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Over the last few weeks we have been working hard at updating all of our responsive site shapers to the newest Joomla 3.5.1, and we are happy to announce that this project is now complete! So now all brand new installations will be running the latest software updates right from the start. Of course, anyone already running Joomla can update Joomla at any time as well directly form the backend of Joomla. Joomla 3.5 brings a lot of great new features and harnesses the power and speed of php7! If you haven't tried out Joomla 3.5 yet, our Joomla 3 products are fully compatible with this latest version and we suggest upgrading today to receive all the latest upgrades and security updates.

We have recently discovered a security vulnerability in our S5 Media Player V2 plugin that could potentially allow someone to download unintended files, including system files, through it's download feature which is intended for mp3 files. This affects all verions 2.2 and lower. The latest 2.3 version has been updated to fix this issue and can be downloaded at the link below. We do not use this plugin very often and is included in our Game World and Risen Hope site shapers; which have also been updated to the latest versions. If you are unsure if you use this plugin simply search for "S5 Media Player" in Joomla's Plugin Manager to verify.

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Joomla has announced the official release of Joomla 3.5! This release brings 34 new features, including drag and drop images. You can read more about the update here:

https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5654-joomla-3-5-is-here.html

We have tested numerous Shape5 Vertex templates with 3.5 and have not found any problems with our products running in 3.5. We feel confident that you can safely upgrade any Vertex install.

Forte, one of our popular free designs is now available for WordPress! Forte was designed to showcase off the many great features of our Vertex framework. It's clean design will adapt most any kind of website. Forte brings features and design that you would expect to see in a paid theme, but we are offering this amazing theme totally for free to introduce you to the power of our Vertex framework, which our paid theme are built on and share most of the same features.

This theme comes with many great features such as: customized S5 Image and Content Fader styling, custom highlight color, custom font options, enable or disable uppercase letters, hide sub arrows, full control over the body shadow, adjust the background and row colors via the Vertex admin, and much more! The best feature of Forte though is that it is 100% free! Be sure to check out the demo to see this and all of the other great features in action!

You can read more about Forte here:

http://www.shape5.com/wordpress/free_themes/forte_-_free_wordpress_theme.html

We are happy to announce that Vertex 4 for WordPress is now ready for download. You can head on over to the Vertex Framework download area, navigate to WordPress and grab the patch to upgrade your existing Vertex site to Vertex 4. Vertex 4 is completely backward compatible with previous Vertex themes, so you can continue using your old Vertex themes after patching!

You can read out more about the latest additions and features in our previous blog post here: http://www.shape5.com/blog/Vertex-4-Beta-Has-Been-Released.html

We are pleased to announce the release of Forte, a 100% free template for our Joomla users! Forte was designed to showcase off the many great features of our Vertex framework. It's clean design will adapt most any kind of website. Forte brings features and design that you would expect to see in a paid template, but we are offering this amazing template totally for free to introduce you to the power of our Vertex framework, which our paid templates are built on and share most of the same features.

This template comes with many great features such as: customized S5 Image and Content Fader styling, custom highlight color, custom font options, enable or disable uppercase letters, hide sub arrows, full control over the body shadow, adjust the background and row colors via the Vertex admin, and much more! The best feature of Forte though is that it is 100% free! Be sure to check out the demo to see this and all of the other great features in action!

You can read more about Forte here:

http://www.shape5.com/product_details/free_templates/forte_-_free_joomla_template.html

We are happy to announce that Vertex 4 for Joomla is now out of beta, stable and ready for download. You can head on over to the free templates area under the Vertex Joomla template and grab the patch to upgrade your existing Vertex site to Vertex 4. Again Vertex 4 is completely backward compatible with Vertex 3 so you can continue using your old Vertex 3 templates with Vertex 4!

You can read out more about the latest additions and features in our previous blog post here: http://www.shape5.com/blog/Vertex-4-Beta-Has-Been-Released.html

 NOTE: If you have the BETA version of Vertex 4 installed be sure to upgrade with this stable patch as updates were made and several bugs squashed during the process.

We are extremely excited to announce a new feature of our website called Custom Services.

This service was designed specifically to help take the stress and frustration out of any projects you may be working on and pair you with an experienced Shape5 developer to get them completed much faster.

We have a variety of services that we offer with both fixed prices or quotes based on the type of work you are looking to get completed. All the work is completed in house by our development teams and nothing is ever outsourced to 3rd party companies. We highly recommend taking advantage of this service promptly as spaces may become limited very fast and trigger a priority queue.

This service is now officially live and can be viewed on the following link:

http://www.shape5.com/custom_services.html

If you have any questions about a specific service please fill out one of the forms at the above link and we will be in contact with you promptly.

We are celebrating the beta release of our Vertex 4 framework with great savings for our Shape5 customers! From now until July 22, 2015 receive 25% off of any new or renewing membership of any level!

Find out more about Vertex 4 here.

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We are very excited to announce the release of Vertex 4 Beta! This version is not meant for production sites, it is meant for customer testing only. We have spent hundreds of hours developing and debugging this new version, and the result is a faster framework, consolidated backend, and easier to use interface. If you would like to take part in this beta test, more information about the Vertex 4 patch is found at the bottom of this article, as well as where to report any feedback or issues you encounter. We appreciate your time and hope you enjoy this new version of Vertex!