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A few days ago the Joomla Project announced the availability of Joomla! 1.5.25 and Joomla 1.7.3. Each of the two releases is a security one so feel free to download the version you need.

Whether you have used the Joomla CMS before or not, whether you want to upgrade your existing Joomla website or you would like to start a completely new website, we recommend visiting the official website of the Joomla CMS to find the instructions you should follow. So it is really easy to enjoy all the new features that became possible with the release of Joomla! 1.5.25 and Joomla 1.7.3.

If you are using Joomla and you have found any bug, please report it as soon as possible on the CMS Issue Tracker. This will help developers eliminate all the problems you have to make your experience with the Joomla content management system even more enjoyable and efficient.

Would you like to get 15 awesome stock photos of your choice for $14? Then keep on reading and learn how to do it.

If you want to get special pricing on stock photos you should first buy any product from TemplateMonster.com, a website that is offering Joomla templates, WordPress themes, Drupal templates and other kinds of website templates.

Once you buy a Joomla template or any other template from TemplateMonster, you will get an opportunity to buy 15 stock photos for as low as $14. All the stock images are provided by DepositPhotos, an online marketplace to buy and sell stock photos, illustrations and vector art.

There are more than 4,500,000 stock images on DepositPhotos.com now and of course, you can choose the size of the images you want to buy and their subjects. We believe it will be easy for you to make the right choice because DepositPhotos offers stock photos in many categories including Abstract, Animals, Beauty & Fashion, Business, Computers, Holidays & Events, Nature, People, Places, Sport, etc.

There are times when testimonials are incredibly powerful: they build trust or even drive sales. Therefore, the best use would be to get them featured on your website.

So, you have a Joomla website where you provide various products and services. At the same time you get many testimonials from happy customers and you want to share them with anyone visiting your site. It can be done by using a Joomla template that allows displaying testimonials.

Following is the list of Joomla Templates that come with testimonial widgets. Whether you choose one Joomla template or another it will help you display customer testimonials on your Joomla website.

It’s up to you if you want your customer testimonials with pictures or without them. Once you browse the Joomla templates listed below you will see a lot of ways to show testimonials on your web page so you can easily choose the right design for your future website.

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In one of our previous articles we put together a lot of Joomla Sites with Big Typography and now we’d like to make a list of Joomla templates that make use of large fonts. Mostly, large fonts are being noticed in headers, but sometimes you can see them in menu bars and other parts of websites.

So, if you like an idea of turning your Joomla website into a large-font web page, then feel free to browse the Joomla templates we are featuring below. In fact, the first 6 templates on the list are premium designs and the last 4 are free Joomla templates. So, it’s up to you if you prefer to buy a cost-effective Joomla template or download a free template for your Joomla site.

We believe you will like this selection of Joomla templates because it includes templates for different purposes; for instance, personal blogs, corporate websites, sport blogs, web design portfolios, charity websites, and other types of Joomla websites.

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Last week we reviewed Icon Heavy Joomla Templates; actually these are the Joomla templates that use icons to communicate information to visitors. However, we have noticed that many designers avoid using icons, and prefer stock images instead. For instance, they add images to navigation bars or use them to visually divide space. In such cases, stock images do the same job as web icons and it’s your choice if you want images or icons on your Joomla website. Also, small images are often used to illustrate certain points that webmasters would like to present on their Joomla websites.

For now, we suggest that you browse Joomla templates that use images as icons. This way you will see if the images in these templates are well chosen and if they make designs more expressive and intuitive.

So if you are tired of using icons, here are 15 Joomla templates to help you with the design of your future Joomla site.

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How do you feel about using icons in web design? Would you like your Joomla website to communicate to your visitors effectively? Icons could help you achieve this goal. Remember: online visitors “scan” websites within seconds, they don’t read everything you have published on your web page. So as a designer you have to create a website that is intuitive for users and encourages them to learn more about your site and why it might be helpful.

If you want to represent some information fast, an icon is a perfect option to consider. You can use web icons to create menu bars, divide your web page into different sections, or simply to make your site more visually appealing.

Below you will find 15 Joomla templates that are using icons. The fist 10 templates are premium designs and the last 5 are the Joomla templates you can download for free.

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