Where to find good themes
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In the past I have used Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, and I personally have liked each one because of the wealth of templates, features, and community support available. My clients who aren't tech savvy haven't been as satisfied. I have a couple of websites that we are considering converting/creating with concrete5.
When I view the showcase of concrete5 sites athttp://showcase.c5mix.com/ I see several that are pretty cool. (I find the ones in the concrete5 marketplace too simplistic - I don't want to spend a lot of time customizing the theme)
Is there either another location that has concrete5 themes for sell or download, or can I convert an existing website or theme from say wordpress to concrete5 in a couple of hours?
Thanks and keep up the good work.
When I view the showcase of concrete5 sites athttp://showcase.c5mix.com/ I see several that are pretty cool. (I find the ones in the concrete5 marketplace too simplistic - I don't want to spend a lot of time customizing the theme)
Is there either another location that has concrete5 themes for sell or download, or can I convert an existing website or theme from say wordpress to concrete5 in a couple of hours?
Thanks and keep up the good work.
Thanks Fernandos. I understand about putting time into the website, but my skill are not in the UI/design side, and most of my clients are not able to spend a large sum of money on the design, but are able to purchase a theme/template in the $25 to $99 range.
I just don't see many concrete5 themes that are web 2.0'ish - rounded corners, clean, lots of white space - other than the concrete5.org site itself...
I just don't see many concrete5 themes that are web 2.0'ish - rounded corners, clean, lots of white space - other than the concrete5.org site itself...
Check out my themes here:
http://c5mix.com/concrete5/themes...
http://c5mix.com/concrete5/themes...
Yours are very good. I had seen them before starting this thread. I like the latest ones you have, and the NorthEast Commercial Flooring one you/your employer designed. I just wanted a couple more for the client to review.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Hello,
I am really impressed with a lot of the sites that appear on c5mix.
Which theme was used to create the Inner Optics site (http://inneroptics.net/)? I'd definitely be interested in purchasing that one for some of my work! Was that a cutsom theme, or can it be done by editing one of the themes you already sell?
Thanks,
Matthew
I am really impressed with a lot of the sites that appear on c5mix.
Which theme was used to create the Inner Optics site (http://inneroptics.net/)? I'd definitely be interested in purchasing that one for some of my work! Was that a cutsom theme, or can it be done by editing one of the themes you already sell?
Thanks,
Matthew
glad to hear you like the inneroptics design, but that's a theme i developed specifically for that site. If your interested in having me make you a custom theme along the same lines, you can hire me to do so:http://portfolio.inneroptics.net...
thx
thx
Here is a theme that we just had added to the marketplace you can see how it looks/works and even download a copy for yourself:
www.www.rynomediaonline.com/concrete5/black-accents/...
lots of flexibility in this theme and changing colors isn't to hard either.
www.www.rynomediaonline.com/concrete5/black-accents/...
lots of flexibility in this theme and changing colors isn't to hard either.
If you really want a good theme, you shouldn't rely on those "fabric" themes and let a (ui-)designer/developer create you a theme that fits to your corporate identity. A good theme needs professionalism and a good amount of work.
You're free to convert any theme on the world to a concrete5 theme. That's really a simple process. The hard part is not the theme! It is getting a theme to work as one wants. Imagine you have a picture frame, but no picture. What's it worth without the picture?
What I want to tell you is that you allways need to put effort into a site. What Concrete does for you is making that process easy as possible for you. And it's making a pretty good job at that point.
I can tell youhttp://www.oswd.org is a good place where people submit their themes for free in most cases. (Allways read the licenses!)
Regards
Fernandos