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Free Design Templates

February 14th, 2007 in Developer's Toolbox | 178 Comments

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Free design templates don’t have to be unattractive, inaccurate and boring. Some web-sites offer high quality templates for the best price you would ever get - for free. You can download Flash-based templates as well as CSS-based layouts absolutely free; furthermore, you can use them for your personal and commercial projects without any restrictions whatsoever. Still, before using some of the templates, throw a glance at the license agreements - they’re changing all the time. Links checked: July/2nd. 2008

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  1. 1.

    Raj (February 14th, 2007, 6:43 am)

    Great stuff guys! I really don’t know how much time it takes for your guys to compile such a list of excellent resources but it takes a lot of time for me to digest it all! Keep up the good work!

    Thank you!

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    Biz Man (February 14th, 2007, 6:54 am)

    Wow, what a great list, definitely bookmarked.

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    StyleSpion (February 14th, 2007, 7:37 am)

    The 3 screenshots on top are damn ugly. But it’s still a great list. Thanks.

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    Paul Rand (February 14th, 2007, 11:31 am)

    These are Fugly

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    Michoacano (February 14th, 2007, 12:14 pm)

    OMG……

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    Troy (February 14th, 2007, 12:26 pm)

    I Just want to say..Outstanding.
    we own a link site or two..and we will be Glad to add you for free and Man..I could spend years on this site and still not find everything!

    Beautiful..This totally rocks!

    Thanks..
    Troy

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    joomla templates (February 14th, 2007, 12:33 pm)

    cool! great collection of valuable stuff. I’d love to see the same based on a CMS series.

  8. 8.

    Homeboy (February 14th, 2007, 2:29 pm)

    Classy stuff!

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    Michael (February 14th, 2007, 3:05 pm)

    Well, its obvious why they are free.
    You really do get what you (don’t) pay for :-)

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    Der Klempner (February 14th, 2007, 4:05 pm)

    Great list. Lotsa stuff right here, even quality one. Thx 4 sharing it. Will take hours to view all :O) and then save days when not reinventing the wheel/layout.

    My 2 cent

    Der Klempner

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    Fran6 (February 14th, 2007, 4:27 pm)

    As always a great article ! But now I have so many bookmarks and not enough time to discover all of them !!!

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    Navdeep (February 14th, 2007, 5:13 pm)

    A very good collection of Links.

  13. 13.

    Ivan Minic (February 14th, 2007, 5:17 pm)

    Great selection!

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    loops (February 14th, 2007, 8:13 pm)

    Thanks for this nice list, great resource once again!

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    krash (February 15th, 2007, 12:25 am)

    i cant believe you posted these templates. reminds me of when I first started designing.

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    Christophe (February 15th, 2007, 1:39 am)

    Man you guys have been publishing some really useful posts. I think it would also be nice if you guys created a Del.icio.us account to tag and store all the links that come up on this blog.

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    Mike Walker (February 15th, 2007, 1:52 am)

    Great compile guys!

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    Kelvin Shiong (February 15th, 2007, 4:11 am)

    You have missed a nice 5 free webtemplates from Link [www.adesdesign.net]

  19. 19.

    insomnity (February 15th, 2007, 12:51 pm)

    wow. another great post!

    thanks.

  20. 20.

    Darrel Fryer (February 17th, 2007, 5:55 am)

    Hired MoxyWebDesign.com to create a website template - WHAT A DISASTER - they couldn’t even get my logo right - I’m ashamed of how ugly my site has become. If anyone out there can do better please contact me asap and tell your clients to beware MoxyWebDesign - this company is a total scam - they can’t do anything right at all

  21. 21.

    Stuart (February 17th, 2007, 8:00 pm)

    Seems kinda like plagiarism to me… offering free layouts really disturbs the functioning of our creative juices in the design industry.

  22. 22.

    meryl (February 22nd, 2007, 12:49 am)

    Looks like Francey lost the domain name to a squatter.

  23. 23.

    Custom Web Site Design (February 25th, 2007, 4:14 pm)

    Excellent list. Great work.

    Thanks.

  24. 24.

    rob (February 28th, 2007, 8:13 pm)

    Thanks,

    really a lot of links…

  25. 25.

    LGR (March 10th, 2007, 4:04 am)

    Don’t have time to check them all out? I pick the best five that are worth your time: Link [www.blog.lgr.ca].

  26. 26.

    Brad Pugh (March 10th, 2007, 9:54 am)

    These guys boast “web designers” - there is only - and she stinks

  27. 27.

    Web Development (March 20th, 2007, 8:23 pm)

    Designing Templetes is not as easy as it seem, wht most important is how others looks it.

  28. 28.

    Website Templates (May 6th, 2007, 2:49 pm)

    Very nice and useful list of free templates sites. As I can see You didn’t include Link [www.getcsstemplates.com]. They have many nice and useful templates ready for download.

  29. 29.

    Thale (May 22nd, 2007, 10:31 pm)

    Excellent post! Just bookmarked…
    Thanks!

  30. 30.

    Michael (June 1st, 2007, 2:41 am)

    I’m writing about some free template sources but you’ve done it, this is it!
    This probably took you hours to make it, but now it is a valuable information for anybody searching for templates.
    Cheers!

  31. 31.

    Nikhil (June 15th, 2007, 7:40 pm)

    Great job, realy useful

  32. 32.

    dx-xel (June 16th, 2007, 11:05 am)

    great list…very useful for me..thanks..:-)

  33. 33.

    Sean (June 22nd, 2007, 1:38 pm)

    Don’t forget Link [themebot.com]. Probably one of the only web design template sites that actually donates back to the open source software projects.

  34. 34.

    FreeBSD (July 18th, 2007, 9:31 pm)

    Are you keeping this list up to date? There are a few new sites that aren’t listed here (yet?)

  35. 35.

    Kjell (July 24th, 2007, 2:11 am)

    If you use ASP then I suggest you take a look at my site, I offer free opensource templates ported to Forest Blog and Forest Site. More CMS applications will be added very soon. Designers get in touch to have your template ports listed on Free-Template-Ports.com.

  36. 36.

    puika (July 30th, 2007, 3:12 am)

    Thanks for free tempalates great list,please continue your project.

  37. 37.

    igre (August 8th, 2007, 9:40 pm)

    Does anybody know where professional CSS templates could be purchased exclusively? Some of these free designs are great, but I would prefer a totally custom design only for my page. There are a lot of designers but they don’t have already made templates if you want exclusive designed site - they design it after you order.

  38. 38.

    Logo Design by Andreas (August 16th, 2007, 8:10 am)

    it’s so good collecting these resources all in one page! Thank you for your effort to share them with us!

  39. 39.

    Sven Fischer (August 28th, 2007, 1:38 am)

    Hi,

    verry cool Design Templates - great work.
    Verry thanks and greetings from Germany

    Sven Fischer

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    Sharnee (September 4th, 2007, 12:47 pm)

    Groups: I disagree with you. So many people are blogging at the moment that it’s unrealistic to expect the average Blogger to have to pay so much money for something so simple.

    If someone can make a living my designing only Blogger templates, then Kudos to them. I only design them because I love doing so and I am just tired of generic and boring designs.
    It’s not plagiarism if I have made them and distribute them. Ever heard of Creative Commons?

  41. 41.

    Sally (October 19th, 2007, 1:04 am)

    Wow! Too much services are mentioned.
    Thanks you, I find some useful sites with a great variety of website templates.

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    JLGraham (October 23rd, 2007, 11:58 am)

    Wow, that is one indepth list. Could I use it on my website, the entire list? I always like to get permission first.
    Jess

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    James (January 8th, 2008, 8:47 am)

    i need bookmark it,really like it

  44. 44.

    Brij (February 12th, 2008, 4:11 am)

    Hi,
    I am a SEO I really thanks you for creating such great resource page.
    Here is much services are mentioned. I find some useful sites with a great variety of website resource for SEO.
    Continue your project….

  45. 45.

    Kevin (February 16th, 2008, 1:23 am)

    Ginger Ninja! = not online anymore for templates

  46. 46.

    Martin (March 6th, 2008, 9:45 am)

    Great list. It is all listed in one place :-)

  47. 47.

    Mr.Askarinejad (March 19th, 2008, 12:25 am)

    Hi,
    Can i request for design a template for my weblog?
    If you can i want a template for my weblog. that in first page visitors can choos one of a these language: English العربيه فارسي
    I want it get very beatiful and formal.
    I can instead of it’s mony.advertise your site to my friend.
    you can send it to my mail
    Tancks a lot

  48. 48.

    charan kumar (May 22nd, 2008, 2:30 am)

    it’s very good job

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    Danhbaweb20.com (May 25th, 2008, 11:27 pm)

    thanks you very much. More detail : Link [www.danhbaweb20.com]

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    SeoGen (June 3rd, 2008, 3:08 pm)

    wow! just wow! great job!

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    Joy (June 8th, 2008, 11:23 pm)

    WOOOO
    good inspiration i must say =)
    keep up the good work!

  52. 52.

    Amanda (July 2nd, 2008, 7:58 am)

    I found some excellent, simple, attractive designs through OSWD (Open Source Web Design) and customized one (the author/designer made everything extremely easy by using comments throughout the code) to create a site for a non-profit for which I volunteer.

    For a designer developing a site for free on a very tight schedule with only some knowledge of code, some of the designs on these sites are a life-saver! Yay for the generosity of talented folks and the miracle of “the internets”! :)

  53. 53.

    jCit! (July 11th, 2008, 8:36 pm)

    i just found this website and as a graphic designer and web-master i gotta say that u guyz are doing a heck of a job!!!! this is amazing. i have found not only resources to imply them to my works but also a lot of new ideas… you guyyz rock!!! and like i say up in Washington Heights, ny “THATZ WAZZUP!!!”

  54. 54.

    Nancy (July 28th, 2008, 11:47 pm)

    Hello,
    you say right that for download free templates ya its right and healthy way to get your site looking great and attractive from others.

  55. 55.

    aregocanadaa (August 14th, 2008, 12:38 pm)

    yahoo stay keyboard land head deliver house you deliver

  56. 56.

    Sudhir Biswal (August 16th, 2008, 11:28 pm)

    Awesome!!!!!

    SK Bee!!!

  57. 57.

    mele (August 25th, 2008, 1:40 am)

    its no good stuff, this is the bad design… =\

  58. 58.

    Sukabumi (September 1st, 2008, 7:23 pm)

    Thanks for saving my times

  59. 59.

    Dmitri (September 19th, 2008, 9:16 am)

    Good job, guys!

  60. 60.

    stefan (October 7th, 2008, 12:02 pm)

    amazing site, amazing job

    big THANKS

  61. 61.

    styleime (October 13th, 2008, 11:51 am)

    Thanks for the templates! Really reduces the amount of searching need when you have articles like this!

    Link [styl.eti.me]

  62. 62.

    mehrooda (October 18th, 2008, 2:15 am)

    its no good stuff, this is the bad design………………..
    Beautiful..This totally rocks!

    Thanks..

  63. 63.

    Maysa Tsang (October 21st, 2008, 1:44 pm)

    Bookmarked.
    Why haven’t I found this earlier?!

  64. 64.

    Flash Designer (October 31st, 2008, 10:36 am)

    Nice collection of cool links, thanks for sharing here.

  65. 65.

    nick (November 6th, 2008, 3:58 pm)

    Seems like a lot of you cannot speak or type right…

    “THANKS YOU”
    “This Great links there me!”
    “i need boklkmark it i like it lot!”

    Anyway, good set of links here. :)

  66. 66.

    star (November 18th, 2008, 12:49 am)

    I found this earlier !!!
    thanks…

  67. 67.

    kama (November 20th, 2008, 11:40 pm)

    tradezest.com rocks

  68. 68.

    Rock on (December 5th, 2008, 2:34 am)

    Web Design is very good templates. it use all over counrty For a designer developing a site for free on a very tight schedule with only some knowledge of code, some of the designs on these sites are a life-saver! Yay for the generosity of talented folks and the miracle of “the internet’s”! :)

  69. 69.

    Rock on (December 5th, 2008, 2:35 am)

    Web Design is very work. it use all over country For a designer developing a site for free on a very tight schedule with only some knowledge of code, some of the designs on these sites are a life-saver! Yay for the generosity of talented folks and the miracle of “the internet’s”! :)

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    Auyana (December 9th, 2008, 11:55 am)

    Outstanding collection! Thanks a lot!

  71. 71.

    nakliye (December 12th, 2008, 1:51 pm)

    Ctrl + D ;)

    Thnks

  72. 72.

    hans (December 18th, 2008, 1:01 pm)

    but…the screenshots are so …… not beautiful….

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    azial (December 18th, 2008, 11:16 pm)

    hmmmm?your site is, i don’t know..i didn’t test it yet..

  74. 74.

    otodol77 (December 22nd, 2008, 1:19 pm)

    hello firends nice site…..pls i need a graphical design softwear…..if you gat one you can shear maill. it to Link []…….i wil be grateful

  75. 75.

    Gordon (December 26th, 2008, 12:25 pm)

    Hi. Good site.

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