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High Quality HTML and CSS Templates

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Following the last two posts on forms, I’m now listing 10 fresh HTML and CSS templates. They are ideal for implementing a modern form, while not all templates listed here are HTML5, you can replace the old doctype for the newest, <!DOCTYPE html>, supporting HTML5. After all remember that the new doctype is backwards compatible.

Two of the HTML5 templates are part of a tutorial, which is perfect for adjusting more considering that they come with explanations on the how and why.

If you need a website online fast, it is a matter of picking out a template and implementing the latest tutorials on HTML5 and jQuery forms.

Realistic

HTML CSS Templates

One Page Portfolio with HTML5 and CSS3

HTML CSS Templates

Distinctive

HTML CSS Templates

Coffee Cols

HTML CSS Templates
* HTML5
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CSS Heaven 3

HTML CSS Templates

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Memoir

HTML CSS Templates
* HTML5
Download

Outliers

HTML CSS Templates

Mondays

HTML CSS Templates

Coding a CSS3 & HTML5 One-Page Website Template

HTML CSS Templates

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HTML CSS Templates

12 Free HTML5 and CSS3 Templates and Frameworks To Get You Started

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With Internet Explorer 9 Public Beta just released we are a step closer to being able to use more functionality from HTML5 and CSS3. More and more developers and designers are taking the steps and creating their sites with HTML5 and CSS3 leaving the option to the user to switch to the most modern browser to fully experience the website.

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20 Great Photoshop Website Tutorials

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If you want your website to stand out a good first step would be to design your own instead of using a template which is used by hundreds others. While it’s true that content is very important to any other websites design also matters, it matters a lot.

We can’t all be creatives or a graphic and Photoshop expert. I believe we all have creativity inside us, well known designers have practiced a lot to reach the level they are now. Practice and practice and of course lots of tutorials and inspiration. But talent is also a must and not all of us have talent for design, skills yes, talent, sadly no.

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The Best White Minimal WordPress Themes

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The best themes are the minimal white ones, they allow for more and easier customization. You can go for any second color you like without taking other elements in account. Changing other details like content width, etc. is more painless than with a non-minimal design.

Here you will find the top best white free and premium minimal themes.

Free minimalist themes

Manifest

WP Theme

A wonderful minimal design and layout that can easily be customized. This theme lends itself very well to use beautiful typography using @font-face which will give your website an unique brand even though using a free theme.

Theme page – Demo

Modern

WP Theme

When I see this theme the word “delicate” comes to mind. The gray tones and the small type really gives this theme the minimalist look. Except for the logo there are no “hard” colors or elements that distract from the whole. A great theme for short to mid length content.

Theme page – Demo

Modern Clix

WP Theme

A free theme that should be premium, that’s the only thing I can say about Modern Clix. With features like: grids, elastic design and standards compliant, heck it validates XHTML strict. This one is worth having in your WordPress theme folder.

Theme page – Demo

Grid Focus

WP Theme

The theme that made Grid designs popular and mainstream. It inspired many other themes out there and is still a classic since being released a few years ago. Grids designs are still popular and if you have difficulty creating your own then Grid Focus is the way to go.

Theme page – Demo

Pico

WP Theme

Theme page – Demo

Modicus

WP Theme

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DePo Square

WP Theme

By Derek Powazek – Demo

Crispp

WP Theme

Theme page – Demo

F8 Lite

WP Theme

Theme page – Demo

Textback

WP Theme

Theme page – Demo

Inuit types

WP Theme

Theme page – Demo

Carrington

WP Theme

Theme page – Demo

Oulipo

WP Theme

Theme page – Demo

Post Press

WP Theme

Theme page – Demo

Premium Minimalist themes

Here is a list of the best premium minimalist themes. While there are some great free ones you get more when paying, think about an extensive theme admin to adjust everything from within WordPress admin, support from the makers of the theme and regular updates. Great for people who don’t have time or expertise to customize everything manually.

Minimal

Premium Minimal WP Theme

Demo – Price: $25

Min

Premium Minimal WP Theme

Demo – Price: $25

ProBlog

Premium Minimal WP Theme

Demo – Price: $25

Canvas

Premium Minimal WP Theme

Demo – Price: Standard: $70, Developer: $150

Clean Home Pro

Premium Minimal WP Theme

Demo – Price: $20

Nautilius

Premium Minimal WP Theme


Demo – Price: $45

Minimaliste

Premium Minimal WP Theme

Demo – Price: $45

Basic Maths

Premium Minimal WP Theme


Demo – Price: $45

Press

Premium Minimal WP Theme

Demo – Price: Single: $50, Developer: $100

Clean Slate

Demo – Price: $59.99.

Quick Tip: Using WordPress Slug-based Category Templates

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If you create custom themes for WordPress, chances are you’ve already used category templates in the past. They usually look like this:

category-x.php

where x corresponds to the ID number of the category, and are extremely useful if you want to give a specific category a certain look. For example, if you wanted to add an “Asides” area to your theme, you’d create a category named Asides, get the numerical ID of that category (e.g. “3”) and create a template file named category-3.php

My problem, of course, was having to find the ID of the category, which could vary from one WP installation to another. The truth is that I usually chose to go the route of conditional queries instead, doing something like this:

if ( is_category(‘asides’) ) {
// what I’d like to show for my asides
}

WordPress 2.9, however, has added support for slug-based category templates. So instead of naming my template category-3.php, I can go ahead and name it something wonderfully semantic like category-asides.php

The hierarchy in which WordPress looks for which template to use has been updated as well. Now, it’ll look for the slug-based template first, then the ID-based template, and finally the default template.

Do you use WordPress category templates in your themes?

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