Linux:

CrypticSites.com

Free Joomla! 1.5 Templates

I've been creating Joomla! templates since 2008; in the site linked above, you can find 15 (or more) of them, for free.  I tend to specialize in dark backgrounds, so you may find some original new designs you haven't seen before.

The new site design is a real departure -- Come see!

 

 

Joomla! 1.6

CrypticJoom1pt6

Free Joomla 1.6 Templates

In April 2011, I finally got access to the new Joomla! 1.6, and set about making templates specifically for it.  As of 05/03/11, there are now 5 (or more) new Joomla! 1.6 templates, with more to come.  Those now available are free templates, but I have some plans for some premium templates, also.  Stay tuned!

 

ASP.NET:

CrypticSites.net

Free MojoPortal Skins

In June 2010 I began taking an interest in ASP.NET; after trying several others, I found MojoPortal, and it FAR surpasses anything I've come to expect of a CMS -- how about near-total transparency!  Since then I've converted quite a few of my Joomla! templates to Mojo skins, as well as created a few new designs that are exclusive to MojoPortal.

 

ASP.NET:

CrypticDNN

DNNdotnet-th

Free DotNetNuke Skins

One of the first ASP.NET applications I tried was DotNetNuke, but I found huge problems with load time; recently, I finally solved this problem, so now the site will load in a normal amount of time, and it's now not a bad CMS at all.  Most of these skins are brand-new designs, though I have converted a few of my more popular designs to the DNN format.


 
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011 21:48

I've updated the top panel links, to include my DotNetNuke site, since I've finally solved one its major problems: loading speed.  I've got some new DNN skins available, some of which are brand-new designs, and some are versions of some of my other-CMS designs.  If you like DNN but also have this loading speed problem, go visit http://www.nitroconnection.net/ -- I think it will solve your problem as it solved mine, by issuing a "keepalive" hit to your KeepAlive.aspx every 15 minutes, which defeats the dumping of the App Pool if have a low-traffic site and don't get a hit for 20 minutes.  It's free, and it really seems to work.

And after you fix your keepalive problem, come see my skins at http://dnn.crypticsites.net!  They're free too!

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 May 2011 21:56
 
An Access Change in Menu PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 23 May 2011 08:50

You may notice a change in the Main Menu, if you're not registered; I have been forced to make the Contact link for registered users only, due to the incidence of spam -- so thank the spammers; if you want to contact me, you'll have to register.  That way, at the very least, I will have the IP of anyone who spams me, so I can report them to their ISP and (hopefully) have their internet access CANCELLED.

 

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Last Updated on Monday, 23 May 2011 08:53
 
Making Progress! PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 21 January 2011 17:59

As promised, I've been busy getting the site together, and have finally gotten a small series of short articles online, below, in the "Commentary" section.  I named it that not just because it contains my own comments on various Linux and ASP.NET issues and programs, but because I want your comments, too!  I'm sure there must be some reaction to at least some of my opinions, so let's hear 'em!

I have a few more remarks on various ASP.NET applications, but wanted to get some of this online without further delay -- more to come!

 

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Last Updated on Friday, 21 January 2011 18:08
 
Update 05/03/11 PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 03 May 2011 17:27

I haven't been back around to update this site in a while, due to a) moving to a new host, back in March, and b) working with a couple of new Joomla! 1.6 sites, and c) creating some new 1.6 templates, for the new site shown up above in the top-banner area -- CrypticJoom1pt6 -- I hope you'll visit and see the new templates; although there aren't yet a whole lot of them, I'm working as fast as I can, I swear!  If I ever get the time, I also plan to post some articles and comments relating to some of the new features in 1.6.

 

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 May 2011 17:39
 
Just getting started... PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 10 January 2011 19:00

If you're here, I'm both a) delighted, and b) surprised, because this particular site is just getting started -- I'm trying to bring together my various efforts at skins, templates, and themes, in some coherent presentation.

I haven't found a great many sites that have something to offer users of both Linux and Windows/ASP.NET servers; there seems a sharp division there, which I don't really understand, though they are very different experiences from the point of view of the CMS webmaster.  I'm quite interested in hearing from other webmasters/designers who have used both and have some basis for comparison.

Stay tuned; I'll try to get things together quickly.

 

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Last Updated on Friday, 21 January 2011 18:09
 

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    I've been a webmaster since late 1999, and up until June of last year (2010), exclusively used Linux servers. I've familiarized myself, to some degree, with many different php-flavored CMS and blog and various other types of software, and after almost 3 years' experience with Joomla!, I find it to be the best compromise, in the Linux world, between power and user-friendliness.

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    I have only about six months' experience with ASP.NET, self-taught just as I have been with Linux, so I don't yet have the depth of practical knowledge earned with eleven years' experience of Linux.  I also have to say that if I had not discovered MojoPortal, and the community that surrounds it, I probably would not have persevered even with creating a site on an ASP.NET server, nevermind coming to know a program well enough to create skins for it.

    I have seldom encountered such a helpful forum and community as that which accompanies MojoPortal; if you ask a question at their forum, no matter how "newb" or completely-in-the-dark (as I was at first, and still am to some degree), someone (usually the Mojo creator, Joe Audette -- to whom my hat is OFF!) will generally give you a very helpful answer, often within a matter of hours, if not minutes, and no one will ridicule you for being so ignorant as to ask such a question -- it's positively warm and fuzzy how welcoming the MojoPortal folks are!

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