Parabola Theme sneak preview

Between fine-tuning the latest incarnations of Mantra, drinking our coffee, gaming like maniacs (more or less) and preparing ourselves for Mantra’s two year anniversary, we’ve also been very busy masterminding our next world-conquering creation – Parabola.

While theoretically being an offspring of Mantra, Parabola differentiates itself through its mathematically-precise design, lightness and abundance of corners.

How to install a WordPress theme

Installing a Wordpress theme can be easy or difficult, depending on the theme and it’s availability (or lack thereof) in the Wordpress themes directory.

The automatic installation process comes very handy with published themes, but sometimes things fail or themes are not available, and one must resort to the old fashioned files upload via FTP. This tutorial describes all ways.

CR2 Alter Menu update with new features

The latest version of CR2 Alter Menu module for OpenCart fixes a small bug related to newline characters in custom HTML wrapping used in extreme mode but also adds an awesome new feature: shortcodes!

Now one can easily include built-in OpenCart content to the main menu via shortcodes. Available options are….

Extensions updates for OpenCart 1.5.5.x

Today we are announcing the first round of compatibility updates to some of our extensions for the latest OpenCart versions: 1.5.5 and 1.5.5.1.

The following extensions have either been tested and deemed to work correctly or have been updated: Default-Black theme, Bloody-Black theme, CR2 Alter Menu module. CR2 Grid Enabler module, CR2 HTML Module (Pro) module

Riot Reactions » Cryout Creations reunification (II)

To finish something that we (should have) started almost a year ago, we will be switching the (now) Riot Reactions website back to the main domain and name – cryoutcreations.eu (and .com)

None of the content will change, everything will be kept as is – pages, comments, the forum. But we will have to take both domains off-line for a couple of hours while we move content […]

Server Maintenance

On the 5th of February we will be performing a bit of server maintenance.
While doing this, we might break stuff and make our website vanish from the internet. If that happens, do not worry, it will only be temporary and we will return.

This maintenance affects all our websites so the forum and premium support system might also be unavailable for a while.

Migration to a new support model

One year since opening up our support section we are now transitioning to a different support model.
We have split support into two separate sections:

  • free support, which is provided via a forum – this will help us avoid repeatable questions and hopefully help build a community willing to help itself;
  • premium support via tickets (email), included for all our commercial extensions and also available via donations for our free work;