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Free Design Templates

By Smashing Editorial, February 14th, 2007 in Developer's Toolbox | 192 Comments | Forum

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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!

  2. 2.

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

    Wow, what a great list, definitely bookmarked.

  3. 3.

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

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

  4. 4.

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

    These are Fugly

  5. 5.

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

    OMG……

  6. 6.

    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

  7. 7.

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

    Classy stuff!

  8. 8.

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

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

  9. 9.

    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

  10. 10.

    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 !!!

  11. 11.

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

    A very good collection of Links.

  12. 12.

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

    Great selection!

  13. 13.

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

    Thanks for this nice list, great resource once again!

  14. 14.

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

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

  15. 15.

    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.

  16. 16.

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

    Great compile guys!

  17. 17.

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

    wow. another great post!

    thanks.

  18. 18.

    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

  19. 19.

    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.

  20. 20.

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

    Looks like Francey lost the domain name to a squatter.

  21. 21.

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

    Thanks,

    really a lot of links…

  22. 22.

    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].

  23. 23.

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

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

  24. 24.

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

    Excellent post! Just bookmarked…
    Thanks!

  25. 25.

    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!

  26. 26.

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

    Great job, realy useful

  27. 27.

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

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

  28. 28.

    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.

  29. 29.

    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?)

  30. 30.

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

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

  31. 31.

    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.

  32. 32.

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

    Hi,

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

    Sven Fischer

  33. 33.

    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?

  34. 34.

    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.

  35. 35.

    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

  36. 36.

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

    i need bookmark it,really like it

  37. 37.

    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….

  38. 38.

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

    Ginger Ninja! = not online anymore for templates

  39. 39.

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

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

  40. 40.

    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

  41. 41.

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

    it’s very good job

  42. 42.

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

    thanks you very much.

  43. 43.

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

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

  44. 44.

    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”! :)

  45. 45.

    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!!!”

  46. 46.

    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.

  47. 47.

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

    Awesome!!!!!

    SK Bee!!!

  48. 48.

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

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

  49. 49.

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

    Thanks for saving my times

  50. 50.

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

    Good job, guys!

  51. 51.

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

    amazing site, amazing job

    big THANKS

  52. 52.

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

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

    Thanks..

  53. 53.

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

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

  54. 54.

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

    Nice collection of cool links, thanks for sharing here.

  55. 55.

    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. :)

  56. 56.

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

    I found this earlier !!!
    thanks…

  57. 57.

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

    Outstanding collection! Thanks a lot!

  58. 58.

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

    Ctrl + D ;)

    Thnks

  59. 59.

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

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

  60. 60.

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

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

  61. 61.

    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

  62. 62.

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

    Hi. Good site.

  63. 63.

    james (January 18th, 2009, 11:00 am)

    Great job guys. keep up the good work

  64. 64.

    Ada (February 4th, 2009, 2:49 am)

    Excellent!

  65. 65.

    Saj (February 6th, 2009, 3:02 pm)

    Wow….grttttttt guys…I lov uuuuuuuu

  66. 66.

    andi (February 26th, 2009, 5:56 pm)

    thank you very much

  67. 67.

    hobi (February 27th, 2009, 3:59 am)

    good templates. thanks!

  68. 68.

    Srobert2 (March 13th, 2009, 1:58 pm)

    Very good materials. Thank you very much.

  69. 69.

    Marcin (March 17th, 2009, 1:04 pm)

    Thank you for free tempalates list.

  70. 70.

    Woro (March 29th, 2009, 11:18 am)

    It’s a very good collection of Links. Thanks!

  71. 71.

    Castalia (April 16th, 2009, 12:23 pm)

    Hello. The summer night is like a perfection of thought.
    I am from Monaco and bad know English, tell me right I wrote the following sentence: “Cheap airline tickets information and resources at abilogic.”

    Thank you very much :-(. Castalia.

  72. 72.

    jansi (April 22nd, 2009, 5:18 am)

    Thanks for this links.. i use this.. its a very interesting blog…

  73. 73.

    hemang shah (May 5th, 2009, 10:18 pm)

    good design all of the design i would like to rss logo this look is fine

  74. 74.

    faridhidayat.co.cc (May 10th, 2009, 7:17 am)

    i love u baby, thank you

  75. 75.

    RD @emoneylog.com (May 17th, 2009, 4:29 pm)

    I am looking for newsletter templates, searched a lot but did not find any good sources. Smashingmagazine publish something on newsletters, I feel you guys tend to ignore it to an extent.

  76. 76.

    Palguna (May 27th, 2009, 1:46 am)

    Nice collection. Keep updating.

  77. 77.

    Lu (June 3rd, 2009, 7:32 pm)

    I need a simple html newsletter template that I can give to my coworkers and they can customize…….

    help….I need simple!

  78. 78.

    arezoo (June 26th, 2009, 11:57 pm)

    wow.tanks.
    kheili mamnoon

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