Added

Bootstrap 5 foundation

• Template now runs on Joomla core's bundled Bootstrap 5 — loaded through the CMS (bootstrap.loadCss + framework), so it stays patched with every Joomla update instead of shipping a frozen 2012 copy.
• A dedicated Bootstrap 2 → 5 compatibility layer (bs2-bs5-bridge.css) preserves the original 1170-pixel boxed grid, span-column widths, responsive breakpoints and visibility utilities, so the layout is faithful to the original design on every screen size.
• Automatic cache-busting on the template's stylesheets — customers see CSS fixes immediately after an update, with no hard-refresh support tickets.

Modern social network lineup (13 networks)

• New networks: Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest and Discord — each with its own URL setting and on/off switch in the Template Style.
• X (formerly Twitter) rebrand: current X logo and label; your existing Twitter URL setting carries over untouched.
• Icons render with Font Awesome 6 brand glyphs, with accessible screen-reader labels and rel="noopener" on every external profile link.

Font Awesome 6

• Font Awesome upgraded to 6.5.2 with the version-4 compatibility shims loaded, so any fa fa-* icons in your existing articles and modules keep rendering without edits.

Changed

JavaScript modernization — jQuery plugin retirement

• Drop-down menus now run on pure CSS hover styling (with the original submenu widths preserved) — the Superfish/Supersubs jQuery menu stack is gone.
• Styled select boxes use the native browser control — the Dropkick plugin is gone.
• Full-page background image uses CSS background-size: cover — the Backstretch plugin is gone.
• Google Fonts load through a direct stylesheet link with preconnect hints — the WebFont JavaScript injector is gone, removing a render-blocking script from every page load.
• Login form upgraded to the Bootstrap 5 modal: properly centered dialog, standard open/close behaviour, no legacy inline handlers.

Template settings

• All 32 on/off options in the Template Style converted to Joomla's modern switcher controls.
• Social settings fieldset rebuilt around the 13-network lineup; retired-network settings removed.

Fixed

• JavaScript console is now completely clean — removed the obsolete jquery.mobile touch script that threw a TypeError on every page view.
• Footer copyright no longer overflows the dark footer panel — text now sits inside the box with proper padding.
• Header alignment: the top bar and menu shading now stop exactly at the page-box edge instead of running past it.
• Menu bar height restored, so the logo panel sits fully inside the shaded bar at every desktop width.
• Top information bar shading matched to the main menu bar for a consistent header.
• Mobile fixes: social icon strip aligned edge-to-edge with correct top spacing; LOGIN FORM / REGISTER links properly centered; search box spaced above the slideshow; eliminated a horizontal scroll caused by an 11-pixel layout overflow; the 5-pixel white strip above the header is gone.
• Template manifest: removed a duplicate <version> tag that had shipped since 2013; versioning is now clean semantic numbering (5.4.0).
• Dead update server: disabled a defunct Akeeba FOF 3.x update-site entry that pointed at a retired CDN — no more failed update checks on fresh installs.

Removed

• Bootstrap 2 stylesheets (bootstrap.css, responsive.css) and the legacy 970-pixel grid.
• jQuery plugins: Superfish, Supersubs, Dropkick, Backstretch, jquery.mobile, and the jQuery.browser Internet Explorer detection shim.
• IE-era conditional blocks and polyfills (Selectivizr, Modernizr, html5shiv).
• Retired social networks: Google+, MySpace, StumbleUpon, Digg and Blogger (including their language strings and settings).
• The leftover Bluestork admin template (Joomla 2.5-era donor cruft) — the install now ships only the templates it uses.

Security

• Output-escaping pass across the template: every admin-controlled Template Style setting echoed into the page (colours, dimensions, URLs, free text) is now validated or escaped — hardening the template against stored-XSS via template settings.
• Template ships as a proper Joomla package (pkg_energize) with coherent update handling.

Quickstart

• Quickstart bundles Joomla 5.4.7 (current at release) with the full demo content — a fresh install starts on up-to-date, supported software.
• Standalone package (pkg_energize-5.4.0.zip) installs on any existing Joomla 5 site via Extensions → Install.
• Demo content ships clean: article hit counters zeroed, no stale post-install messages waiting in the admin, template overrides pre-reviewed, and the footer copyright shows the current year out of the box.
• Extension updates verified current at build time — a fresh install starts with no pending update notices.