FLEX – Multi-Purpose Joomla Template

Flex is Joomla 5 and Joomla 4 Compatible!

Flex is the bestseller, super flexible, multi-purpose Joomla template that can fit in any type of website you are building. It is clean, responsive, includes drag & drop Layout and Page Builder and comes packed with powerful options! With stunning animations and eye-catchy layouts, Flex will help you draw attention of visitors at first sight.

Flex is both Joomla 5 and Joomla 4 compatible. Click here for the Changelog.

Flex is the best selling Joomla template on ThemeForest since 2016! Here are the reasons why:

FEATURES:

• Compatible with latest versions: Joomla 5.1.1 and VirtueMart 4.2.12.
• Powerful Helix 3 Framework made with Bootstrap 5.3.2.
• Drag & Drop Layout Builder and SP Page Builder Pro Integration. Flex is coming with fantastic page builder very easy to use and to edit. Only with drag and drop you can create complex layouts. With lightning fast SP Page Builder you can easily customize your website just in few clicks. Fastest and the most powerful drag & drop builder available.
  72+ Addons Included:
  • Carousels, Slider, Buttons, Gallery, Team, Tabs, Flip Box, Accordions, Countdown, Animated Number, Modals, Timeline, Person, Pricing, Pie Progress, Google Maps and Ajax Contact forms, Call to Action, Buttons, Testimonials and more.
  • 4 New Exiting Addons, starting from Flex 3.6 version:
    1. Slideshow
    2. Form Builder
    3. Image Layouts
    4. Articles Scroller
  • 9 custom addons, carefully built specially for Flex:
    1. Animated Headlines
    2. Plyr – HTML5 Media Player
    3. Slick Slider / Carousel
    4. Lightbox Gallery
    5. Bootstrap Modal
    6. PrettyPhoto Modal
    7. Icons
    8. Testimonials Flex
    9. Latest Posts
• Introducing “Ajax Intro Articles Module”
  Exclusively in Flex: super flexible Ajax Intro Articles Module shows the list of the most recently published and current Articles in Masonry Grid with Ajax Loading (Intro content).
  Examples:
  • Homepage Demo(Latest Posts From Our Blog)
  • Masonry Grid with Ajax Loading Demo
  • Equal Heights with Ajax Loading Demo
  • 2 Columns + 1 Column Sidebar Demos
• Introducing: Multicolor Gradients. Complete set of 68+ multicolor CSS gradients that will beautifully complement any project. Just copy any of gradients and paste it into any “Custom CSS” field, any DIV, section, addon, anywhere where you can paste CSS class (gradient). See all examples: Multicolor Gradients.
• 4 Quickstart Packages included: with or without Virtuemart (shopping system), both with Joomla 5 and Joomla 4 demo data installers (Joomla 5.1.1, Joomla 4.4.5, Template, used extensions, demo content). Install Quickstart demo to get same website as our demo site without any difficulties.
• Fully Responsive Design with 7 Unique Home Layouts. Full Window Background and Onepage layouts included.
• Newsletter Integration. We also added support for AcyMailing newsletter, because we know that email works a lot better than any other online marketing tool.
• SP Cookie Consent Plugin will help you to implement “Cookies Alert” box anywhere on your website, in order to meet GDPR Privacy Policy [ link ].
• Portfolio component – Advanced, custom built version of SP Simple Portfolio with additional 2 styles for filter (tags), lightbox gallery, and custom dimensions for videos in lightbox gallery. Perfect portfolio solution for designers, photographers, artists, professionals and all kinds of creative business.
• VirtueMart 4.2.12 Integrated. VirtueMart turns your Joomla! site into a powerful and full-featured e-commerce system. Create online shops and online catalog with ease. Configure the extension to handle multiple products and categories and support a wide range of shipping and payment options.
  • Payments, shipments, coupons, calculation rules, …
  • Real multi currency with auto updating rates
  • Ajax Off-Canvas shopping cart module
  • Ajax navigation between products
  • Ajax one page checkout
  • SEF/SEO integrated
  • Multilingual
• Multiple Headers. Flex comes with several header layouts to match your personal taste. Classic header with navigation, centered or inline, transparent, with video background, white, coloured or something more complex and place your ads and banners inside header.
• Lazy Loading for Images included in template, with option (enable/disable) in template’s admin.
• Mega Menu Builder & Off-Canvas Menu.
• Vertical Accordion menu, for all module positions. Native, vertical accordion menu is now a part of template, no need to buy extra module.
• 8 Article Post Formats: standard, video, gallery, audio (Soundcloud and Mixcloud), link, quote, status and custom. Each can be customized in the Article Manager to individualize your feel for blogging.
• “Parallax” scrolling effect for background content (i.e. an image), while scrolling.
• Font Awesome 6.5.1 (2,037+ Icons) + 202 Thin Pixeden Icons (v1.2)
• Multi-languages Support.
• Fluid and Boxed Layout – Use wide (default) or boxed layout variant.
• Optional Page Title Options.
• Sticky Header with Mainmenu. Improve your website usability using Sticky Header feature. Main menu and logo will always be at the top of the screen, automatically following when user will scroll down. Easily turn the sticky header on or off in template options panel.
• CSS & Javascript Compression. Simple to use options to compress almost all CSS and JS template and Joomla files, which as a result will improve speed up of your website.
• Support for RTL languages. With carefully styled every part of template for RTL (right-to-left), Flex supports middle eastern languages such as Hebrew and Arabic which are written predominantly right-to-left.
• Unlimited Colors. Eight preset styles allows you to choose your own colors. Beyond that using custom CSS allows you to override all used color presets.
• Retina Perfect. Perfect pixels and vectors looking great on higher resolution devices like retina or 4k display.
• Built With HTML5, CSS3 & Less. Flex was based on a fast less preprocessor with additional functionality like variables, mixins, and functions for compiling CSS.
• 700+ Google Fonts with update button – Typography based on Google Fonts, with unique update button, support for Subsets (like Latin Extended, Cyrillic Extended for example), choose font weight and font size for several HTML tags (H1..H6) and navigation.
• Logo Options. From template settings you can choose logo type, logo position, logo image (also for retina screens) and upload logo used only for mobile devices.
• Custom Code. Use your own custom code, for example: CSS, JS, meta tags, links and verification code by using the custom code fields or input more lines of styles inside custom.css file.
• Social Icons
• Social Share
• Integrated Social Comments
• Custom Coming Soon, 404 Page and Offline pages.
• Documentation included. You can find it online here.

Our Reviewers are Our Customers:

Sources and Credits:

Extensions:

• jQuery – http://jquery.com/
• Bootstrap 5.3.2 – https://getbootstrap.com/
• Helix 3 framework – https://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-templates/helix3
• VirtueMart 4.2.12 – http://virtuemart.net
• Acymailing (Starter) – https://www.acyba.com/acymailing.html
• SP Page Builder Pro 5.3.2 – https://www.joomshaper.com/page-builder
• Ajax Intro Articles Module – https://flex.aplikko.com
• SP Simple Portfolio (2.0.8) – https://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-extensions/sp-simple-portfolio
• SP Cookie Consent (1.1) – https://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-extensions/cookieconsent

Fonts / Icons:

• Lato (free) – http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Lato
• Open Sans (free) – https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans
• Font Awesome 6 Icons – https://fontawesome.com
• Pixeden Icons (Stroke 7 Icon Font Set v1.2.0) – http://www.pixeden.com/icon-fonts/stroke-7-icon-font-set

Images:

• High quality photos from pixabay.com. Free for commercial use. No attribution required. – https://pixabay.com
• Beautiful free photos from unsplash.com. All photos published on Unsplash can be used for free. – https://unsplash.com
• Beautiful free stock photos from stocksnap.io. All photos are free from copyright restrictions – No attribution required. – https://stocksnap.io

Videos:

• High quality videos from Mazwai.com. – http://mazwai.com

What is included in package:

Flex Template Only Package
Use this package to install Flex template on your current Joomla site. This is “Template Only” package (flex_4.1_template_only.zip).

2 QuickStart Installation Demo Packages for Joomla 5

• Quickstart with Virtuemart (flex_4.1_quickstart_with_virtuemart_J5)
• Quickstart without Virtuemart (flex_4.1_quickstart_J5.zip)

2 QuickStart Installation Demo Packages for Joomla 4

• Quickstart with Virtuemart (flex_4.1_quickstart_with_virtuemart_J4)
• Quickstart without Virtuemart (flex_4.1_quickstart_J4.zip)

Use this package(s) to install on your site demo as seen on Flex demo website. This includes Joomla 5.1.1 version, all the sample data, all the images and videos.

SP Page Builder demo pages (import)
57+ SP Page Builder pages, used on our demo (Quickstart) available for “Import”, for SP Page Builder. You can easily import any of our demo pages, which are JSON files, using “Import” feature in SP Page Builder.

Extensions

• SP Page Builder Pro (5.3.2)
• Ajax Intro Articles Module (1.4)
• SP Simple Portfolio (2.0.8)
• Virtuemart (4.2.12)
• SP Cookie Consent (1.1)
• Acymailing 9.6.0 (Starter)

Documentation
Detailed documentation on how to configure and use template.

Changelog:

June 10 2024 – Version 4.1

- Joomla CMS updated to 5.1.1 (and 4.4.5 for Joomla 4), in both Quickstart installations.
- Updated: SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 5.3.2 version.
- Updated: Virtuemart updated to 4.2.12 version (Joomla 5 compatible).
- Updated: Acymailing (Starter) updated to 9.6.0 version.
- Fixed all known issues.

March 23 2024 – Version 4.0

NOTE: This is major, long-awaited update where every file has been re-written.

- Joomla CMS updated to 5.0.3, in both Quickstart installations.
- Updated: SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 5.2.9 version.
- Updated: Helix3 framework updated to 3.0.5 version (Joomla 5 and PHP 8 compatible).
- Updated: Virtuemart updated to 4.2.6 version (Joomla 5 compatible).
- Updated: Acymailing (Starter) updated to 9.3.1 version.
- Updated: Ajax Intro Articles (Module) updated to 1.4 version.
- Updated: All 33 Addons (template overrides) are updated and working with both front-end and back-end editing (new SP Page Builder 5.2.9).
- Updated: All template overrides are updated and fixed, working with J5 and J4 (~/templates/flex/html folder).
- Updated: All files in Flex template (~/templates/flex folder) are compatible with PHP 8.2 and 8.3, and Joomla 5.
- Updated: Bootstrap updated to 5.3.2 version.
- Updated: FontAwesome icons updated to 6.5.1 version.

December 29 2022 – Version 3.9.9

- Joomla CMS updated to 4.2.6, in both Quickstart installations.
- Updated: SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.8.9 version (version 4.0.6 also available).
- Updated: Helix3 framework updated to 3.0.3 version (Joomla 4 and PHP 8 compatible).
- Updated: Virtuemart updated to 4.0.12 version (Joomla 4 compatible).
- Updated: Acymailing (Starter) updated to 7.9.8 version (Joomla 4 compatible).
- Fixed: Front-end editing for J3 and J4.
- Fixed: Tabs add-on (Flex's template override) issue with styling has been fixed.
- Fixed: Fancybox modal for Virtuemart styling fixed for responsive (desktop/tablet/mobile) view.
- Fixed: Virtuemart custom fields and category issues fixed.
- Fixed: Virtuemart category module issue fixed.
- Fixed: SP Simple Portfolio masonry grid is now showing grid properly on page load.
- Updated: Logo (main logo) is now showing without dependancy on GD (PHP) library.
- Fixed: Smooth Scroll (Onepage or back to top) speed fixed.
- Updated: Intro (Full article) image is now centered in Joomla articles.
- Fixed: Icons (print-edit) is now fixed.
- Fixed: Article Categories error fixed.
- Fixed: Latest Posts (custom addon for SPPB) 0 Error fixed.
- Fixed all known issues.

September 14 2022 – Version 3.9.8

- Joomla CMS updated to 4.2.2 and Joomla 3.10.11 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- Updated: SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.8.8 version.
- Updated: Virtuemart updated to 4.0.7 version (Joomla 4 compatible).
- Fixed: Logo display issue is now fixed, for Default, Retina, Mobile and "Sticky" (additional) logo. Logo is not repeating anymore.
- Fixed: Preloader (spinner) issue with the javascript (spinning). Now javascript has been re-written and now working in all browsers.
- Fixed: Modal Login module (template's override). Javascript has been changed and now there is no JS conflict blocking modal.
- Added: "Multi-factor Authentication" added to Login module and component (template's override), from Joomla 4.2.2.
- Fixed: Issues with masonry fixed in articles and featured articles, and now masonry added to VirtueMart (category view).
- Fixed: Featured articles issue with Joomla 4.2.2 resolved.
- Updated: Multi-lingual Switcher module has been updated (re-written). 
- Updated: RTL CSS (Less) has been change for new Bootstrap 5 and J4 support.
- Updated: Acymailing (Starter) updated to 7.9.4 version (Joomla 4 compatible).
- Fixed all known issues.

August 1 2022 – Version 3.9.7 – Joomla 4 and Joomla 3 Compatibility

- All files are re-encoded for Joomla 4 (and J3) compatibility.
- Joomla CMS updated to 4.1.5 and Joomla 3.10.10 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- Updated: Bootstrap updated to 5.1.3 version.
- Updated: Helix3 framework updated to 3.0.2 version (Joomla 4 compatible).
- jQuery 3.x upgraded (from jQuery 1.x).
- PHP 8.x support added. Flex is now compatible with all PHP versions from 7.4.x to PHP 8.1.x.
- Updated: SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.8.7 version.
- Updated: SP Simple Portfolio updated to 2.0.7 version.
- Updated: Ajax Intro Articles Module updated to 1.3 version  (Joomla 4 compatible).
- Updated: AP Smart LayerSlider Module updated to 3.7 (Joomla 3 Only, not compatible with Joomla 4).
- Updated: Virtuemart updated to 4.0.6 version (Joomla 4 compatible).
- Updated: Acymailing (Starter) updated to 7.9.2 version (Joomla 4 compatible).
- Updated: SP Cookie Consent updated to 1.1 version (Joomla 4 compatible).
- Fixed all known issues.

December 13 2021 – Version 3.9.6

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.10.3 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.8.1 version.
- SP Simple Portfolio updated to 2.0.5 version.
- Fixed: "Add to Cart" button in VM. Now showing updated number in shopping cart at first click.
- Fixed: show / hide title for custom fields. Now showing or hiding the title, if enabled in VM.
- Fixed all known issues.

September 10 2021 – Version 3.9.5

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.10.1 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.7.14 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.8.9 version.
- SP Simple Portfolio updated to 2.0.3 version.
- Fixed all known issues.

March 19 2021 – Version 3.9.4

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.25 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.7.9 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.8.9 version.
- SP Simple Portfolio updated to 2.0 version.
- Helix3 framework updated to 2.5.8 version.
- Fixed issue with LESS Compiler in Helix3 (2.5.8) and PHP 7.4 compatibility.
- Fixed all known issues.

November 19 2020 – Version 3.9.3

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.22 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.7.6 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.8.6 version.
- Updated: FontAwesome icons has been updated to 5.15.1 version.
- Updated: Modal Login has been rewritten. Now it is written in pure javascript.
- New: Backdrop (blur) filter added to the Header (background).
- Fixed issues within VM template override files (addtocartbar.php, select_payment.php and select_shipment.php).
- Fixed all known issues.

July 8 2020 – Version 3.9.2

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.19 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.7.3 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.8.4 version.
- Fixed all known issues.

May 22 2020 – Version 3.9.1

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.18 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.7.2 version.
- Updated: FontAwesome icons has been updated to 5.13.0 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.8.2 version.
- SP Simple Portfolio updated to 1.9 version.
- New: 68+ "Multicolor Gradients" ready to use CSS classes.
- Added: new options in "Helix Page Title" (Menu manager): Page Title Heading (H1 - H6), Page Title Sizes (desktop/tablet/mobile), letter spacing, Subtitle color and size.
- Fixed all known issues.

February 23 2020 – Version 3.9

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.15 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.7.0 version.
- Updated: FontAwesome icons has been updated from 4.7 to 5.12.1 version.
- SP Simple Portfolio updated to 1.8 version.
- Vertical style has been added to "Tabs" addon for SPPB.
- Fixed all known issues.

December 23 2019 – Version 3.8.3

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.14 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.6.5 version.
- Image "Alt" added in Intro and Full article images (Blog)
- Fix issue for "Masonry" Blog, where intro articles were overlapping links, due to "Lazy loading".
- Fixed all known issues.

November 25 2019 – Version 3.8.2

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.13 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.6.4 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.6.10 version.
- Fixed all known issues.

September 8 2019 – Version 3.8.1

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.6.2 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.6.0 version.
- Fixed all known issues.

August 19, 2019 – Version 3.8

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.11 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.6.1 version.
- Fixed: Progress Bar animation fixed with new SPPB.
- Fixed: Front-end editing (Articles) issue with modal and editor fixed.
- Fixed: Slick Carousel addon for SPPB, issue with new admin fixed.
- Fixed all known issues.

June 14, 2019 – Version 3.7

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.8 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.5.0 version.
- SP Simple Portfolio updated to 1.7 version.
- Fixed: Caption for Article blog image.
- Fixed: Error message for Logo text in logo.php
- Fixed: Generated <br /> in Virtuemart's product details.
- Fixed: SP Page Builder Module content
- Fixed all known issues.

March 18, 2019 – Version 3.6

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.4 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.4.5 version.
- New: "Slideshow" Addon for SP Page Builder.
- New: "Form Builder" Addon for SP Page Builder.
- New: "Image Layouts" Addon for SP Page Builder.
- New: "Articles Scrollers" Addon for SP Page Builder.
- Updated: Bootstrap updated to version 3.4.1.
- Updated: SmoothScroll.js updated to version 1.4.9.
- Updated: Acymailing (Starter) updated to version 6.1.2.
- Fixed all known issues.

December 25, 2018 – Version 3.5

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.1 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.3.8 version.
- New: "Lazy Loading for Images" included in template, with option (enable/disable) in template's admin.
- New: Google Fonts API Key adding option in template's admin.
- New: Blog feature image alter text field.
- Fixed: Google Fonts automatic update blank issue fixed.
- Added: “Edit with SP Page Builder” link for front-end article editing (you have to update "Joomla Article Integrations").
- New: Static rating option added to the "Testimonial" addon for SPPB.
- New: Vertical divider option added to the "Divider" addon for SPPB.
- Fixed all known issues.

November 26, 2018 – Version 3.4.2

- Fixed: "In stock/Out of Stock" added in Category view, in Virtuemart (template's override).
- Fixed: "Add to Cart" button added even if it is "Out of Stock" scenario, in Virtuemart (template's override).
- Fixed all known issues.

November 22, 2018 – Version 3.4.1

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.3.6 version.
- Fixed: "Button" and "Modal" Addons now have fixed full width button and alignment.
- Fixed: Folder "webfonts" added in templateDetails.xml file, in order to refresh templates/flex/webfonts folder due to problem with Google Fonts "update".
- Fixed all known issues.

November 2, 2018 – Version 3.4

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.9.0 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.3.5 version.
- Added: New "Privacy Tool Suite" (new in Joomla 3.9) implemented in both Quickstarts.
- Added: "SP Cookie Consent" plugin implemented in both Quickstarts.
- Added: "Feature Box" Addon - new "Hover" options in template's override.
- Fixed all known issues.

October 21, 2018 – Version 3.3

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.8.13 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.3.3 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.4.2 version.
- Fixed: "Back to Category" button fix in SP Simple Portfolio > Item (template's override).
- Fixed: Button, Divider, Modal Popup Addons - button alignment issue fixed in template's overrides.
- Fixed: "Google Map" Addon - fixed javascript error (road.all) in template's override.
- Fixed all known issues.

October 1, 2018 – Version 3.2

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.8.12 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.3 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.4 version.
- Added: "Sticky Header Appear Point" field option in template's admin > Header. Now you can add custom "appear point" (pixels) from the top, to show Sticky Header, while scrolling.
- Added: Field option in "Helix Page Title" (Menu manager) custom color for Helix Page Title (Page Title/Subtitle Color).
- Fixed: Custom CSS and JS added for "Coming Soon" page.
- Fixed: "Person" and "Plyr - HTML5 media player" updated with new admin, compatible with SPPB 3.
- Fixed all known issues.

August 2, 2018 – Version 3.1

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.8.11 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.2.6 version.
- Removed: “Folcomedia - Cookies Alert” Plugin, replaced with SP Cookie Consent.
- Fixed: Front editing (articles) fixed in edit.php (HTML override).
- Fixed: SP Simple Portfolio fixes for popup images - 4 options for popup sizes.
- Fixed: Language Switcher module displays inline is now fixed for all module positions.
- Fixed: "Image Content" Addon for SP Page Builder fixed for RTL.
- Fixed: "Button" Addon for SP Page Builder fixed, to avoid loading forever (front editing).
- Fixed: AP Smart LayerSlider fix for for "arrows" (left/right), not showing arrows on some servers.
- Fixed all known issues.

June 28, 2018 – Version 3.0.4

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.8.10 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.2.4 version.
- Fixed: Joomla 3.8.10 menu compatibility issue.

June 18, 2018 – Version 3.0.3

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.2.3 version.
- Fixed: "Sticky Logo" and all logo images "maximum" height.
- Fixed and improved "Strip Whitespace" option in template's admin > Advanced > Strip Whitespace.
- PHP 7.2 compatibility issue fixed for template admin > Layout.
- Fixed: Checkboxes issue fixed.
- Fixed all known issues.

May 23, 2018 – Version 3.0.2

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.8.8 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- Added: “Folcomedia - Cookies Alert” Plugin, for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Added: Ajax Contact Form Addon for SPPB now has checkbox for GDPR Privacy Policy.
- Mootools fix improved.
- Fixed all known issues.

May 15, 2018 – Version 3.0.1

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.2.1 version.
- Fixed all known issues.

May 4, 2018 – Version 3.0

- New: "Ajax Intro Articles" Module with masonry and equal heights grid, with ajax "Load More".
- New: Header and "Sticky" Header re-designed. Total control over Header and "Sticky" Header, in template's admin > "Header" tab.
- New: Custom Logo for “Sticky Header” (PNG, JPG, GIF, or SVG graphic).
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.1.3 version.
- Joomla CMS updated to 3.8.7 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- Helix3 framework updated to version 2.5.3.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.2.14.
- Added: Menu items (links) in Off Canvas Menu, will now close "Off Canvas" on "Click".
- Added: Modal Login (module override) is now with "Secret key" 
- Added: Custom Off Canvas Background and Text Color in template's admin > Menu (tab)
- Added: Background size, attachment and position properties added for background image in "Helix Page Title" 
- Fixed: SP Page Builder page is now "fluid" when you have "left" or "right" module position active on SPPB page
- Fixed: Virtuemart prices (Calculation with Tax) Fixed
- Fixed: LTR-RTL fix for "additional images" (virtuemart.less and rtl.less) 
- Fixed all known issues.
- Documentation improved.

February 17, 2018 – Version 2.9.1

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.1.1 version.
- Joomla CMS updated to 3.8.5 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- Helix3 framework updated to version 2.5.1
- SP Simple Portfolio updated to version 1.6
- Added: Options to select each of "Social Share" buttons in Template's admin > Blog > Social Share.
- New: All addons for SPPB that are using buttons now support "gradient colors", new feature in SPPB 3.1.1 for buttons.
- Fixed all known issues.
- Documentation improved.

February 2, 2018 – Version 2.9

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.1 version.
- Joomla CMS updated to 3.8.4 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- New: "Animated Headlines" Addon for SP Page Builder.
- 30+ Addons for SP Page Builder updated and fixed for compatibility with SPPB 3.1, in template's override.
- New: Virtuemart registration added to Cart page in Virtuemart.
- Fixed: Front-end article editing.
- Fixed: Registration and shopper information in Cart page in Virtuemart.
- Update: All demo pages (SP Page Builder) in Quickstart packages updated for compatibility with SP Page Builder 3.1.
- Fixed all known issues.

January 3, 2018 – Version 2.8.1

- Virtuemart updated to 3.2.12.
- Fixed: Admin for 30+ Addons for SP Page Builder updated and fixed for compatibility with SPPB 3.x, in template's override. SPPB admin is now working properly within Articles (Joomla Integration).
- Fixed: Boxed Layout (Header) is now responsive for all devices.
- Fixed: Login in Cart page (Virtuemart).
- Fixed all known issues.

December 19, 2017 – Version 2.8

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 3.0.4 version.
- Joomla CMS updated to 3.8.3 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.2.10.
- New: Gallery Post slider changed to "LightSlider", with many options in "Helix Blog Options".
- 30+ Addons for SP Page Builder updated and fixed for compatibility with SPPB 3.x, in template's override.
- New: Virtuemart registration added to Cart page in Virtuemart.
- Fixed: tables in Cart page, in Virtuemart.
- Update: All demo pages (SP Page Builder) in Quickstart packages updated for compatibility with SP Page Builder 3.x.
- Fixed all known issues.

September 23, 2017 – Version 2.7

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 2.5.3 version.
- Joomla CMS updated to 3.8.0 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Simple Portfolio updated to 1.5 version.
- Update: "Latest Posts" Addon for SP Page Builder: "Readmore" button added and Masonry layout (optional).
- Fixed: "Onepage" Off-canvas menu links - scroll.
- New: VM (Virtuemart) option to change Shoppergroup (added in VM 3.2.4).
- Fixed: Megamenu 3rd and 4th level and "Mobile" menu (click/hover on mobile devices).
- Fixed: Error page (error.php) compatibility added for Joomla 3.8.
- Fixed all known issues.

August 8, 2017 – Version 2.6

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 2.5.1 version.
- Joomla CMS updated to 3.7.4 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- New: Masonry Blog option added, for native Joomla Blog (articles), with options for custom background color and spacing. Option in template's admin to choose between two Blog layouts: "Masonry" and "Classic".
- Fixed: Login/Logout "MyAccount" revisited, with new dropdown menu, supporting icons.
- New: Google Map Addon "Streetview" fixed and "Infowindow" (new).
- New: SmoothScroll (smoothscroll.js) enable/disable option in template's admin.
- Fixed: Front-end editing for Articles (Images and Links).
- Fixed: Language Switcher (full name and only code name).
- Fixed: Body background color fixed and "Boxed Layout" background color added (new).
- Fixed all known issues.

June 9, 2017 – Version 2.5.2

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 2.4.7 version.
- New: External image link for “Image” addon, following SPPB update.
- New: Slide interval and speed added in Testimonial Pro, Carousel & Carousel Pro addons, following SPPB update.
- Fixed: Image addon gets Alt and Title attribute fields, following SPPB update.
- Fixed all known issues.

June 8, 2017 – Version 2.5.1

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 2.4.6 version.
- Joomla CMS updated to 3.7.2 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- New: Compress HTML (strip whitespace) option added to template's admin > Advanced.
- Contact Form Addon added Google reCaptcha system, following SPPB update.
- Fixed: Background colour for both fluid and boxed layout.
- Fixed: Blog item option for hiding/showing Article title.
- Fixed all known issues.

May 16, 2017 – Version 2.5

- Joomla CMS updated to 3.7.0 version, in both Quickstart installations.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 2.4.5 version.
- SP Simple Portfolio updated to 1.4 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.2.2 version, both in Quickstart and Extensions folder.
- NEW: "Parallax" effect added to all background images, with "parallax" CSS Class.
- NEW: Accordion vertical menu (module's alternative) added, now for all module positions.
- NEW: Added new options to "Helix Page Title". Now you can "align" Page Title (left, center, right), change Page title size, height, enable/disable "Parallax" effect, and include Breadcrumbs (below title).
- NEW: Added new "Full Window Background" Homepage in demo.
- REMOVED: "Include Component Anywhere - Plugin for Flex" removed due to incompatibility with Joomla 3.7.
- Updated: Flickr Gallery addon for SPPB, now supports lightbox gallery.
- Updated: Accordion addon for SPPB now has an option to close all panels at start.
- Fixed all known issues.

April 12, 2017 – Version 2.4

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 2.4.2 version.
- Virtuemart updated to 3.2.1 version, both in Quickstart and Extensions folder.
- NEW: Discount price and "percent off" added to Virtuemart's category and product pages.
- Fixed: Front-editing fix for Images and Links (front edit in articles).
- Fixed all known issues.

March 22, 2017 – Version 2.3.1

- Virtuemart updated to 3.2.0 version, both in Quickstart and Extensions folder.
- RTL Fixes: for Off Canvas menu, Ajax Off Canvas cart module and Timeline addon.

March 20, 2017 – Version 2.3

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 2.4.1 version.
- Fixed: Google Map addon issue with SP Page Builder's front-end editing.
- Fixed: Lightbox Gallery addon mobile view.
- Fixed: Person addon alt tag for images.
- Fix for VM Product module (mod_virtuemart_product) for default, list and single view.
- NEW: Accordion menu for VM Category module (mod_virtuemart_category).
- Fixed all known issues.

February 13, 2017 – Version 2.2

- Helix3 framework updated to version 1.9
- Added Helix Blog Options on front-end edit.
- Added auto load for custom.js if exists.
- Added background color for Body, in Boxed layout.
- Option to remove Joomla Generator Tag in template's admin.
- Icons are now included in "Off Canvas" menu.
- CSS & JS compression issue fixed.
- Logo h1 removed and SEO improved.
- Heading and separator menu type link issues fixed.
- Fix for Button, links and labels were disappearing in front-end editing.
- Fix in responsive.less, for mobile. User menu (Login Modal) dropdown on mobile now working.
- Fix for Comingsoon Logo. Custom logo (image) is showing properly.
- RTL Fix for Off Canvas menu
- Fixed all known issues.

January 22, 2017 – Version 2.1

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 2.3.5 version.
- Added styling for new "Timeline" addon for SP Page Builder.
- Added Touch-friendly support for dropdown navigation in Megamenu (for mobile devices).
- Fix for retina/default logo display on non-retina devices.
- Fix for VM Manufacturer (in details view). Now showing in category layout.
- Image Content addon (fix for show-hide button)
- Fixed all known issues.
- Documentation improved.

January 9, 2017 – Version 2.0

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 2.3.4 version.
- Update: 2 available Quickstart packages updated with latest Joomla 3.6.5 and all extensions.
- New: "Boxed Layout" is now with custom width, but still responsive and with custom top and bottom "spacing".
- New: 8 available CSS "Preloaders" (page preloader) with custom RGBA (semi-transparent) background.
- New: Copyright notice with dynamic {year} to show current year.
- New: Native "Offline Page", now with custom background image and countdown timer (similar to "Coming Soon" page).
- New: 8 Preset Styles. Each of presets now has additional options for custom Header and "Sticky" Header height and background colours (RGBA semi-transparent) for header and dropdown menu.
- New: Flexbox finally in Flex template styling. Flexbox Layout (display: flex;) introduced to many parts of template's layout, specially in Header.
- New: "Search" toggle module introduced in Header.
- Fixed: In template's admin > Layout manager > Main Body (Component), now can be "Fluid" or "Boxed" (container-fluid or container).
- New: Added "dropdown" option for languages (with flags) in multi-lingual websites.
- New: In template's admin > Menu (tab), 8 available dropdown animations and 5 "Off canvas" animations.
- Updated: Mootools Fixes. In template's admin > Advanced (tab), two options: to enable/disable Mootools library and to enable/disable Mootools Fix (for various conflicts with jQuery).
- Updated: Social Share on: Facebook, Twitter, Google and Linkedin, in native Joomla articles and Blog.
- New: PrettyPhoto Modal and Countdown (timer) addons for SP Page Builder added.
- Fixed: VM Category custom fields.
- Fixed: VM Fancybox Popup image and buttons (mobile view).
- Fixed: VM Cart module (fix for <hr /> tag in Firefox).
- Fixed: VM Product page (review-rating-stock) enable-disable working now.
- Fixed: VM mod_virtuemart_product (default style headings - titles to be same size).
- Updated: RTL (rtl.less) Improved. 
- Fixed: Video Post fix for Youtube (URL fix).
- Fixed all known issues.
- Documentation improved.

September 25, 2016 – Version 1.9

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 1.4 version.
- VirtueMart updated to 3.0.18 version.
- Update: 2 available Quickstart packages updated with latest Joomla 3.6.2 and all extensions.
- Fixed issue with LESS Compiler, showing 0 error page.
- Improved: striped tags in "Latest Posts: addon for SP Page Builder.
- Improved: AP Smart LayerSlider's admin.
- Fixed: Front-end editing, image select and tabs.
- Fix for VM Review tab.
- Fixed pagination for mobile view (pagination.less).
- Fixed all known issues.
- Documentation improved.

July 19, 2016 – Version 1.8

- Update: 2 available Quickstart packages updated with latest Joomla 3.6.
- New: Option to have “Accordion style” vertical “Off Canvas” menu, for mobile view.
- Some fixes in Virtuemart’s PrettyPhoto styling for responsive layouts.
- RTL styling fixes in rtl.less file.
- Fixed all known issues.
- Documentation improved.

July 4, 2016 – Version 1.7

- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 1.3 version.
- New: Plyr - HTML5 Media Player, addon for SP Page Builder added.
- Fixed all known issues.
- Documentation improved.

June 22, 2016 – Version 1.6

- New: 2 available Quickstart packages: with or without Virtuemart.
- New: Custom Post Format introduced for blogging in Joomla’s articles.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 1.1.0 version.
- SP Simple Portfolio updated to 1.0.3 version. Added button “Back to Category” in Item view.
- Font Awesome icons updated to 4.6.3 (634+ Icons), both in template and SP Page Builder.
- New: Custom icons for post formats in template’s admin.
- New: Mootools Fixes. Now you have options in template’s admin to remove Mootools or fix conflict with Mootools library.
- Virtuemart's shipment and payment method fixed.
- Fixed all known issues.
- Documentation improved.

April 28, 2016 – Version 1.5

- Quickstart package updated with Joomla 3.5.1.
- New plugin: Include Component in Article.
- Onepage version included in Quickstart.
- New: Bootstrap modal Login.
- New: SVG option for logo and "retina" logo. Fixed in logo.php.
- Virtuemart's one page checkout fixed.
- SP Page Builder (pro) updated to 1.0.9 version.
- VirtueMart updated to 3.0.16 version.
- Fixed all known issue.
- Documentation improved.

March 30, 2016 – Version 1.4

- Quickstart package updated with Joomla 3.5.
- AP Smart LayerSlider is updated to version 3.4. Now, it automatically starts playing video on the first slide.
- Fixed: Articles Blog layout fix.
- Improvements in RTL languages support in rtl.less file.
- Added: Instagram icon added to “Social Icons” in template's settings.
- VirtueMart Home Page Settings fix for all views.
- Documentation improved.

March 18, 2016 – Version 1.3

- Major improvements in RTL languages support. 
- Improved: SP Simple Portfolio has additional, custom background color for columns and options to enable/disable “View”, “Zoom” and “Tags”.
- Person addon for Page Builder with new “Flip” style.

March 4, 2016 – Version 1.2

- AP Smart LayerSlider and SP Simple Portfolio included in package, in required "Extensions" folder
- Improved: Updated privileges for Quickstart folder (permissions 700 changed to 755). Note: install Quickstart with 755 permissions. 700 permission was causing problems on some servers.
- Minor improvement in headers.less file.
- comingsoon.php updated. Logo is centered on mobile devices.

February 29, 2016 – Version 1.1

- SP Page Builder Pro v.1.0.8 included in package, in required "Extensions" folder
- Improved: RTL support in Slick Carousel (Addon for SP Page Builder)
- Added option to enable/disable page loader in template's admin

February 26, 2016 – Version 1.0

- First release.