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In my last post I outlined a few things I wanted to do with the White Space template. I wanted to keep it as clean and un-complicated as possible, but I wanted to add the convenience of a few extra features that didn't make it into the last release.

Along the way, my goal for White Space v.2.0 has changed a bit.  Digging into other commercial templates to see how things work has taught me a ton about template design and functionality. Looking at the various free 'starter' templates out there, I realized that there are very few bare-bones templates that have some of the more advanced whiz-bang features that some of the commercial templates have. So I've built in a few convenient starting points for other developers who want to take White Space and run with it. 

Some of those features include template parameters and a params.ini file. I've also integrated a really easy example of how to use it effectively in a site.  As well, there's a functions.php file that has a few tricks to make a template builder's life easier.

I have no intention of taking away anything from the commercial template builders out there. They are extending the limits of what Joomla can do with every new template they build. What I wanted though was a template that someone could learn the basics of 'the next step' when it comes to template building: not simply building the layout, but also building in some intelligence into the template.

I've got two more major things on the v2.0 to-do list, but I should be releasing it within the next week or two.