Free website templates help budding internet entrepreneurs overcome one of their biggest hurdles and that is to create and build a website that will send their message out to the world in a consistent, congruent and professional manner, without spending thousands of dollars on professional design.
This list of places where you can access free website templates will flatten this hurdle so that it’s no more than a tiny undulation in your journey to web success.
A few tips before you begin. When you are searching through a site that offers free website templates make sure you understand the “rights” associated with use of the templates.
For example:
Are they for personal use only?
Are you required to keep a live link back to the download site on your webpage?
Some sites go as far as to mention that the images used are royalty free.
I also suggest you gain at least a basic understanding of the creative commons licensing, who knows one day you may be submitting a website template, for use by others, to one of these sites as well.
Doing your own due diligence is very important, without it you never know who might come knocking on your door demanding retribution – ignorance is no excuse.
OK, now on with the fun stuff – here are 10 of my favorite sites, for free website templates but first, check with your hosting company, they often offer you a whole range of templates with your hosting package, and you may find something here that meets your needs, if not.
1. freetemplatesonline.com
197 free templates, categorized for ease of use. Go straight to your niche of choice, there are even templates specifically for wordpress and joomla platforms too. A link back to the site is required.
2. freewebsitetemplates.com
78 CSS coded free templates over 6 pages. No need to link back to the site, complete freedom. Niches include: travel, software, web design, real estate, model agency, book author, call of duty, movies, gaming, family, architecture
3. oswd.org
2080 free open source designs. This site accepts contributions from the broad community of designers. Open source means that you have full rights to do whatever you like with them. You are free to link back to the site or not. The keyword and designer search does mean a bit more work to uncover suitable designs, but well worth it.
4. dreamtemplate.com
122 free open source website templates. Scroll to near the bottom of the home page to access the link to view all free templates. No categorized search can view by oldest, newest and random.
5. stylishtemplate.com
192 free designs. Niches include business, personal, construction, design and consultancy, electronics and generic. Contains some stunning designs. Use of the free templates from this site requires a link back to the webpage.
6. freecsstemplates.org
431 free CSS templates: tableless, lightweight, W3C compliant with strict XHTML and photos from within the public domain. No search capacity, browse only. Link back to site required.
7. opendesigns.org
1455 designs. Open source CSS templates, each providing detail of its compliance with standards. No search capacity, browse only. Generic, business and personal themes.
8. openwebdesign.org
3707 designs. Very sophisticated search options by Keyword, Designer, Template ID, Advanced. The advanced option allows you to specify standards, contrast, colours, CSS.
9. mastertemplates.com
90 free templates, broad range of niches including love, ebook, music, web traffic. A link back to the site is required.
10. templatesweb.com/blog/?s=free
220 free templates, niches include: business, exotic birds, luxury cars, music, radio, literature, advertising, printing. Use requires link back to the author. This site includes templates from some of the other sites mentioned here.
So there you have it – 10 sites to browse through to pick and choose a free website template that’s right for you. No more stress, bother or anxiety. Go forth and choose from this vast array of free website templates and give your site that professional look, it deserves.
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Great references, although not free I can suggest the envato marketplaces, some pretty cool themes out there and they send out a free one every month.