YOOtheme Relaunch

Ta-ta-tada! We proudly present our new website!

Dec

Since we launched YOOtheme back in 2007 we've used our website design for almost 5 years now. We thought it's time for a change and this summer we started to work on our new website. After months of careful research, planning and development we are delighted to present you our new website today. As you can see everything has changed from the design, navigation, downloads, documentation to the support system. As you will also notice everything has improved and become much easier as well. Also all product pages have been redesigned to give you a better understanding of what we offer and what to expect from our products. This blog post will shed some light on the new features, content and the many new things to explore.

Widgetkit

Finally our Widgetkit gets its own place on our website. We created a nice overview of all the widgets and features it currently offers. Also we created an example page which lets you browse through all the popular widgets like the Slideshow, Slideset and Gallery. Each example shows you all the different style variations a widget provides. In case you have not seen the Widgetkit in action yet, make sure to check out our new Widgetkit pages.

Downloads

Each product site for our themes, Widgetkit, ZOO and the icons has a newly structured download section which lets you find exactly the download you are looking for. Overall we wanted to improve the whole download experience. Everything is now in one place like the download links and version numbers and is easy to access. You can even browse the download section when you are not logged in.

Account

We've also reworked the user account experience. It does not only look much better but also offers quite useful new functionality. A new account modules welcomes you to our website. We use the Gravatar service for your account picture. It is integrated in our whole website: blog comments, support system and account area. Once you are logged in you also have access to our new support system. No double login anymore!

Blog

Our new blog keeps you up to date, just like the old one. But there are some goodies to explore. You can now filter blog posts by tags, giving you the news you care about. We've also implemented our own commenting system which is a lot faster than the old one.

Documentation

We put a lot of effort in our new documentation. It is completely rewritten and restructured for our latest products Warp 6 and Widgetkit. Further our new documentation is available at Github. So if you have any suggestion or improvement you would like to share just send us a pull request.

Support System

The old forum has served us well, but it is time to move forward and trade it in for something entirely new! It is a Answer/Question based support system inspired by Stackoverflow. We put a lot of effort into the development of this new support system. An ajax powered search feature helps you to find the right answers to your questions easier and faster than before. A dashboard gives you a nice overview about all the hot topics. Questions and answers can be voted up and down to prioritize them. This helps to ensure good questions and answers come first. You can also accept a correct answer and it will automatically show up first, so everyone else who is searching for that answer will find it right away. We've also added a nice leaderboard which lists the most active members and you can click on the profile page where we provide a lot of nice statistics. The new search system is open to the public so every one can see what's going on and who is the most active contributor. We'll keep a read-only version of the old forums around for a while, until the new system has proven itself.

What's next

That's not all, expect a few updates within the next weeks and months. We also have some nice surprises prepared!

What do you think about our new site? We appreciate any feedback on how we can improve it more. If you find any bugs please don't hesitate to tell us so we can fix them :-)

By Sascha | 06 December, 2011

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zach

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Great job! Complete envy you say? Of course! ;)

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clement.boillat

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Incredible ! Love the new and fresh design everything is clear and look great, congratulations !

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ivo.haarmann

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great work - a clean and fresh design.
I specially like that you removed the double login and that each template is marked if it was build on Warp 5.5 or 6.0 ...

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bob

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Fantastic, you have done it again YOO (pun intended)

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yootam

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Nice, simple, efficient... great job guys ! ;)

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rampeliecht

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Wow! Amazing! love it. Great Job YOO!

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nereyda.valentin

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Gorgeous!! Made me giddy to see the New YOO!

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yesinternet

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Great website and redesign!!

But where do we find the old warp 5 documentation for templates and yootools? still need them.....

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- sascha
  
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  Most important Warp 5 docs are back...
  
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sivan

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Love your creativity!!!

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mphillips

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Sorry guys but I am not psyched at all about the site redesign. The grey may be pretty and there are lots of fancy things going on but the usability has taken a very major nosedive.
1. The downloads section is now split up into multiple locations as opposed to having one download area for everything. A bit annoying, don't you think?
2. Missing the reference table with latest versions for everything listed.
3. Demo section where we could actually see a live preview of each template not working.
4. Missing the forum which was replaced by Q&A section. The forum was a compact and easy to browse area. The current Q&A just has the huge fonts and is so spread out. I will certainly use it but am not too excited about it.

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- justin.patnode
  
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  Um, all thats there, look again....
  
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guilian.van.bael

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Beautiful! Great and simple design!

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rene.bergsma

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Looks great, beautiful redesign. The RSS link doesn't work.

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- sascha
  
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  Should work now.
  
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kris.olszewski

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Amazing! Proud to be a member :)

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lassa

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Good Job, Go Go Go

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john.robb

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Love the new design and the downloads section is amazing! Hopefully you'll make a similar system for Widgetkit!

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gregorius

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Great job guys.

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colmex

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Awesome work... Keep rocking the web!

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robbert.mastebroek

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Looking really pretty! But... Why is the old forum replaced by this new support system? It was like my second home.. :(

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kelly.mcclain

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Love it!

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bart.jan

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WOW! can't wait to surf the new stuff.

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redzero

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Awesome, it was time for a change and this is a great one.. I like the new downloading system and I love the support section... Honestly that forum drove me nuts sometimes :-) I'm sure it did you all as well.. I think YOO is one of the most impressive companies I've ever come across in so many ways... thanks for bringing us so many great products and putting the brilliant thought into what you chose to innovate.

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ralharithi

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One more milestone in YT history.

Congratulations on this progress, and I hope you will live up to demonstrate delivering the YT brand promise.

So keep going forward.

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nade.da.li

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You are simply the best! I am so glad that I am vith you! Keep up amazing work!

It is nice, that you are trying to change and to improve for better. You continue to develop, which is pretty cool. The new design is so clear and refreshing)))

Best wishes,
Nadya

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james.valenti

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Very Impressive so far. Haven't gotten a chance to navigate around everything but I like what I see right now. Good Job Yoo!

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steven.weijdt

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Whmcs has a new and improved website, twitter changed its design
never thought it could be done better..

But then YOO did it!
XD best update ever

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jillison.parks

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Wow! Beautiful work, guys – I absolutely love what you've done with the downloads.

Perfect!!

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zoccolocd

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Looks really great. Compliments!

What I just don't understand is: why launch a J! 1.5 site 4 months before EOL?

Hope the support tool will be released as an app or component. Same goes for your com_cart :-). Would be nice to see this in an app. That's just the last piece of the puzzle that's missing, an e-commerce app.

Keep the good stuff coming!

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rogelito.juliano

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YOO did a Great Job!

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tom.b.leisibach

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Wow, this site looks very pretty... simple and light. And I love the new header and title font!

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fafamaster

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Wonderful !!!!
you are the best

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las2conb

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Just awesome!! And your new support system is something I'll be dreaming of until you release it as a zoo App or anything of that kind...

Congratulations!

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cgmpowers

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Did a double take, almost thought I was somewhere else... :) Nice redesign!

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velo

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h1 is very hard to read in Chrome 15.x windows

font makes headache in chrome, no fun to read the support

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constantin.osmolovskyy

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No more YooTools ? O_o

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- sascha
  
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  Widgetkit is the successor of the YOOtools. Read more here http://www.yootheme.com/blog/2011/05/27/introducing-widgetkit
  
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  - constantin.osmolovskyy
    
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    what about YOOlogin, YOOiecheck, YOOeffects, YOOtoppanel, YOOtooltipб YOOsnapshots and so on ?
    
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    - marc.antoine.minville
      
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      Great job, yeah! But some of us paid thinking we'll have an access to yootools until widgetkits completely replace each of them!!!
      
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    - sascha
      
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      YOOlogin, YOOiecheck, YOOeffects are already integrated in Warp 6 theme. YOOtoppanel and YOOsnapshots are discontinued. Tooltips may make it into Widgetkit.
      
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wouduh

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Really really nice. Been a member of YOOtheme for 3 years now and love your work and the way you are going. Keep up the good work

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pdxfixit

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A-MAZING. Simply amazing. Long overdue, worth the wait. (especially the documentation!!!!)

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joel.shapcott

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I like the new site, but i agree with the above, why build it on Joomla! 1.5? and I also thought the golden rule of business was to eat your own dog food, where is your mobile site?

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iexpert

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Very good!!!

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rene.bergsma

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Why a Joomla 1.5 site?

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muhammet.caglak

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amazing!

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kopacko

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Proud member!

Digging the new layout and site....

Missing the phpBB forums.

Also wishing you guys did your template for phpBB.

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ivo.schmid

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Nice... but it doesn´t work on my Nokia phone! Just another mobile accident?

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jake.record

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Where are the Yootools?

cant find..still need, thats one reason why I joined.

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- danny
  
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  Widgetkit -> Downloads -> Archive
  
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sascha

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Thank you all for your great feedback. We really appreciate it!

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lorenzo.sciadini

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why you insert tutorial for widget??? i don't understand anything

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pieter77

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Wow, you guys are great!
Love the new looks and gonna find out all the new great stuff here.

Christmas comes early this year!!!

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danny1973

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Very high praise. Everything is very clear and you'll find easy to navigate.

Greets Danny

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andrea.marucci.2

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I love the design but much less the new support system. It's a lot more confusing than the previous forum that was more clear and more easy to find what you need and search...

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- sascha
  
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  We published help guide for the new support system https://www.yootheme.com/support/help
  
  It is really a lot easier to find what you need with the new system... Give it a try...
  
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waitz

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WOW - sweet, Yoo. Hope to see your new design as the January 2012 template :-)

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katherine.ruiz.33

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WOW, I love it! Very clean, elegant and I am loving the new header effects!!! What font are you using? I cannot wait to see what you have in store for 2012! GO YOO!

Thank you for all your hard work and service!

Happy Holidays!

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nepol

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I LOVE the new design, the new arrangements. I went nuts when I entered the website, I've seen the same site for over 3 years! Congrats

I kind of afraid of the new support system... in the forum I had easily 5 unanswered questions and I dont know if this new system will improve this..

Now I hope the "surprises" you have for us are as amazingly as your new design... Because you are getting better in developing and designing and I'm eager to see the new products awaiting... Congrats again

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no64

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I love the Download section!

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rumble.romagnoli

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Nice!

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joe.bastulli

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Love the new site!

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dustin.czysz

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Love the new look - especially how you have revamped the support area. Very clean. What software are you using for the forums?

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julie.vetter.81

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The new look is delightful. I find it so easy to use and pretty.

Is there/will there be a theme with the same "current blog post photo" header that links to the blog post like this does? This blog layout with the RSS is what I have always wanted in my Joomla! sites.
I love YOO!

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maskott

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Very cool! The new site looks a lot like the Apple site, which I've always loved. Can't wait to digg into the new documentation.

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iloveyoo

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I love the simplicity, very apple like.

My question:
Do you have plans to release a similar theme to this one ?

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lloyd.antonius.elbers

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Where are the yoo modules download page? Such as yoo_login or yoo search?

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- sascha
  
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  Goto https://www.yootheme.com/widgetkit/downloads and click on "Archive"
  
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ryonbr

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I absolutely love the new look and the revamped support area. I've been a member of YOOtheme for awhile and can't believe how far you guys have come.

Keep up the Great work!

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kelly.mcclain

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LOVE the new company page(s)!

Yoo Guys Rock!

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