5 Free WordPress Themes Now Available From Designmoo

by Sarah Gooding September 13^th, 2011 15 Responses

Designmoo is a design community for discovering and sharing free PSDs, vectors, textures, patterns, fonts, and yes, even WordPress themes.

Did you know that Designmoo was built using WordPress and BuddyPress? It’s a shining example of just how flexible the BuddyPress platform is for building any kind of community.

Recently Designmoo members have posted a couple more free WordPress themes, bringing the total count to five:

Flexi-Canvas features a jQuery-powered sliding gallery and a theme options page. It’s compatible with WordPress 3.2.

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Headway Themes is Offering Free Skins for Download

by Sarah Gooding July 13^th, 2011 6 Responses

Headway Themes is giving away four free skins for their drag and drop theme framework on the Headway Hub. Check out their most recent screencast for more information on installing and using the free skins.

Here’s a screenshot of the Get Thunky skin:

In other Headway news, Christopher Cochran tweeted today that he is adding BuddyPress support for Headway’s visual editor:

Here’s a sneak preview of what that looks like:

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17 Free WordPress Themes You’ll Actually Want to Use

by Sarah Gooding June 14^th, 2011 16 Responses

Are you tired of sorting through hundreds of WordPress themes for just one that you might be able to use? We’ve scoured the internet for the best free themes available so far in 2011, so you don’t have to spend so much time searching. Grab a cup of coffee and start bookmarking your favorites!

WordPress Diary Theme
Demo | Download

News Theme
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Imbalance 2
Demo | Download

gRID! Theme
Demo | Download

Melville
Demo | Download

Spectre
Demo | Download

Lysa Theme
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AutoFocus+
Demo | Download

Abtely
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Grading Theme
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Twenty Eleven
Demo | Download

Yoko
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Video
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Beauty & Clean
Demo | Download

Splendio
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Spectacular

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Top 25 Free HTML5 and CSS3 Themes for WordPress

by Sarah Gooding May 5^th, 2011 13 Responses

If you’re looking for a modern WordPress theme then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve gathered all of the latest and best HTML5 and CSS3 WordPress themes that are on the web right now. Every one of the themes listed here is free, so you’re sure to find an excellent framework / starting point for your own HTML5 + CSS3 creations.

HTML5Press
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TwentyTen Five
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HTML-ified TwnetyTenDownload Theme

ToolboxDownload Theme

EuclidesDownload Theme

SpectacularDownload Theme

H5 WordPress Theme
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Starkers HTML5Download Theme

The Travel ThemeDownload Theme

Free DreamDownload Theme

Roots ThemeDownload Theme

Handcrafted WP Starter ThemeDownload Theme

Constellation ThemeDownload Theme

Brave New World WordPress ThemeDownload Theme

HTML5 WordPress ShellDownload Theme

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Free WordPress Theme for Tutorial Writers, Developers, and General Geeks

by Sarah Gooding March 28^th, 2011 6 Responses

Earlier this year cssigniter released a very cool, high quality WordPress theme for tutorial writers and developers. This theme especially benefits those who don’t want to spend a lot of time building an attractive website but would rather focus on sharing tutorials and information.

Introducing Euclides:

Built-in Features Include:

Syntax highlighting
Custom post panel and template for demo pages
Demo and Download buttons
Icons of the most popular scripting languages and technologies (frameworks etc)
Icons of the most popular web design tools
Custom meta info on post pages for displaying tutorial-related information
Related posts and threaded comments

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15 Free Coming Soon Themes and Plugins for WordPress

by Sarah Gooding March 14^th, 2011 11 Responses

Sometimes when you’re making extended updates to your WordPress site, you may want to implement a “coming soon” or “under construction” theme. Perhaps you just purchased a domain and want to install a place holder to make a connection with any visitors and take their email address. Below you will find some of the best clean WordPress themes and plugins from around the web with a “coming soon” style to it. Grab one of these to keep a professional face on your website while working behind the scenes.
My Blue Construction

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Placeholder

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Launchpad

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Ready2Launch

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WP Launcher

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Site Under Construction

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Holding Pattern

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12 Free TwentyTen Child Themes For WordPress

by Sarah Gooding March 8^th, 2011 23 Responses

TwentyTen child themes have been popping up everywhere and many theme designers are offering them for free. Child themes will soon have a designated place in the WordPress theme directory. One strong benefit of using TwentyTen as a parent theme is that you’ll always be able to update the basic framework without breaking your design. Check out a few of the free child themes listed here to see what’s possible when building on TwentyTen.

HTML5-ified TwentyTen

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Speaky

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Salju

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Top 20 Free Themes in the WordPress Theme Directory

by Sarah Gooding March 3^rd, 2011 5 Responses

When visiting the WordPress Free Theme Directory, it can take quite a lot of sifting, sometimes through a dozen pages, in order to find a decent theme that you might be able to use. Last time I checked there were 1,329 themes in there. That’s why I’ve taken a bit of time to narrow down some of the most attractive themes that have received approval for a listing in the directory. Of course this is entirely subjective, but I hope this post helps you to find a few gems that you may not otherwise have stumbled upon. Remember, these are FREE themes, so if you don’t find them perfectly polished after installing, be grateful for a decent starting place for your own creation.

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27 Free High Quality WordPress Themes

by Sarah Gooding October 25^th, 2010 9 Responses

Tired of sorting through hundreds of sites offering low quality WordPress themes? We’ve put together a collection of 27 free themes that you’re sure to love. These are the latest and most high quality free themes currently available for WordPress. Grab a cup of coffee and start bookmarking your favorites!

Suburbia

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Grace Photoblog

Demo | Download

Skeptical

Demo | Download

Seven Five

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Blogum

Demo | Download

Portfolium

Demo | Download

Boldy

Demo | Download

Neonsential

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Sideblog

Demo | Download

Jocasta

Demo | Download

Aggregator

Demo | Download

Imbalance

Demo | Download

Titaniumifize

Demo | Download

Cumulus

Demo | Download

Scandiumity

Demo | Download

Satoshi

Demo | Download

Paragrams

Demo | Download

Shaken Grid

Demo | Download

SimpleFolio

Demo | Download

Typominima

Demo | Download

Atlantis

Demo | Download

Dione

Demo | Download

AllTuts

Demo | Download

Coming Soon

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Introducing WPShower: A New Source for FREE WordPress Themes

by Sarah Gooding October 8^th, 2010 Leave a comment

WPShower is a relatively new site that offers quality minimalistic WordPress themes for free. They’ve currently got four clean and unique themes that are definitely worth checking out. Follow WPShower on Twitter to stay up to date with their new themes.