I’m a great fan of Joomla that is for sure. It is a great CMS, it’s all free and the community supporting it with themes, modules etc. is incredible. When setting up a new site based on Joomla one of the first things most people search for is a Theme that looks good and provides the features needed. This article provides a list of free Joomla themes mainly created by premuim Theme Designers that you cant effort to miss.
tripwire magazine previously provided huge lists of free Joomla themes and you should read through these if you don’t find what you need in this article ( 40+ free high-quality Joomla themes and 30+ free but quite professional Joomla Themes).
Introduction
The number of Theme available for Joomla is starting to get enormous and this is really good but on the other hand it meansthere are basically to many to look through to make a decision. In this article you get a easy to browse overview of free Joomla themes created by premuim Theme designers and in the end of the article just a bunch of free themes that may be worth investigating. Please if you find this post useful leave a comment.
Also check out the awesome themes we found for this post: 70 Best Joomla Premium Themes
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The Free Themes
ManiFolio Free Portfolio Template
Fast, Simple, Professional, Joomla 1.5 compatible, Adobe Fireworks source included, PortfolioDesign component skin and ManiFolio slider module, 4 Different Styles and much more…
myportfolio
MyPortfolio2 Joomla 1.5 template is second template for Joomla Community. You can use this template at widely joomla based site type, for personal portfolio, blog, company etc.
Fast, Simple, Professional, Joomla 1.5 compatible, Validates with XHTML, Validates with CSS, Adobe Fireworks source included, PortfolioDesign component and module style included…
myBusiness – Free Joomla Template
myBusiness is a Joomla 1.5 native template. This is a clean and lightweight template.
myBusiness already tested with latest major browser. Build your joomla site now.
Axe Rescheek Red
- Tableless design and 100% css based.
- 3 layout options: 2 columns (right+component / left + component), 1 column (component).
- All 7 modules are fully collapsible.
- Dropdown Moomenu
- Elegant, Modern, Fast Loading Design.
- Joomla 1.5 Native
- W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS Valid.
- Fully compatible IE6, IE7, Firefox 2+, Safari 3+, Opera 9+, Chrome
- Delivered with Template Guide
- Lime and blue version available as well…
Business Affair
The Business Affair free Joomla template offers a rich set of layout customization options and functionalities, including:
I. JavaScript navigation menu (with color and transparency effects)
II. 4-column Support – a two-column template body plus left/ right sidebars
III. 3 color schemes (corporate BLUE, powerful RED and GREEN as the symbol of growth)
IV. Enable/disable Logo – set your own logo within the header area
V. Edit Logo Image – place a custom logo image in the logo area
VI. 2 pre-defined sections for posting Latest News, Archive, Polls, Popular links, etc.
VII. Page alignment options – left/right/center
VIII. Many other Joomla supported options
Here is a list of the key news portal design features that our Daily News Joomla template comes loaded with:
I. JavaScript-based main tab menu
II. 4-column Support- a two-column template body plus a left and right sidebars
III. Fully customisable ‘Latest News’ box – edit image, news text, ‘Read More’ button, etc. options
IV. Logo options – set your own logo within the header area
V. Various color schemes – red, green, blue
VI. Two pre-defined sections for posting Latest News, Archive, Polls, Popular links, etc.
VII. Page alignment options – left/right/center
VIII. Display date ON/OFF
IX. Many other Joomla design options
Minima
Looking for fast loading joomla 1.5.x template? here minima for you. With its small weight template minima will deliver fastest loading for your joomla site.
Minima already tested with latest major browser. Build your joomla site now
Optimus (Joomlashack)
- Valid XHTML & CSS
- Pure CSS Suckerfish Dropdown Menu System
- 5 Bundled Color Themes
- Enhanced Typography Styles
- SEO Optimized Header
- Dynamic Header Scaling & Sizing
- Integrated Support for transparent PNG images
- Graphic Source Files
- Integrated Column Width Selector
- Parameterized Template Widths Fixed 1024 | Fixed 800 | Fluid
- 5 Module Positions in 4 Variations
- more features
JS industry (Joomlashack)
JS Industry is a free Joomla template designed for generic business applications. Its features our usual 3 collapsible columns and is easy to customize.
SifrStain
SIFRStain is an experimental joomla template project which replaces your traditional text with dynamic Flash text.
Javascript and dynamic CSS work together to replace the text with a similar look for older and non-compliant browsers.
Jamba (Joomlashack)
Js Jamba is a free template for Joomla 1.0 and 1.5 Native! Feel free to give it a whirl. You can also install the QuickLauncher for a speedy Joomla! setup. The Jamba template comes with a lot of the features you’ll find in our professional templates such as 5 theme styles, integrated typography styles, 4 module colors in 9 module positions and more
Empire (joomlashack)
Perhaps you don’t run a huge portal site or have the need for enormous amounts of content. Maybe you just have a small business or blog and you simply want to use Joomla! Nova is a clean and simple template design that will have you up and running in no time. No hassle.No fuss. No charge. The pure CSS template is yours free from Joomlashack.
Lunar Eclipse (joomlaschack)
The LunarEclipse template is a take on Andy (rhuk) Miller’s original design of the SolarFlare template. SolarFlare, with it’s lightweight design and brilliant CSS took Mambo by storm with its clean white background and brilliant orange colors.
LunarEclipse is a tribute to this great template that is often seen in the world of Joomla and Mambo sites as a base for easy navigation and plenty of space to make modular websites expand. Enjoy this addition to the free Joomla templates and customizations from JoomlaShack.
matrix (Joomlashack)
Matrix is a user requested bonus Joomla template in black with a “matrix-like” theme.
For best results, publish the mainmenu in the left column with a menu class parameter of “-menu”
Digital Systems – Free Joomla Template
This template comes with many standard features and is very easy to integrate with any Joomla installation. It comes with a custom right menu and all module positions are fully collapsible. Its professional look and subtle colors make this perfect for any business or IT website.
- 100% tableless CSS
- Validates with XHTML and CSS
- 3 module positions
- Joomla 1.0+ compatible
- Joomla 1.5 compatible
- Graphics and icons used included
- Fully collapsible module positions
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Offer 6 good looking Themes for free
Education (joomla 1.0+)
Education is a free Joomla template designed with schools and educational institutions in mind, though it could be used for any similar organization, like libraries etc. Its fast loading and W3C compliant.
- Joomla 1.0+ compatible
- Mambo 4.5.2.X compatible
- 3 column layout with collapsible columns
- 7 total fully collapsible module locations
- Dynamic font resizer (Accessibility option to allow your users to change the rendered font size)
- Four great color variations
- Easy to edit header/logo
- Dropdown suckerfish CSS for extended menu included
- Easily customizable to be used in Fluid or Fixed-width configurations
- Fast loading low bandwidth design
- W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS Valid
- Accessible – Section 508 and WAI
clean and clear
Wave
redon white
Red business
Universe
Simple
247clean
Green fields
Travel Template
JSN Epic 15
vertical
coffee
Blue design
Extreme
Manuscript
OrangeLite
Blue portal
business special
Colorful
Nature
Photo
Javanya
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Thank you very much for your complete collection
cool! keep up the good work!
Amazing Blog! i visit you regularly!
great themes .. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent themes collection i really love few of them and gonna give a try to joomla again
Really awesome post about joomla themes. A+ to this post. thanks for posting.
Actually these templates are old fashioned, so I advise you to have a look at http://www.joomlart.com templates, they are really cool.
http://www.ferrarivsporsche.com
http://www.kartplast.com
great work i find lots of good themes thanks for everything
Hello , nice themes. Also http://www.soloper.com recommend.
thanks. Very good work.
It’s look likes good
http://www.soloper.com is illegal themes, don’t touch that site. I guess I’ll use WOT to report it.
you are the man!!
thanks.. some really great joomla temapltes
you saved me the long search
Cheers, Sagive
nice collections !!
I fell in love with MainFolio!
Nice template listing.
We’d love to be added to your list of developers that can provide PSD to Joomla work.
Although all of services should offer identical deliverable, we offer exceptional customer service.
Thanks for considering us!
wow, briliant!
its nice templates for joomla. But this template is nice for business. .
I wanted a template for entertainment and have a category for music..
We’d love to be added to your list of developers that can provide PSD to Joomla work.
it is old collection,we want to see some new templates
Cool collection, 10X.. I need some easy to
redesign wordpress themes
Thanks for your collection theme… nice share..
I like your template. how to download ?
nice jobs bro !!!
i like this template …
thanks for the templates, i surely have to use one for me Ugandan site. incase i get any problems, i will let you know.
this is so far one of the best collection of templates i have come across, please keep adding more. thanks
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