There was a site that came up today at Del.ico.us and Digg. It was a collection of 40+ sites offering free web site templates or skins. If you are like me (a bit right brain challenged) you will appreciate this nice list of sites. There is even a nice section including wordpress themes.
I could just reprint here, but I decided to do something a little different. I have wanted to try something out in Google Co-op for a while and this was the perfect candidate. Google Co-op allows you to create a custom search engine and even use it on your site. I am not going to integrate it into the site, but this will allow you to search the complete list of free template web sites using Google.
Search this custom engine for a free web site template:
I plan on using this myself since I often find myself looking for a template in a particular niche (real estate, furniture). Going through all of these sites would be a bit tedious and this custom search engine using Google Co-op is the right answer. Not perfect, but nice. I haven’t looked into it, but an image search using co-op would probably be more suitable.
BTW does anyone else find it funny when a “design company” uses one of these canned templates to pitch their “design” services. In any event, I hope this is usefull for someone. I know that I will use it to find web site templates that will help generate some new ideas.
Read more to get the full list of free template sites.
http://www.freecsstemplates.org/
http://www.webpagedesign.com.au/Free_Templates/
http://www.templatesbox.com/templates.htm
http://www.templatemonster.com/free-templates.php
http://templatenavigator.com/
http://www.coffeecup.com/freestuff/templates/
http://www.dotcomwebdesign.com/?Free-Website-Templates-Section-1
http://effex-media.com/templates/
http://www.entheosweb.com/website_templates/free-dreamweaver-templates.asp
http://www.dezinehub.com/
http://www.free-flash-template.com/
http://www.freelayouts.com/templates/website
http://www.webdesignerstoolkit.com/index.php
http://www.freetemplatesonline.com/
http://www.freewebtemplates.com/template.php?id=3
http://www.freewebtemplates.de/
http://www.freewebsitetemplates.com/
http://www.ginger-ninja.net/
http://www.groovylizard.com/site/linkware.htm
http://hotfreetemplates.com/WebsiteTemplates/
http://www.interspire.com/templates/
http://www.ajoyfulheart.com/floral_linkware_sets.htm
http://layouts4free.com/
http://www.mastertemplates.com/
http://www.oswd.org/
http://www.openwebdesign.org/
http://www.paintedpixels.com/graphics/index.php
http://www.rickyswebtemplates.com/
http://www.snakeyewebtemplates.com/free_dreamweaver_web_site_templates.asp
http://www.steves-templates.com/templates.html
http://www.templateperfection.com/?parent=1&sm=1
http://www.templateworkz.com/website_templates.php
http://www.themesbase.com/
http://www.webdesignhelper.co.uk/page_templates/page_templates/page_template_homepage/page_template_homepage.shtml
http://capmex.biz/resources/free-web-templates
http://www.webtemplates.la/
http://zymic.com/show_templates.php?id=1
Weblog Templates
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/09/83-beautiful-wordpress-themes-you-probably-havent-seen/
http://www.blogfashions.com/
http://www.glish.com/css/blogger/
http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/
http://blogspottemplates.blogspot.com/
http://freetemplates.blogspot.com/
http://www.bloggingthemes.com/
http://blogplates.net/
http://erraticwisdom.com/templates
http://finalsense.com/services/blogs_templates.html
http://www.francey.org/linkware
http://blog-templates.ravasthi.name/
http://www.kaushalsheth.com/themes
http://pinkfreak.niftykeen.net/design/archives/templates/index.html
http://www.pointoffocus.com/Graphics/focusblogger.html
http://scribez.wordpress.com/2006/09/16/new-ten-best-free-wordpress-templates/
http://textgarden.org/
http://textplates.com/
http://v4ny.net/themes-and-templates/
http://www.weblogdesign.com/website.php
http://wpthemes.info/
Superb collection of wonderful blogs.