Although Joomla is considered by many to be the best CMS out there, it never gets that much recognition from designers and average users. It’s commonly thought Joomla best suits business and corporate websites. However, in this post we will show you amazing and extraordinary designs that match or sometimes exceeds of that of regular [...]
Although Joomla is considered by many to be the best CMS out there, it never gets that much recognition from designers and average users. It’s commonly thought Joomla best suits business and corporate websites. However, in this post we will show you amazing and extraordinary designs that match or sometimes exceeds of that of regular CSS website, all powered with Joomla.
Wihtout further a due we present to you 30 plus mind blowing Joomla powered websites. Enjoy and be inspired.
1. 4p-media
2. aixam
3. aktuaya
4. baglarsaray
5. crispystock
6. custardmedia
7. davidpraznik
8. dejangrubor
10. duirwaigh
11. e-desegno
12. egohandsfree
13. feuilleblanche
14. focusonlandscape
15. foehn
16. genovese
19. joomla creme
20. laydev
21. luft
22. luxury-savour
23. marymcdonald
24. naranchdesign
25. pixelosaurus
26. porsche
28. prolinkmedia
29. rockettheme
30. ScrapCracklePop
32. trinityboxing
33. tsmradio
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41 Responses
I never thought you could make such sites with joomla; purely amazing.
I try Joomla before but its very complicated for a designer like me
I ended up using WordPress in my site and blog.
And voted for your great post in my community: http://www.jamirdesign.com/community/story/65
Cheers!
j000 Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Me too I didn’t like joomla and I never thought it could look this good but I think from now I should create beautiful looking joomla themes. Thanks for voting our link I voted too
Every CMS has it’s place, WordPress as a Blog, Magento as E-Commerce. The nice thing about Joomla is that it seems to fit into each and every place!!
We work mainly with Joomla, developing from-scratch websites and custom components as needed. There is just so much you can do with it, endless possibilities. So glad to see others realizing and using the full potential!
Pam
http://www.ryvondesigns.com
Complicated?
In WordPress you need to know PHP, in Joomla you need to know CSS/XHTML
Joomla Templating doesn’t require PHP hacks/tweaks.
Excelent collection!
Thanks for sharing.
j000 Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
So joomla is more flexible you think?
MAD Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I have worked with both Joomla and WordPress; and so far WordPress seem to be easier to implement. Although I did a couple of Joomla sites; still need to learn more about this great tool. These inspirational sites have shown me that with imagination; everything is possible!
I agree with Pam that each tool has its uses. I though in the e-commerce arena only oscommerce or zen-cart are the best choices; strange to hear a new joiner “Magento”; I need to explore that
MarcoBarbosa Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 11:16 am
I’m not sure if “flexible” is the word.
But in WordPress you need to add php loops and echos
In Joomla you need a template tag where you want to display what you want.
It’s hard to find a easier templating system than Joomla, really.
ModX has something similar, just include the tags in the template and you’re good to go.
Scanned the list and the only big name that jumped out at me was Porsche. On a somewhat related note, compare that to Drupal, http://socialcmsbuzz.com/45-drupal-sites-which-you-may-not-have-known-were-drupal-based-24092008/
MarcoBarbosa Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 11:18 am
This Drupal showcase is amazing.
Too bad is not as easier as it looks.
But Drupal is still Drupal
I don’t think foehn is Joomla. I see ASP and Jquery menu.
j000 Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 9:42 am
It was listed as Joomla but my question can’t ASP and jQuery be integrated into Joomla? Perhaps this developer did it we’ll need to hear from the source if this Joomla or not. Until it’s proven otherwise, it stays as Joomla
Some websites for inspiration from one of the top Joomla! integrators worldwide, Komrade:
http://www.tnawrestling.com/
http://www.gazzetta.gr/
http://www.upsolute.com/
http://www.duralstores.gr/
http://www.frame4.com/
http://www.armenis.gr/
http://www.vivavida.gr/
More are available for your pleasure, here: http://www.komrade.gr/
Cheers, good post
j000 Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
you are advertising you stuff here, it’s cool no worries. Great templates though good luck with your business.
hey you can add http://www.thewebbased.com it is also made with Joomla!
thanks for the above list
j000 Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
We are not going to add here but we bookmarked the link for future CSS inspiration thanks for the tip
This article has been shared on favSHARE.net. Go and vote it!
Hafidh,
Thanks for sharing this. It’s an important addition to my own library of themes and designs. I’ve also featured this article in my brand new Posterous site here.
Manny
hebamme-in-mannheim is based on yootheme template pinboard
ScrapCracklePop is based on rockettheme template vertigo
credit should go to them.
Hi Friends!
I am really happy to see my site here in that collection! (24. naranchdesign)
For some people who are starting:
If you have the good basis of HTML, CSS and a little PHP it won’t be a hard job to learn how to create a template that you can imagine in JOOMLA!
Sometimes it recommends a little “Googling” around the web but after some months you will be perfect!
If you need some help you can also write to me!
“updated”
info@naranchdesign.hu
Daniel Kemeny
And check out http://www.jtraining.com for a Java social networking site build with this.
Excelent collection!
Thanks for sharing
I think that with Joomla every day is more easy make good templates.
Number 30 is a rockettheme template customization too!
Is a good Inspirations
If it’s about Joomla I like this themplate:
http://joomla-best-templates.com/candle/
In fact they have some very good templates on http://joomla-best-templates.com.
Hey that’s my site… Thank you!
This collection is GREAT! Like others, I’ve bookmarked it for references and inspiration. My site is still on the old Joomla, but I’m redoing it in CSS & 1.5+. It’s amazing what flexibility CSS allows you to do. Until this week (really getting into CSS) I could not imagine living without tables.
Anyone use OpenLaszlo to help create their site?
Thas pretty intesting. I have been using wordpress as a new designer, but think I may have to explore joomla thanks
Alice Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Me too. I want to build one more site with Joomla. Actually, now I already did it. It’s still in progress. The site will be used as my online store. However, still searching the theme that will work fit with my site. – lalala seems to be a nonsense word. See some stats and a survey on http://www.keyr.com/analysis/xxxxxx.html
Hey, that’s really nice site. How can they build such beautiful site? They are really creative. Not like me. – restaurantes madrid
I love site no.7. It looks elegant, simple, and strong. It’s black and have some gradient color between black and grey. Black is my favorite. Impotenz is not my business.
you just found a new daily reader
Add http://www.linux.com, which is powered by Joomla 1.5.x
j000 Reply:
March 12th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Maybe next time
Can anyone provide a few suggested template galleries for Joomla?
Hello, my sites:
http://www.nestormina.com
by joomla
Fierce collection. I visited each site from the article and learned a lot about quality web design.
SO nice!!! ..Learned a lot from this!
Great collection of joomla sites!
Nice collection.
We have actually done som sites we’re very proud of to.
Please give us some feedback
Our own: http://www.webzoo.dk
And a newly released webshop build on Joomla / Redshop
http://www.kajakgaarden.dk
Thanks again for the post
Great article!