15 best free themes for joomla

Joomla remains one of the leading content management systems, as building websites on Joomla affords users a marked degree of flexibility in various facets of web design. Some of the most commendable templates for Joomla are free. Below we take a look at the 15 best free Joomla templates that incorporate the latest technological advances.

X2

X2 is a OnePage Joomla Video Theme with a modern, dynamically stylish appearance and accomplishes a great deal. It will fit nearly everyone and is deemed functional and convenient, in that configuration and setup are a breeze and take little time to complete. X2’s expressive animation and flat design yield exclusive, attractive content that can be easily integrated with all major social networks.

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Purity III

Purity III is indisputably one of the most responsive templates for whatever Joomla project one has in mind. Creating a unique look is easy, given Purity III’s wealth of options for customization in design and layouts. From complex business websites, to personal blogs, Purity III impresses in the area of versatility, as it works seamlessly with most of the popular 3rd party Joomla extensions, such as Kunena, JomSocial, Mijoshop and EasySocial. Thanks to GitHub contributors, Purity III is now available in German, Hungarian and French.

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JF Creativia

An ideal template choice for creating a website that showcases a portfolio and blog is Creativia. It is a small, yet stylish, template that works superbly with Joomla 2.5 and 3.0. Creativia is equipped with an elegant home that displays the site logo to welcome visitors, and also features the JF slideshow, which is visible on the main page. Designers can add images, links and text and customize, using varied colors, fonts and links on every slide.

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GavickPro Magazine

The number one free responsive Joomla template for blog and news websites is arguably the GavicPro Magazine template. The focus of this theme is minimalism and modern design, to deliver impressively fast loading speeds, satisfying reader demands for sleek simplicity. The powerful features of the News Show Pro and Tabs module join for ever-updating article links that occupy the sidebar and bottom of the frontpage listings. Along with clear menus, clickable titles create an environment where content is deftly accessed.

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Meet Gavern

Meet Gavern is based upon an updated version of the Gavern Framework, which features built-in support for Bootstrap. This free template’s lightweight design furnishes a solid setting for personal sites and businesses, with notable options provided by custom framework for Joomla.

Meet Gavern is not lacking in features, as it features CSS3-powered animations in the header and icons, and advanced typography allows users to add buttons, labels, alerts, block quotes and more. Applying new fonts is easy, courtesy of an intuitive, efficient options menu. With stellar responsiveness, Meet Gavern looks great across a full range of mobile devices.

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Music Free

Music Free makes use of some of the most flexible Joomla modules on the market and is a contemporary theme that allows users to make attention-grabbing, tile-based websites with ease. With multiple modules creating article links and dynamic tabs with tag clouds, latest comments and more, Music Free readily adjusts to fit viewpoint size, making it ideal for entertainment and news websites in our ever-evolving multi-device realm.

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JSN Air

Air is a professional business portfolio template with a stunning design that works brilliantly across a wide range of devices and includes all advanced features. It works seamlessly with painless configuration. Its remarkably clean, simple design and responsive layout make it a fan favorite, and Air gives users a sturdy styling support for K2 and Kunena.

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JSN Ares

Ares is the ideal template for personal portfolio and application websites. Users praise it for being easy to customize, with several styles to mix and match. In Ares, users are able to integrate social channels without digging into the code. They need only to configure the social icons with their URLs. There are 12 icons which cover major social media services and applications.

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JA Elastica

Built upon JA’s powerful JAT3 2 Framework and jQuery Masonry script, Elastica works well and fits well on all web-enabled devices and mobile browsers. This template uses responsive web design technology and supports five layouts, including extra-wide, wide, normal, tablet and mobile. Sites built using Elastica can readily change into respective layouts automatically, to fit any device’s screen size. Anyone seeking one template to serve all platforms finds Elastica to be ideal in the area of flexibility in content presentation.

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Design Control

Design Control is built off of the very powerful Shape5 Vertex Template Framework. Notable features include a responsive layout, custom widths, fixed or fluid layouts, S5 flex menu, more than 90 module positions, integrated multibox and tooltips, file compression, SEF optimized layout, RTL language support, and Google font integration. Other attributes include two custom highlight colors, custom header background options and shadow options for the top_row1 area.

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Afterburner 2

Afterburner 2 highlights Gantry’s goal of empowering users to theme better. Built on the Gantry 4 Framework, Afterburner2 benefits from its rich, powerful core. It is armed with three preset style variations, and each has configurable options for header, footer and menu style. Users may change the accent and link colors via an interactive color picker interface in the template manager. Despite its streamlined nature, Afterburner 2 proves to be aesthetically enticing.

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JF Calla

Calla presents itself as a type of creative agency portfolio template, but thanks to its neutral module system, it can be used for much more. Its responsive theme and trendy design make it appealing to a wide range of users. Calla presents a terrific first starting page with an outstanding alternative scroll down option, more than ten module positions, and an attractive, clear, minimalistic design. The portfolio layout comes with a detail page and an image overview, and the contact page features an integrated Google Map component, complementing the smooth, linear scheme.

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Glamo

Glamo really makes an impression on those seeking to design a retail or fashion website. It is specially equipped with an extended style for redSHOP, a powerful shop component, and boasts a feminine, modern design that captures attention, courtesy of its vibrant color variations, clean layout and responsiveness. Social icons allow users to integrate social channels without digging into the code.

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JSN Yoyo

Yoyo is a distinctive template featuring a one-page interface which delivers a refreshing experience to visitors, as the website acts as a storyteller. New features include cookie law compliance, a Mega Menu, and a mobile menu. Besides the extended styles for K2 and Kunena, Yoyo also works on all devices with its responsive layout.

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JSN Metro

JSN Metro’s extended style was crafted specially for JomSocial, making it ideal for creative forums, design portfolios or any kind of website featuring attractive visual elements. The template is the latest innovation in the Metro legacy, taking users to new levels with commendable features and a wide range of experimental design elements. Its flat color variations furnish excellent vignettes, impressive saturation and amazing contrast. Its interfaces are intended to encourage the sense of depth and usage.

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