In the world of Joomla! CMS, you can choose pretty much any functionality for your website. As the Internet is expanding and an insatiable demand for information exchange is driving users to always look for the better, the faster, the catchier places to virtually hang out, we find ourselves drifting further apart from each other. For such technological evolution, we needed a solution to keep our emotional needs up with the pace.
Statistically speaking, 5% of U.S. citizens who are in a marriage or a committed relationship state they began their love story online [1]. The phenomenon of online dating has turned into a billion-dollar industry in less than 10 years! Sensing this increased demand a while ago, thePHPFactory has developed one of the most popular Joomla! extension for virtual romantics - Love Factory Users benefit from fully editable member pages and custom fields which can be set by the website administrator. With just a few clicks, Love Factory can be configured to be the ultimate dating solution for Joomla! enthusiasts, as shown on the Demo Server.
Functionality and resource management (choosing a trusted hosting provider, getting the right security certificates etc.) play two essential roles for the website's success, however converting a visitor into a member takes more than that. The visual impact of the main page, the ease of navigation through the website's menu, the possibility to access your account from a mobile device - these are the ingredients that offer users a sense of trust and satisfaction. For this reason, we have picked out a few of our users' favorite Joomla! template providers to highlight [2]:
 | Rocket Theme has been on the market for 11 years, formerly known as mambodev.com. They are a major player within the international Joomla! community and has an impressive portfolio of over 100 responsive templates, ranging from business, travel, health to entertainment or financial. Some of the best templates to be used for dating platforms [3] are Reaction, Chimera and Osmosis . | |
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| GavickPro is a Polish template developer that is popular among Joomla! and WordPress users alike. Their unique styles and layouts transform any dull page into a new-age, sophisticated invitation to learn more. Some of the most visually appealing are University, Photo and Event Manager | |
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| JoomlaShack are the proud developers that first brought to us the official Template Design guide for www.joomla.org and 10 years later, they are still delivering quality, light templates for amazing deals! Our customers were especially pleased with Socialite, Collective and Pigment
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| Theme Forest, powered by Envato, is a conglomerate of websites addressing freelance developers who wish to earn more from their passion. It is a perfect meeting point between supply and demand, all organized and neat. Some of the template highlights available are Luv, Aura and Conatus
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| Shape 5 delivers high quality products that not only look good, but are also compact and SEO friendly. They are constantly updating their portfolio, which includes beautiful layouts like Pantheon or Prestige Academy | |
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| Joomla51 are fairly new in this competition pool of most aesthetically pleasing content management system template, however the Irish team knows a thing or two about elegance, style and simplicity. A few examples of "less is more" are found in Calibra, Lifestyle or Vitality
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| JoomlArt has been part of the CMS industry since 2006, contributing with neatly tailored templates for multiple purposes. One of the most recent additions to their portfolio is the template Uber, which gives the webmaster flexibility to adapt it to any kind of Joomla! website. It is built with T3 Framework template with Bootstrap 3, and the Advanced Custom Module. | |
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| JoomlaBamboo is nature's way of invading the artificial world. Their dedicated team of professionals make available some of the freshest and most "eco" designs and layouts. For the administrator who wishes for a more "vivid" atmosphere on their dating website, they should look no far than Ecolife, RASA2 or BASE3
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| Joomlage joined the great Joomla! template master race back in 2010 and so far, have designed stylish, sassy templates for the new age client who wants all the cards on the table. Some of the most inspiring models are Canvas, CarVe or Escape
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[1] source: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/20/5-facts-about-online-dating/
[2] Please note that we are not responsible for any display issues that may occur when using the above mentioned templates in combination with any Joomla! extension!
[3] Please note that for a perfect view, all templates need to be adjusted, depending on the site requirements. 
