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JoomlArt July 2026 recap
News & Update

July kept the momentum going. We launched three brand-new templates, brought built-in Dark Mode to 10 more, and shipped something genuinely new: Joomla MCP - a way to run your Joomla site by simply talking to an AI assistant. Here's the full recap.

3
new templates launched
10
more got Dark Mode
23
templates with Dark Mode so far

Three new templates launched

Three releases in a single month - two for software and technology brands, one for travel. All three are built on the T4 Framework, ready for Joomla 6, and ship with dark and light styles from day one.

JoomlArt July 2026 recap - 3 new templates, Dark Mode for 10 more and Joomla MCP

JA Stratum - SaaS & startups

A clean, product-focused template for SaaS, startups, cloud platforms and technology products. The homepage is built the way software landing pages actually work: hero, dashboard preview, platform features, statistics, pricing, testimonials, FAQ and conversion-focused calls to action.

  • Integrations - present your product ecosystem and connected tools
  • Pricing - clear, structured plan comparison
  • Changelog - keep users up to date with product releases
  • Solutions - map your product to different use cases

View live demo  ·  Explore features →

JA Nexora - AI & developer platforms

Purpose-built for AI platforms, developer tools, cloud infrastructure and technology startups. Where Stratum speaks to software businesses broadly, Nexora is tuned for technical audiences - with app dashboard previews, platform capabilities, performance metrics, and dedicated Solutions layouts for developers, engineering teams and platform teams.

  • Technical blog layouts for engineering posts, product news and tutorials
  • Pricing, Integrations and Changelog pages included
  • Consistent dark and light styles across cards, dashboards and CTA blocks

View live demo  ·  Explore features →

JA Voyara - travel agencies & tour operators

The journeys you plan are unforgettable - your website should be too. JA Voyara brings a warm, editorial, magazine-style design to travel agencies, tour operators and independent travel planners.

  • Destination & journey listings - card layouts with location, duration, travel style, ratings and pricing
  • Travel stories - full-width photography, author info, tags and related articles
  • A flexible pricing page - package cards, feature comparison, FAQs and testimonials

View live demo  ·  Explore features →

Dark Mode reached 10 more templates

The roll-out that started in June carried straight through July, across two waves. Each of these templates now includes a one-click sun / moon toggle, automatic detection of the visitor's system preference, and a remembered choice for returning visitors - while your existing light design stays exactly the same.

Templates updated with Dark Mode in July

That takes the running total to 23 templates with built-in Dark Mode since the roll-out began. Switching it on is a single template update - your content and settings stay exactly where they are. Prefer light only? Leave it: light mode remains the default and untouched.

Joomla MCP: manage your site by talking to an AI

The biggest new thing in July wasn't a template. Joomla MCP connects your Joomla site to an AI assistant - Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini - so you can handle everyday website work in plain language instead of clicking through administrator screens.

Ask it to publish an article, tidy up categories, find a piece of content or check what changed, and it does the work against your real site.

How it works

  • Nothing is installed on your website - it uses Joomla's own built-in web services
  • You stay in control - permissions follow your existing Joomla user, and you can revoke access at any time
  • Set-up takes about five minutes - enable the built-in features, create a personal access key, connect your assistant
  • Works with Joomla 4, 5 and 6

Try Joomla MCP →

In case you missed it: GeoReport

It landed just days before our June recap went out, so it deserves a second mention. GeoReport measures your website's AI visibility - whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity can find, trust and cite your site - and gives you the exact fixes.

It crawls your site and rolls everything into a single GEO Health Score built from four benchmarks: Search Alignment, Layout, Readability and Credibility. You get severity-ranked issues with step-by-step fixes, a side-by-side comparison across the four AI models, and a Chrome extension to audit any page - even a competitor's.

Your active JoomlArt subscription is already active on GeoReport - just sign in with your JoomlArt account, there's no separate account to create. Run a free GEO audit →

Why this matters

June was about catching up with where the platform is going - Dark Mode and Joomla 6. July was about what you build on top of it: three new templates for the industries asking for them, a Dark Mode library that now covers 23 designs, and two products that change how you work on your site rather than how it looks.

The simplest way to get all of it? A JoomlArt membership. One plan unlocks every template above, the full T4 toolkit, and everything we ship next.

Get every template with one membership

All 200+ templates, the full T4 toolkit, and every update we ship next.

Explore membership plans →

Three launches, ten Dark Mode updates and a new way to run your site - not a bad month. See you in the August recap.
— The JoomlArt Team

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Joomla Templates

The journeys you plan are unforgettable - your website should be too. Meet JA Voyara, our elegant new Joomla template made for travel agencies, tour operators and travel planners.

JA Voyara brings your destinations, curated journeys and travel stories together in a warm, magazine-style design that feels premium the moment a visitor arrives. Immersive homepage layouts put your featured trips, destination highlights and traveller reviews front and center. Card-based destination listings surface location, duration, travel style, ratings and pricing at a glance, while spacious editorial travel stories - complete with full-width photography and author details - turn inspiration into bookings. A clear, flexible pricing page presents your tour packages, planning services or memberships with feature comparisons, FAQs and testimonials, and beautifully designed light and dark modes keep it all looking refined, day or night. Built on the T4 Framework and running on Joomla 6, it's responsive, fast, and ready to customize - no coding required.

JA Voyara - elegant travel agency Joomla template homepage layouts

  • Best for Travel & Tourism
  • T4 Framework
  • Joomla 6
  • Light & Dark modes
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A warm, editorial style that sells the journey

JA Voyara brings destinations, curated journeys and authentic travel stories together in a refined, magazine-style design. It's built to make a memorable first impression - and to turn browsers into bookings - without you needing to write a single line of code.

Everything a travel website needs

Beautiful destination & journey listings

Present your tours through elegant card layouts that highlight location, duration, travel style, ratings, pricing and featured trips - so visitors find the right experience at a glance.

Travel stories & editorial content

Turn inspiration into bookings with a dedicated experiences section and spacious travel-story layouts - full-width photography, author info, topic tags and related articles that keep readers engaged.

A clear, flexible pricing page

Show your packages, planning services or memberships with attractive pricing cards, feature comparisons, FAQs and testimonials - making it easy for travellers to choose and book.

Beautiful light & dark modes

A warm palette, refined typography and balanced contrast keep your premium travel look consistent in both light and dark styles - comfortable to browse in any environment.

JA Voyara is built on the T4 Framework and runs on Joomla 6 - responsive, fast, and simple to customize with a visual layout builder. All standard Joomla pages come fully styled, too.

Who it's for

  • Travel agencies & tour operators that want a website as polished as their trips
  • Independent travel planners building trust with a professional online presence
  • Experience-led tourism brands that tell stories and sell curated journeys

Get JA Voyara

JA Voyara is available now and included with any JoomlArt membership - one plan unlocks Voyara, all 200+ templates, and everything we release next. Plans start from just $89, with a 100% money-back guarantee.

Give your travel brand a stunning new website

JA Voyara + 200+ templates, one simple membership.

Explore membership plans →

Ready to inspire your next traveller? Start with JA Voyara.
— The JoomlArt Team

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News & Update

The Dark Mode roll-out isn't slowing down. Four more templates - across four very different industries - now ship with a built-in light / dark toggle.

Newly updated with Dark Mode

Each of these templates now includes a one-click sun / moon toggle, automatic detection of the visitor's system preference, and a remembered choice for returning visitors - while your existing light design stays exactly the same.

4 more Joomla templates get Dark Mode

  • JA Vital - medical, hospital & healthcare
  • JA Sport - sports teams & football / soccer clubs
  • JA Coach - coaching, online courses & LMS
  • JA Resort - hotel & resort booking (Solidres)

All four are built on the T4 Framework and are Joomla 6 ready. Turning on Dark Mode is a simple template update - your content and settings stay in place.

Why Dark Mode?

A dark option is now something visitors expect. It's easier on the eyes in low light, gives your site a more modern, premium feel, and lets each visitor choose the experience they prefer - all without changing your site's structure.

How to update

  1. Download the latest package for your template from your JoomlArt account.
  2. Install the update over your current template.
  3. Open your site and click the sun / moon toggle in the header to preview Dark Mode.

Prefer light only? Leave it - light mode remains the default and untouched. Every one of these updates is included with a JoomlArt membership, along with all 200+ templates and everything we ship next.

Browse all templates →

More Dark Mode templates are on the way - stay tuned.
— The JoomlArt Team

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Joomla Templates

Every company is telling an AI story right now - and every one of them needs a website that looks credible. Meet JA Nexora, our newest Joomla template, built for AI platforms, SaaS products, developer tools, cloud infrastructure and technology startups.

JA Nexora - dark and light styles for AI and SaaS websites

  • Best for AI & SaaS
  • T4 Framework
  • Joomla 6
  • Dark & Light styles
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Why a dedicated AI & SaaS template?

Technology websites don't behave like brochure sites. Visitors want to understand the product fast, see proof it works, compare plans, and know it plugs into their stack. That means a very specific set of pages - and building them from scratch takes weeks.

JA Nexora ships with those pages already designed, so you can launch a professional technology site in days.

What's inside JA Nexora

A homepage built to convert

A bold hero section, application dashboard preview, platform capabilities, performance metrics, customer testimonials and conversion-focused calls to action - the exact structure modern SaaS landing pages use.

The pages that close deals

  • Pricing - present plans and compare features clearly
  • Integrations - show the tools you connect to
  • Changelog - publish product improvements and build trust
  • Solutions - dedicated layouts for developers, engineering teams and platform teams

Dark & Light styles, done properly

JA Nexora keeps consistent typography, cards, dashboards and CTA blocks across both visual modes - the premium look that cloud platforms and developer tools are expected to have.

Technical blog & company pages

Publish engineering articles, AI research, product news and tutorials with modern blog layouts - plus ready-made Company, Team and Contact pages to build trust. Every standard Joomla page is fully styled too.

Built on T4, ready for Joomla 6

Powered by the T4 Framework, JA Nexora gives you flexible layout management, theme customization, reusable blocks and a performance-focused foundation - on Joomla 6, the platform's latest generation.

Not on Joomla 6 yet? Our T4 toolkit - Page Builder, Framework and Blank Template - is now fully Joomla 6 ready, so the upgrade is smoother than you might expect.

Who should use it

  • Agencies & freelancers building sites for tech and AI clients - win the pitch with a demo that already looks like their product
  • Startups launching a product site without a design team
  • Developer tools & cloud platforms that need pricing, integrations and changelog pages out of the box

Get JA Nexora

JA Nexora is available now and included with any JoomlArt membership - one plan unlocks Nexora, all 200+ templates, the full T4 toolkit, and everything we ship next.

One plan. 200+ templates. Including JA Nexora.

Build your next AI or SaaS site on Joomla - starting today.

Explore membership plans →

Build the AI website your product deserves.
— The JoomlArt Team

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News & Update

The Dark Mode roll-out isn't slowing down. After our first wave, seven more templates now ship with a built-in light / dark toggle - and one of them is a long-time favourite, JA Teline V.

Newly updated with Dark Mode

Each of these templates now includes a one-click sun / moon toggle, automatic detection of the visitor's system preference, and a remembered choice for returning visitors - while your existing light design stays exactly the same.

JoomlArt

And we're not done - more templates are getting Dark Mode every week.

Why Dark Mode?

A dark option is now something visitors expect. It's easier on the eyes in low light, gives your site a more modern, premium feel, and lets each visitor choose the experience they prefer - all without changing your site's structure.

How to update

  1. Download the latest package for your template from your JoomlArt account.
  2. Install the update over your current template.
  3. Open your site and click the sun / moon toggle in the header to preview Dark Mode.

Your content and existing configuration stay in place. Prefer light only? Leave it - light mode remains the default and untouched.

Browse all templates →

Every one of these updates is included with a JoomlArt membership - along with all 200+ templates and everything we ship next.

More Dark Mode templates are on the way - stay tuned.
— The JoomlArt Team

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6 SEO tips for your Magento store
Magento Themes

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in general is a vast subject to cover in a single blog post, optimization requires patience and experience. We will just deal with the basic steps one can take to optimize their Magento stores for better SERP (search engine results page) rankings.

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Should You Migrate from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3.1?
News & Update

Congratulations on choosing to use Joomla for your website Content Management System (CMS). Currently Joomla 2.5 is the current Long Term Support (LTS) version, and Joomla 3.1 is the current Short Term Support (STS) version. After Joomla 3.1, there will be Joomla 3.2, then follow the next Long Term Support version Joomla 3.5 due for release in March 2014.

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How to build Mega Menu from scratch in Joomla 3.0 using T3 Framework
News & Update

Overview

We were probably the first of the Joomla template clubs to introduce Mega Menu feature with our first generation T3 framework way back in 2009. It was an instant hit and we have refined the mega menu workflow since then and in our latest T3 framework V3, we moved to jquery instead of mootools. In the template userguides, we provide screenshots of how we configure the Mega Menu as in the demo site. But what if you are trying to configure Mega Menu without any userguides? That is when this tutorial comes in to play its role.

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Tools and tips to check Joomla site speed and improve performance
News & Update

It does so happen that we choose templates and extensions for our Joomla project and start building the site, adding more extensions as we go and since most of the development happens on the localhost, site loading / performance does not seem to be an issue. Shock sets in, when the site is moved to live server and tested and having invested 100’s of hours, its way difficult to remove extensions or cut down features to improve site performance. This is the story of most of the people asking for professional help to optimize their sites.

Remember, if it’s heavy... it’s going to load slower.

What should one do?

From day one, keep the site optimization as one of the top priorities. Have tools to measure the effect of each and every addition you make on the site’s overall performance before adding them and try to fix an upper limit for site size and HTTP requests. Here are some of the easy-to-use tools to test your website.

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Sticky and Off-canvas Navigation for your Responsive JA Argo and T3 Framework on Joomla 2.5 & 3.0
News & Update

Have you ever been on a website and just can’t figure out how to navigate to a certain page? Or perhaps suddenly been frustrated by trying to find the navigation bar after reading through countless comments or posts down the page. Not only is this annoying but often happens even more when using a mobile device or tablet, and is more complicated to remedy.

I have, and these problems while small, really bother me and countless other users too. Navigation is among the most important features in web design and focusing on it’s development will be a huge trend in 2013. To help improve the users experience and improve customer satisfaction we have recently incorporated Sticky Navigation for Desktop and Off Canvas Navigation for Mobile in JA Argo - responsive Joomla 2.5 / 3.0 template based on our all new T3 Framework , as well as in T3 Framework.

Overview of web navigation

A. Traditional navigation

In the past we would see all kinds of links listed on the top navigation bar. First we would scroll down to read the article, information, or blog post then have to scroll up to find the navigation bar located at the top of the page. Let’s be honest, that is one annoying and inconvenient thing to have to do everyday of your life.

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Update on Malware Blocked issue with AVAST Security software
News & Update

For the past few days, we have received several reports on our forum related to unexpected virus issues detection by Avast antivirus software on our site which has disabled our member access to JoomlArt.com! Our team immediately jumped in and carefully investigated to detect the issue's origin.

We quickly figured out why Avast has defined it as a “Potentially Suspicious ” as we did implement some page redirections to our JoomlArt 2012 Thanksgiving Nexus10 giveaway official page.

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How to move a Joomla site with AKEEBA BACKUP
Joomla Templates

One of the most common questions we hear all the time, is how to move a site from a development environment to a live site, or how to move a site from one directory to another, or even from one server to another. For many this seems to be a huge challenge, fortunately, this can be one of the easiest things you do with Joomla.

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Is Facebook comment more engaging?
News & Update

Today we are trying out something interesting. We switch on Facebook comment for the few next posts to be used parallel to our in-house comment system and want to get a feel of how users react on this move.

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Upgrade to Joomla 1.6 or stick with J1.5?
News & Update

There has been a lot of confusion around Joomla 1.6 recently. After 3 years of heavy coding this major upgrade has been finally released in early 2011. Right now many users are wondering what 3rd party support for J1.6 will look like in the next months. Does it make any sense to start a website in J1.6 at the moment? How long should I wait until making any movements for my clients?

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Extend Your Content Types Using CCK For Joomla
Joomla Extensions

In this post we will introduce to you several CCKs you can consider to use to empower your Joomla site. First of all, using a content construction kit gives you more features, flexibility, control over any sort of content, structure and layout than the core of Joomla itself can do.

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