Hello Drupallers! I wanted to make a post to address some confusion about our sites and plans going forward. As you (hopefully) know, we’ve launched our new theming system and line of premium themes, called Fusion.

Here’s the status:

• Half a dozen TNT themes have been rebuilt as Fusion themes, and their product pages here on TopNotchThemes point to the new version
• Themes will continue to be ported, at least a couple a month until all popular themes have been upgraded
• Several new theme designs are also up on the Fusion site, and all future themes will be Fusion only
• After most themes have been upgraded (likely Q3), TopNotchThemes.com will no longer operate as a theme store and will relaunch as our company site showcasing custom work and design/Drupal theming services

So… should I still buy a TopNotchThemes.com theme?

Absolutely! Our TNT Drupal themes are still awesome themes and 110% supported. You’ll get a free upgrade to the Fusion version when it’s released, so don’t hesitate if there is a design that you love here on the site that’s not yet available as a Fusion theme.

What about the Acquia themes?

Acquia Marina has a 3.x Fusion port up, and Acquia Slate’s is coming very very soon. The 2.x (non-Fusion) branch of the free Acquia themes will continue to be supported, but once the 3.x branches hit beta, we recommend that you upgrade for all the new hotness.

Thanks for your patience during our period of transition!

We’ve been very hard at work on the new Fusion themes and upcoming website. The third beta of Fusion will be coming in about a week, which will likely be our second-to-last beta. There are only a few items remaining before a release candidate.

Others in the Drupal community have been checking out Fusion’s potential, whether through releasing new themes or launching sites. Also, we’ve got initial docs up for both end users and subtheming.

If you haven’t had a chance to take it for a spin yet, Jeremy put together a pair of videos to give you a basic tour of Fusion and our first released subtheme, Acquia Prosper (the other Acquia themes are well on their way, just waiting for RTL).

Update: the Fusion base theme is now up on drupal.org, along with the Acquia Prosper subtheme! New site coming soon!

Since late last year we’ve been dreaming of a 2.0 for TopNotchThemes. Our current base theme packs in a TON of advanced features, but there is always room to evolve. So for the past few months we’ve been listening closely to our customers and the Drupal community, and plotting world domination a revolution in theming.

So much of what you want to do with your sites isn’t rocket science — if you’re already a Drupal themer! We’re talking about things like adding a slideshow or sidebar pullout menu, changing the theme width, adding a different list style, changing a block’s colours, centering banner ads, styling a View, floating article images, or changing the comment layout for a certain content type.

EDIT: Release is now up at http://drupal.org/project/acquia_prosper!

In partnership with Ubercart, Acquia, and Commerce Guys, TopNotchThemes is creating a free premium Drupal theme optimized for Ubercart e-commerce sites.

Our first community themes, Acquia Marina and Acquia Slate have been wildly successful, bringing more power, flexibility, and beautiful styling to thousands of Drupal sites.  We wanted to go further with a third theme and through our relationship with Ubercart, knew that this amazing suite of modules for Drupal needed the polished look and feel it deserves.

The theme will be optimized with the UberDrupal installation profile (based on Acquia Drupal) by Commerce Guys, who we’ll be working closely with to help turn this installation profile and demo site into something that really shows off the power of Ubercart.  Features here are to be determined, but will likely include things like ImageCache presets, blocks, Ubercart settings, and other contrib modules optimized for a full e-commerce site.

Now, we need your input to make this theme even better!  Here’s a list of the features and style we’re going to be aiming for, but we’d love to know what else you’d like to see in a killer Ubercart theme.  The initial design concepts are being started and we’ll soon set up a project page and post progress along the way.

There have been quite a few times where the question arises of how many layouts are possible with one of our themes. I chose RubySands to demonstrate the flexibility of a theme. It’s amazing how many different layouts can be created with the different placement of blocks and content. The framework is all there, just a matter of bringing everything together and making it work for you.