The Starry Night template for Joomla! 1.5 is a modern, sleek, black on black template. The transparent layers let the background shine through, giving the entire page a look evocative of stacked frosted-glass panes. The almost neon color palettes give you a choice of pink, blue, or green. Or assign different colors to different sections of the site in the template parameters. Our accordion menu and horizontal drop down menu are included in this template, as well as the style switcher tools.

The Talk•Talk!! template for Joomla! 1.5 is loaded with features and colors. It is designed for the modern blog site. It lends itself very well to a narrow, small page, but because of its three size options (thin, wide, or fluid) it still looks great at any size. The page content is enclosed in a quirky chat bubble in your choice of a rainbow of bright and bold colors: red, purple, blue, green, yellow, and orange. Choose one color, assign any color to a section, or let your users pick their own preferred color with the style chooser tools included in this versatile template. We're also very excited to announce that this template introduces our new accordion menu.

In the upcoming Joomla! 1.6 release, templates take on a whole new shape. Probably the most exciting new feature of the template system for site owners will be the template styles. Now, when you use a template that has parameters for setting one of a multiple background, or overall color, or whatever, you can save that parameter configuration as a template style. So you could use the same template on multiple pages and have different styles without installing the same template several times. Another difference with Joomla! 1.6 templates from Joomla! 1.5 templates, is that you assign the pages to the template inside the Menu Manager for the link rather than from inside the Template Manager.

The Gold Coast template for Joomla! 1.5 evokes the peaceful calm of the shore at sunset with its soft palette of neutral dusk tones. Three palette choices come with this template: gold, silver, and blue. The soft background features a natural grassy glare at the top-left corner and across the bottom of the page. The transparent sheet lets the background just show through, giving the template a nice layered, artistic effect.