Black Magic: A Free WordPress Theme
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Today we are glad to release Black Magic — a free professional WordPress-theme. The theme has 2 columns and is based on grungy wooden textures and has a cool top menu which includes RSS. The psd source file of the logo has also been included in the package. This can be used for any projects and will be useful especially for portfolios. The theme was designed by Gopal Raju especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
Download the theme for free!
You can use the theme for all your projects for free and without any restrictions. However, it’s forbidden to sell or redistribute the theme without both designer’s and Smashing Magazine’s permission — please link to this article if you would like to spread the word. You may modify the theme as you wish, but if you are planning to release your modification, please ask our permission first.
- large preview (0.4 Mb)
- download the theme (.zip, 1.8 Mb)
Thank you, Gopal. We appreciate your work and your good intentions.
Last but not least…
We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists. You may not know it yet, but we might feature you in one of our upcoming posts.
If you would like to release a high-quality free font, a WordPress-theme, some wallpapers or an icon-set please contact us — we would like to support you (both financially and with the broad coverage on Smashing Magazine).
You may be interested in the following free WordPress-themes as well:
dirk worring
November 10th, 2008 1:54 ambeautifull. thanx to gopal and smashmag!
first post! :)
Julius
November 10th, 2008 2:19 amVery Cool!
Shuuun
November 10th, 2008 2:22 amuff, wont be my favorite ;P
i think the wood textures are a lil bit to smooth
Tekka
November 10th, 2008 2:31 amNot bad, but there are greater themes from SM…
ilham saibi
November 10th, 2008 2:40 amCooollll
Yuukan
November 10th, 2008 2:47 amNice theme ! Great work !
ACTIVER
November 10th, 2008 3:02 amCoooool. What a name, what a theme. Awesome. Will surely install it on my blog for readers, they also love nice themes and new apps.
Smashing Magazine always smash me with new and innovative designer things ..
Dear Team, Keep it up
shape
November 10th, 2008 3:26 amcool theme, but it is called BLAKMAGIK not BLACK MAGIC as it is written in the post!
shaperus
BeantownDesign.com
November 10th, 2008 3:38 amlooks nice, thanks!
Daus
November 10th, 2008 3:38 amUmm. Not my type ;)
Jedd
November 10th, 2008 3:53 amblogger please :’( how about a little blogger.com love?
neyazsak
November 10th, 2008 3:56 amtheme is very nice
Erik Gyepes
November 10th, 2008 4:00 amI don’t know why, but I don’t like some details, however it looks like a solid WP template, especially next to many others free templates out there on the net. Keep up the good work Gopal Raju!
marcinex
November 10th, 2008 5:17 amThank you for this post… I am always looking for fresh.. WP-Themes.
marcinex
Tom Ross
November 10th, 2008 5:58 amI can’t believe this is free. Nice work!
lazy drunk
November 10th, 2008 6:33 amLooks pretty sweet. Don’t know what I would use it for tho:P
Ahmet Burak Bal
November 10th, 2008 6:42 amWorderful work! I love it. Thank you very much.
vu
November 10th, 2008 7:11 amthank so much, so, i used this theme for my page.
Seri cs
November 10th, 2008 7:25 amvery cool thanks for this
SiGa
November 10th, 2008 9:10 amLike it! Especially the navigation in the right corner (top) and the way the date is displayed ;-)
Gopal Raju
November 10th, 2008 9:53 amThanks Everyone for your replies :-) I have posted a Live Demo at http://blakmagik.productivedreams.com/
Feel free to explore!
David
November 10th, 2008 10:28 amWordPress 2.7 ready?
Rita
November 10th, 2008 10:42 amIf this product works as amazingly as it looks, I expect to be seeing a LOT of it. Right now, I’m off to be the “first kid on my block.”
Thanks!
Tom
November 10th, 2008 1:07 pmhonestly and pls dont be bad, this is not the typical sm style. this theme is absolutely not what sm and the other freebie themes stands for. not that is not my type, its very uninteresting.
dont get me wrong, kudos to this work and designer, but the other freebies are really in another league. my best friend just came and took a look and he loves it, and so too lots others.
is it possible that sm is posting about myspace themes/designs in future?
GugaAlves.net
November 10th, 2008 1:37 pmWonderful theme !
I Translated this theme to portuguese and tomorrow anyone who wants to download it, it will be available in tudoparawordpress.com.br !
I also adjusted somethings, so, Smashing Magazine Team, if you want i can send it to you, ok?
Seeya !
igginwah
November 10th, 2008 2:02 pmit’s like a rip off of komodo media’s site…
MattS
November 10th, 2008 2:48 pmFor a wooden design, I like it. But still …there’s 13 like these in a dozen. Not saying I could do any better
Illi.Pro
November 10th, 2008 5:20 pmThis is a very nice theme, congratulations for the Designer!
Anonymous
November 10th, 2008 8:33 pmI found some inconsisencies in firefox and ie. In FF 3.0 the heading and date are coming under the comments. In IE6 png fixes are not applied and bullets of the sidebar links are not showing up. When we type long text in search box, the design breaks in IE6. The Home/RSS/Contact menu at the top also seems to have problems when hovered in IE6.
Troy
November 10th, 2008 9:37 pmThese designs are all awesome but why are they always WordPress? Doesn’t anyone use Blogger? From what I can see WordPress charge to use a custom template where it’s free to do so on Blogger. Would love to see some new Blogger designs.
ne_o
November 10th, 2008 10:16 pmVery cool wp theme thanks.
bluedee
November 11th, 2008 12:15 amanother great wordpress theme….
jonny
November 12th, 2008 11:00 amAm i the only one who finds wordpress to be a bit cookie cutter? Yes there are some really nice designs out there (don’t get me wrong, the one above looks great, kudos to the designer)… but wordpress has always struck me as little more than a glorified blogger or myspace framework (minus the social aspect).
bluedee above nailed it for me “another great wordpress theme….”
I mean, so what? another great wordpress theme… along with the thousands of others out there.
Personally, I think the greatness and the failure lies in the fact that it is so accessible. How do designers expect to stick out in the horde of designers out there when they use the exact same system as every other designer?
What I would love to see is designers actually building creative frameworks, building their art into the way their sites and blogs function, not just another shiny/gradient/wood grain skin on an otherwise completely uninspiring and overused framework.
Chris W.
November 12th, 2008 12:27 pmJonny, these themes are not meant for designers. They are designed for anyone that uses WordPress, basic users in particular. This designer even included the original PSD so you can make customizations to your theme. It is something to build on. Why be critical of something that is free, anyway? You didn’t pay for it, so be respectful.
Fitz
November 13th, 2008 1:39 pmHey, I think this is a pretty well designed WP template.
I just got one suggestion on a resolution of 1680 x 1050 (I know the majority of people won’t see it at this resolution) the footer has a background colour of “#EEEEEE” which creates two squares either side of footer as the background image isn’t that wide. Just thought I’d say as its an easy fix of choosing a background colour to match the background.
WebAboutMoney
November 17th, 2008 12:52 amIt’s a good theme, I have quote to my blogs. Thank.
Raj
November 23rd, 2008 6:09 amthis is really an awesome theme! Thanx a lot 4 sharing :)
antiquarian books
December 11th, 2008 5:06 amThank you for this information. :)
Amit K
February 9th, 2009 2:39 amCan any one convert this into a blogger template? I just love this one and i am sure many Blogger user would want it.
check out:
http://freshwebdeveloper.blogspot.com
http://lifeonemi.blogspot.com
wecostumizedweb
February 12th, 2009 9:31 pmcool keep it coming :)
ppat
February 26th, 2009 12:50 pmnice thnks nice theme
hardy
February 27th, 2009 7:55 pmgreat theme i loved it
Beth
March 10th, 2009 7:50 pmDownload link is broken. :’(
kaleem
March 29th, 2009 9:23 pmMy name is muhammad kaleem ullah khan. My date of birth is 28/2/1946. I am challenging all the magician in this world. is there any one who can break my magic I am a black magicians no one can beat me in this world .no one can break my magic if some one cast spell to me i will reverse his spell to him I am challenging all magicians cast spell to me and my sons i have there sons mateen , mubeen ,moiz and her mother name is salma if some one cast spell to my son I will reverse his spell to him i am challenging to all magician to beat me
Iconz
April 16th, 2009 7:54 am“kaleem” eehhh! I think your at the wrong place.. This is a wordpress theme.
Indiana web design
May 3rd, 2009 6:26 pmNice wordpress thems. Very clean and crisp.
Daniel
August 19th, 2009 7:58 amI looks brighter in the preview, and the psd font only includes the header. Also, the fonts are quite different, maybe because of Lucida Grande not being present on windows :-(
Still, an excellent theme! Maybe the best free theme I’ve seen.
deni
October 11th, 2009 7:31 amI have a question – where is the PREVIOUS PAGE button? There seems to be none… I love this theme and really want to install it on my blog, but without the previous page button it is impossible :(
Camille
January 5th, 2010 12:50 pmTHANKS GUYS!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!! I LOVE YOUR THEMES!!!!
Seven7
March 13th, 2010 7:36 amI believe you guys would be interested in knowing that the following website:
http://enzura.net/portal/
Is taking credit for your work. Claiming that they were the ones who designed/made this wordpress theme.
They even removed your copyright at the bottom.
minan
March 18th, 2010 12:21 amthanks ya atas temanya
Laura Brisbane
June 10th, 2010 4:30 pmI was searching for black themes and found this one. Not really black, but beautiful none the less. Thanks for sharing.
jaujari
July 9th, 2011 3:31 pmthanks for theme,,very nice…..
fanni
August 8th, 2011 11:09 pmlike it……….