Simone - free Joomla! e-commerce template released by JoomForest

24 May 2017

We are happy to introduce a brand new Free Joomla Template for our Phoca Cart e-commerce Joomla extension. Simone is premium quality Free Joomla shopping cart template build on the most powerful and flexible Gantry 5 Framework. Simone Template is created by our partner - the Best Joomla Templates provider - JoomForest.

Simone is a multipurpose e-commerce Joomla 3 template which has a lot of features and options, unique module positions and offers limitless possibilities. It is a completely responsive Joomla Bootstrap template. With pre-made layouts it is very easy to manage Joomla pages. Template also has special Gantry 5 particles (blocks), such as: amazing Radial Slider, Call to Action (CTA), Features Intros, Clients, Portfolio, Teams, Testimonials, Carousels, Pricing Tables, F.A.Q. - all these combination lets you to build your own unique e-commerce website with our Phoca Cart.

Simone is easy to customize. As mentioned above, it is based on Gantry 5 Framework, where you can easily change color styles, google fonts, possibility to create unlimited module positions with inbuilt drag-and-drop layout builder.

In addition, Simone comes with Quickstart Package where it is already installed Phoca Cart. The Quickstart Package is a clone of Simone Template's Live Demo site, which can be installed as default Joomla CMS installation procedure on your web server. It helps to understand how everything is managed and it brings to you the possibility to start selling products online easily.

Simone - a clean, modern and super awesome flat design Joomla e-Commerce Template is the best choice for Fashion, Electronics, Jewelry and Furniture stores:

Simone support is not ending with only Phoca Cart - it also supports our most popular extension Phoca Gallery:

On Simone Live Demo site template developers are also showcasing their very useful Free Joomla Mobile menu module - an awesome tool which applies an Easy Navigation Menu to your website on mobile or tablet devices.

JoomForest is Professional Joomla Templates club. With their awesome Free Joomla Templates, our partner JoomForest also provides Premium Joomla Templates too. The most impressive and inspiring are their unique Kunena Templates. Simone also supports Kunena forum extension - which we think is the best Free Kunena 5 Template ever created.

If you’re looking for an awesome design for your next online store, this is a wonderful template to start. This wonderful free Joomla Template and it's Quickstart Package can be downloaded from template's official download page:

• Live Demo
• Simone Template Download

Phoca Cart Version 3.0.0 RC7 Released

16 May 2017

Changelog (in comparison to RC6):

• Added new feature: Customer Groups (User, Product, Product Discount, Category, Discount, Coupon, Shipping, Payment, Form Field)
• Added new feature: Reward Points
• Added new parameter: Enable Coupons
• Added new parameter: Enable Reward Points
• Added new parameter: Discount Priority
• Added new parameter: User Group Change
• Added new rules to order status: User Group Change
• Added new rules to order status: Reward Points Change (Needed)
• Added new rules to order status: Reward Points Change (Received)
• Fixed typo errors
• Required field displayed in Form Field List
• Added new default view for Quick View
• Added filtering of users in Customers and Reward Points view

Phoca Cart is a Release Candidate version and it is still under development. Upgrade of database does not work between each development version. If you upgrade from RC6 to RC7, then database data needs to be updated. See:

administrator/components/com_phocacart/install/sql/mysql/install.utf8.sql (RC6 -> RC7 part).

There are SQL instructions for upgrading database of the component.

If you find any bug or you have some feature request idea, please post it to Phoca Forum. Thank you.

Screenshots: Phoca Cart screenshots site.

Demo: Phoca Cart demo site (Phoca Fashion template demo).

Download:

Phoca Cart component download site.

Phoca Cart download site.

Modules:

• Phoca Cart Cart module
• Phoca Cart Currency module
• Phoca Cart Compare module
• Phoca Cart Category module
• Phoca Cart Product module
• Phoca Cart Search module
• Phoca Cart Filter module
• Phoca Cart Wish List module

To test Phoca Cart, you need to run Joomla! 3 and template which supports Bootstrap 3, see Phoca Cart, Phoca Gweld, Phoca Be or Phoca Fashion:

Phoca - Joomla! 3 Templates

Inside Phoca Cart installation package you will find Phoca Upgrade plugin - install this plugin and enable it in your Plugin Manager - it is a system plugin which changes Bootstrap 2 design (rendered by Joomla! 3) to Bootstrap 3 design.

See this article: How to install sample data in Phoca Cart to easily test the component.

Phoca Guestbook 3.0.6 Released

28 April 2017

Demo: Joomla! 3 and Phoca Guestbook demo site

Download: Phoca Guestbook download site

Changelog:

• Changed controller to meet new Joomla! rules when publishing/unpublishing items
• Added link to feed view
• Changed loading of reCaptcha from http:// to https://
• Compatible with PHP 7.1
• Compatible with Joomla! 3.7

If you find any bug, please report it to Phoca Forum. Thank you.

Phoca Cart Version 3.0.0 RC6 Released

24 April 2017

Changelog (in comparison to RC5):

• Added new feature: Advanced Stock Management
• Added new feature: Dynamic Tax set by Region
• Added new feature: Zones (Countries and/or Regions can be assigned to Zones)
• Added new feature: Discounts (Product Discount, Cart Discount, Coupon)
• Added new feature: Layout (Grid, Grid List, List), see Phoca Cart layout view demo
• Refactored Autoloader
• Refactored Checkout and cart calculation (Basic, Product Discount, Cart Discount, Coupon)
• Added Additional info to currency list and currency edit
• Shipping method can be extended by the plugin
• Shipping and payment method extended by Zone rule
• Tested in Joomla! 3.7
• Added SKU, UPC, EAN, JAN, ISBN, MPN, Serial Number to Item View
• Added Option to display flags/images in administration Country, Region and Zone view
• Added Access rights to coupon
• Added Minimum quantity rule for coupons
• Added Calculation Type parameter to Payment methods (costs calculated as a percentage from total amount)
• Added Calculation Type parameter to Shipping methods (costs calculated as a percentage from total amount)
• Added new parameter: Zero Shipping Price
• Added new parameter: Zero Payment Price
• Added new parameter: Invoice Number Format
• Added new parameter: Invoice Number Length
• Added new parameter: Dynamic Tax Rate Priority
• Added new parameter: Rounding Of Total Amount (Calculation)
• Added new parameter: Rounding Of Fixed Amount (Coupon)
• Added new parameter: Rounding Of Fixed Amount (Discount)
• Added new parameter: Stock Calculation
• Added new parameter: Minimum Quantity Calculation
• Added new parameter: Export Discounts
• Added new parameter: Export Advanced Stock Options
• Added new parameter: Default Layout (Category, Items View)
• Added new parameter: Display Pagination Top (Category, Items View)
• Added new parameter: Display Ordering Select Box Top (Category, Items View)
• Added new parameter: Display Select Box Top (Category, Items View)
• Added new parameter: Display Switch Layout Type

Phoca Cart is a Release Candidate version and it is still under development. Upgrade of database does not work between each development version. If you upgrade from RC5 to RC6, then database data needs to be updated. See:

administrator/components/com_phocacart/install/sql/mysql/install.utf8.sql (RC5 -> RC6 part).

There are SQL instructions for upgrading database of the component.

If you find any bug or you have some feature request idea, please post it to Phoca Forum. Thank you.

Screenshots: Phoca Cart screenshots site.

Demo: Phoca Cart demo site (Phoca Fashion template demo).

Download:

Phoca Cart component download site.

Phoca Cart download site.

Modules:

• Phoca Cart Cart module
• Phoca Cart Currency module
• Phoca Cart Compare module
• Phoca Cart Category module
• Phoca Cart Product module
• Phoca Cart Search module
• Phoca Cart Filter module
• Phoca Cart Wish List module

To test Phoca Cart, you need to run Joomla! 3 and template which supports Bootstrap 3, see Phoca Cart, Phoca Gweld, Phoca Be or Phoca Fashion:

Phoca - Joomla! 3 Templates

Inside Phoca Cart installation package you will find Phoca Upgrade plugin - install this plugin and enable it in your Plugin Manager - it is a system plugin which changes Bootstrap 2 design (rendered by Joomla! 3) to Bootstrap 3 design.

See this article: How to install sample data in Phoca Cart to easily test the component.