoomlaSpots.com

Here are some tips that will help you identify whether the site you’re in is built with Joomla or not.

• Check example.com/admin/ or example.com/index.php/admin/
• If you’re using Google Chrome as your browser there’s a plugin that detects web frameworks and JavaScript libraries that run on the website that you are browsing. The plugin is called Chrome Sniffer.
• And the easiest way – try BuiltWith.com. As you may guess from its name, this tool helps you find out what a website is built with. Simply enter the URL of the website and see if it’s built with the Joomla Content Management system or not. Moreover, you’ll get information about the Server, Frameworks, JavaScript Libraries and eCommerce tools that are used on the site you’re checking.

There are thousands and thousands of sites on the net and now you know how to learn which of them are Joomla sites.

Black has many associations. On the one hand, it’s the color of power; on the other hand it’s the color of fear. The color black is often associated with the unknown or the negative. At the same time, it’s the first color that comes to mind when we think about elegance, style and sophistication. So, it’s a mysterious color that comes in many shades.

Black is used on most websites you see on the web, still there are some sites that are only black and we’d like to list 10 of them here. Actually, we’re a Joomla blog and that’s why we’ll be featuring Joomla sites only.

We hope you’ll like the black Joomla sites listed here, but if you feel it is too much black, let us know in comments.

splashbox.com.au

nekor.com

wearehathway.com

ilove2design.at

relevantmagazine.com

jasonbabo.com

dosbros.nl

modo4u.pl

gantry-framework.org

stoppok.de

Does the title look similar? Perhaps, that’s because last month you read our article about
Black, Red and White Joomla Templates If you found them attractive, and if you think a combination of black, red and white colors works well, you might also enjoy 10 Joomla Sites featured in this article: the sites that are black, red and white at the same time. Still, each of these sites is different which means each design has a unique charm and each content element has its own purpose.

If, by chance, you like any Black, Red and White Joomla Site on the list and want to know it better, then please remember that all screenshots are linked to original sites.

Know more Joomla Sites of this kind? Then why don’t you share them with our readers? To do this, simply post a comment on this article and include links to other Black, Red and White Joomla Sites.

imunlocked.com

mixer.iconbakery.com

jasperaarts.com

ethanandjamie.com

yoonline.ru

lookevolution.com

agriturismoinn.com

seocontentsolutions.com

ctfilmshorts.com

motocrossfiles.com

Once we have already highlighted some Joomla sites designed in blue, but there are so many
Blue Joomla Sites on the net, that we can’t help sharing them with you.

This time you’ll see 15 Joomla sites, all beautiful and blue. Some of these sites have blue backgrounds; others have blue headers or even blue content areas, but each site is unique and equally important.

Although blue is often used by designers, including those who work with the Joomla CMS, the color never looses its freshness and elegance. Another good thing about blue is that it fits any business, and therefore may be found on corporate websites, personal blogs, entertainment portals, social networking sites and others. Need a proof? Then take a look at the Blue Joomla Sites listed in this article.

1-tek.ru

indiointernet.com

joomladaydc.com

location-saisonniere-biarritz.com

thinkingpot.com

numafacl.nl

sielderlaw.com

leshotelsdesaintmartin.com

hotelrocamar.com

creeksidecharrette.org

wenatcheevalley.org

discoamore.de

toxicteardrop.com

pestanapalacelisbon.com

webfishcreative.com