Ryan
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Yes it would be useful to be able to import all type of themes currently available
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Roel
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I agree. Importing an existing template would be a great feature.
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Andy
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Instead of an upload function an extended template layout would already have the same effect. Which would be my prefered option 
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Cas
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1. Do I understand correctly that this import-feature does NOT exist yet?
2. In artisteer I only get the possibility of opening a .artx-file, or 'recent file'. How would one go about at the moment one wishes to change an earlier made template-design? Will it be in the list of earlier files forever? Will I always be able to find an earlier design in this list so I cab edit it?
I'm hesitating about purchasing Artisteer...
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Jesus
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Cas,
You save it just like any other file. You can have as many templates as you'd like in artx format. I have a whole folder full of them. These can be opened and edited whenever you like. It's just like having a Microsoft Word file or something like that.
And no, there's currently no way to import an html/css template into the program.
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Cas
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@Jesus: thanx, clear, I must say It's good software, I expect it will save me a lot of time, import function for other designs would make the software complete
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Rob
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I'm really amased to see what this program can.
It's the price worth it, but the only thing I miss, is the posibility to import excisting templates.
It would be nice to pimp up excisting sites created with joomla.
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caz-daz
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there are loads of requests for this function
import an existing theme/template that was not built in
artisteer for wordpress joomla and more...
and if this was added dont you think that you would
be breaching someones copyright
like i have hundreds of premium wordpress themes
i made for one of my sites and these are themes with
loads of added features that artisteer cant build
and if someone came along and built a program that
could open my existing themes and hack them to bits
i would be pi33ed off to fcuk that one person bought one
of my themes hacked it to shreds and called it there own
having the import feature in this great program
would just be making it in to a hacking software
i would not recommend adding import
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Ronald
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Has anyone even taken a look at the code of a non-artisteer template and of the ones artisteer makes?
How in earth should artisteer know how to read it, it looks totally different.
Could imagine import of artisteer templates without having the artx but not from third-party templates.
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Dave
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I get that importing might not work very well...
however, how about a bit more of a WYSIWYG capability to drag elements around?
That and a new tab in the software that will allow you to past in some .css code you like for menu's and then it becomes an object you can insert and then drag around on the template page?
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doc exchange
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i think the suggestion above is a nice one - i.e. create an online area under this site where .artx files could be posted as a kind of 'user exchange'. as the .artx file contains all the neccesary payload, it would just be a matter of artisteer promoting and hosting the 'exchange'.
any takers???
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Blueeye
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This is a great software. I really think about buying it. But IMPORTING is A MUST HAVE! I do not agree with caz-daz! He is probably making his own temlates and is worried for copyright. This is another topic. Pimping up anothers work is used for years in different fields, like music, remix, audio samples are used to produce new songs with a popular familiar sound the crowd likes. On the other hand - you can download anyones fla or swf and edit it in software like Flash or Swish and pimp it up to something completely different or use it for learning purposes or similar stuff. IMPORTING is a MUST HAVE and I will buy it as soon this will be a part of Artisteer - I wil be more than happy to purchase this one!
PS. There even may be some incompatibilities to import foreign templates but at least you will get something on what you can work on.
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Rowbird
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Quote Andy:
Instead of an upload function an extended template layout would already have the same effect. Which would be my prefered option
I agree with this option. Importing would be nice, but I'd rather be able to manipualte the template layout more than I can do now. I'd love to be able to add, remove, redefine, reorder module positions than import (previously exported) templates... (though I wouldn't be against adding it)
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Movoware
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An import function for non artisteer templates is what I really need. I bought the sofware but am lacking this functionality. Any idea when this will be available?
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Wagoweb
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Count me in for this option!
Just had an crash on a drive with some newly created templates. Also modified templates (Joomla in my case) are more time friendly when editing is needed.
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lukoi
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i also would like to see themes(or plain html) import functionality!
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Tigrincs
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Hi lads!
All this idea of importing is basically bad. Because all templates are rendered. Generated by "dumb" template-creating-templates, not handcrafted by paid craftsmen, who recognise, interpret and process an existing layout.
See other examples of rendering:
- a midi file is rendered using instrument samples and the notes of a song. Converting any rendered music using some different instruments to midi would take a human to hear the notes selectively, right now no machine or program is able to convert a bigband music back to the original notes at a satisfactory level...
- 3d objects are rendered into a 2d picture. In a 2d picture you cannot see behind objects, so you cannot tell the shapes of things you cannot see. You cannot see behind a corner. Thus it takes more pictures from different angles to be able to reconstruct the 3d space.
- retouching a photo. Even if it's apparent that a photo was photoshopped, after retouching, details are lost, so you can only guess how fat she really was before, how deep her wrinkles were...
Got the picture?
I honestly doubt - since I know how templates are made (I'm making templates, unlike others demanding this feature...) - that importing templates are in the roadmap of the Extensoft guys. Period.
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Sistic
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Ok, all this bickering can be settle with what lukoi said earlier.
1. Importing templates would be
a. intellectual property infringement
b. incomparable in many instances
c. raise the price of Artisteer.
The best option is to allow code editing as well as basic html, css, php, jquery etc import.
I would simply be happy if I can import a design from something like dreamweaver and convert it into an artx.......
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HOPI
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I am really missing a possibillity to import template into Artisteer.
Maybe it comes once in the future ...
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Brad
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Having tested the program for all of 2 minutes I started thinking what a bonus it would be to have an import function.
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Rich
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How can this be IP infringement? Does anyone know of a template site which gives free or paid templates that prohibits modifications to the template?? That would be like saying you can buy an iPod but not load any music on it. That's the greatness of the templates - they will get you 80% of the way there - but you would nearly always need to make modifications to the templates by changing a header image and/or footer information, copyright info, css tweeks, fonts, overall color scheme... and on and on.
Pretending that someone is making templates and making an effort to put them on the web for other people to use and NOT modify them seems illogical to me.
Perhaps someone is confusing stealing someone's HTML code from a live site and making modifications to that code. I can see THAT as a valid argument since the designer is not making the site code available for users to specifically use for making other websites. But in the case of free or paid templates which are built for the specific purpose of being shared or purchased to be used by other websites, then modification is to be expected. As a matter of fact many templates I have downloaded include the original photoshop, flash, and/or dreamweaver files SPECIFICALLY to let the designer easily make modifications.
I would also have to discount the argument that it would be too complex to import code which is made in different ways. We already have many examples of programs that do this now - web browsers do this all the time. There are online html editors which edit html through a web interface. HTML is not the same as a Joomla template, for sure, but it is not a far stretch. I think an analogy would be going to Italy when you only speak Spanish - they are not identical languages, but you should be able to communicate well enough to get most of the conversation.
In the end, I guess it is just a matter of philosophy. Whether you think you can or wether you think you can't - you are right.
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grzegorz
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I'm trying to change few things on my website template but I've lost my .artx file long time ago. I can't modify my template now. All I have is .zip template created using Artisteer. That's why so important is this missing function.
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Lady B
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Does anyone now how to modify an artx template into an html template?
I can't export the web page template I created to my hosting company as an artx file and that's the only way my template will save in Artisteer..
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brent
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Hi Lady B,
When you design your template, design it as an HTML page and export it as such. This feature is a basic feature available in both the Home and Standard versions of Artisteer. The artx file is only a file that allows you to save and reopen a project in Artisteer but is not the file that actually gets uploaded to your website.
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Sslam
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same here.. if you will lose the original .artx file artisteer is useless afterwords...
add import to artisteer or fail!!
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BB
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You can't upload the artx file to any web host. It's the design file.
To get an html template, use the Export function to Export as HTML.
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BB
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Oops - sorry about posting an answer that's already been posted. I didn't see the second page.
It would be nice, I suppose, for some people who have no coding skills to import their Artisteer template, however, it's not that hard to recreate a template in Artisteer. As far as having a problem with losing the original .artx file, that's what backups are for!
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Digitaal design kiiddo
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I agree with 99% here i think we should have the possibility to import templates and edit them it would be much more challenging to use this beauty of a software because anything u cannot make now than u will be able to make
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Tariq
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No import..
1- This is illegal for others works.
2- Each template company has it's own frameworks.
3- Why should Artisteer follow others works to update it instead of producing it's superior design.
4- Artisteer engine works for joomla, drupal, wordpress, dot net... This almost impossible to import all others works too.
Thanks
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Alex Wellings
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Quote Tariq:
No import..
1- This is illegal for others works.
2- Each template company has it's own frameworks.
3- Why should Artisteer follow others works to update it instead of producing it's superior design.
4- Artisteer engine works for joomla, drupal, wordpress, dot net... This almost impossible to import all others works too.
Thanks
I agree with Tariq, no import...
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