Over the last few years there has been great collections of quality free HTML & CSS templates published on Noupe such as 50 Free High-Quality and “New” (X)HTML/CSS Templates (2009) and 40+ Elegant Free CSS/(X)HTML Templates (2010).

There have been some great free templates released over the last year so we thought it would be appropriate to share some of these great new designs with you all. In web development, it’s important to move with the times and embrace the latest changes. As such, all of the templates listed in this article were designed using HTML5 and CSS3; both of which will help future proof your website and make them more accessible.

The Templates

1. HTML5 Theme

A minimal looking grey and pink design that comes packaged with an Ajax powered PHP contact form.

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2. OWMX-1

A beautiful clean two column design that would be perfect for a blog.

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3. DesignStudio

A grunge styled website that is suitable for a portfolio or a blog.

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4. SilverBlog

A great looking clean blog template that has been also ported to WordPress.

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5. Clean Red

A clean HTML5 powered template that could be used for a portfolio or blog. The download includes the original Photoshop PSD file.

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6. CoffeeCols

A magazine style template that features rounded corners and comes packaged with an inner template too.

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7. Design Company Website

A beautiful corporate style website that features its own gallery page. It also supports custom fonts.

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8. Minimalism

A simple corporate style design that has beautiful typography.

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9. Serenity

A one column template that features an image slider on the home page.

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10. Vibrant Professional Web Design

A bright and colourful corporate style template.

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11. DaFrontPage

A news style magazine template that has a 3 column layout.

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12. High Five

A beautiful free template that could be used for a blog or portfolio website. The original Photoshop PSD file is included in the download file.

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13. Business Project

A black and green corporate style template that features a jQuery slider on the home page.

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14. Single-Page Portfolio

A fantastic single-page portfolio template that comes packaged with the original Photoshop PSD files.

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15. Studio One

Another great template from CSS Heaven, this corporate style template features a jQuery slider on the home page and includes a portfolio section.

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16. Memoir

A Japanese inspired free template that would be perfect for a personal blog.

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17. Simple Style 7

A fixed width 5 page template that uses Google fonts.

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18. Night Club

A well designed template that was created specifically for night clubs. The photoshop PSD file can be downloaded if you sign up to the TemplateMonster newsletter.

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19. Small Business

A small business template that also includes an about and services page.

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20. Cooking Site

A tremendous recipe template that has a featured post slider on the home page.

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21. VividPhoto

A beautiful photography template from Pritesh Gupta that allows visitors to browse images at the bottom of the page.

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22. Shinra

A fresh corporate style that uses Google fonts and comes with contact, gallery and portfolio templates.

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23. One Page Portfolio

A simple backwards compatible one page portfolio template.

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24. ArchiteXture

A simple 2 column template that would be suitable for a small business website.

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25. ElegantPress

A clean template that’s packed full of features. It includes a jQuery slider on the home page, built in contact form, lightbox for images, jQuery gallery and a jQuery portfolio.

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26. SocialStream

A useful template for social media fans that allows you to display a live stream of your Facebook or Twitter activity.

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27. OnlineSolutions

A 3 column orange template that is suitable for a business website.

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28. Touch The Future

An elegant free template design that includes a tutorial that explains how the theme was designed.

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29. FreshIdeas

A simple black and yellow 2 column template.

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30. Restaurant

Beautiful typography and a good looking jQuery slider on the home page make this a great template for a restaurant website.

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31. HTML5 Admin Template

An advanced HTML5 admin template that can be used for creating a feature rich dashboard for your admin area.

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32. HTML5 Admin

Another great HTML powered admin template that can be used as a template for your own project.

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33. 52framework

Includes a simple HTML5 page, feature full HTML5 page and form, grid and CSS frameworks.

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34. One-Page Template

A great looking blue one page template that uses jQuery to slide to different sections of the page.

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35. Lifebook

A simple yet fun blogging template that features rounded corners.

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36. PKE Meter

Create your own iPhone app website using this useful free template. The HTML5 code and graphical design are explained in full to help you understand the template better.

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37. HTML5 Starter Pack

Contains photoshop designs, reusable CSS classes, javascript and more to help you create your own HTML5 powered website.

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38. HTML5 template

A simple HTML template that comes in one column, two column and three column variations.

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39. Nova

An HTML5 template that comes with 5 page templates, featured post slider, contact form and an image and video gallery.

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40. Kroft

Includes 6 background images, 6 page templates, homepage slideshow and social media integration. The photoshop PSD file can also be downloaded.

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In Closing

That just about finishes things off, but before we go, we wanted to get ask for your feedback. Hopefully you found something in the collection that got you excited. If so, what was it? What’s your favourite HTML5 and CSS3 powered template, even if it wasn’t included in this list? Feel free to use the comment section to fill us in.

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No matter who you are or what your business may be, you will always want your website design to stand out. Having an extraordinary website allows you to stay on the mind of most of your visitors and can help translate how unique your product or service is to someone.

The problem with creating a standout site is sometimes you have no clue where to start. You may have the colors you want, and you may simply have an idea; but as far as it really being unique, you don’t have a single clue. It can sometimes be hard to start with absolutely nothing and try to make it into something that will stick with someone.

Fortunately, there are folks out there who help out by creating fabulous PSD templates to help anyone get started on making a website. The unfortunate truth however, is sometimes, most of these freebies aren’t worth even going through. So, today we’ve created a list of 20 amazing PSD templates to do the sorting work for you and get you inspired with your own website design.

The Templates

All of these PSD templates are free. Please read the license agreements carefully before using the PSD’s exclusively for commercial use.

Gallerise

This is a great place to start off this round-up as this template comes in 9 different colors and is absolutely free. The design is very clean and clear and leaves a lot of room for excess developments.

Template Features:

• 16 PSD files; 9 different color schemes.
• Doubles as a Photo Gallery.
• Well organized for easy editing.

Sleeko

This is a one page template, made with most designers and creatives in mind. Showing off a very clean design and use of trendy elements, this is a no-brainer for any one looking to begin on a single page portfolio.

Template Features:

• Uses 960 px grid system.
• Designed contact form.
• Comes with complimentary social media icons.

Ecommerce Web Template

When doing e-shops and e-commerce, it can be pretty challenging to think of new ways to reinvent it, but this template here has done great at making a welcoming and fun website. A great start for a creative, fun, or family product.

Template Features:

• Fresh, bright, clean design.
• Comes with necessary buttons and icons for a web shop.
• Uses standard fonts (Arial and Rockwell).

Redux Business Website Template

Perfect for pretty much any product or service, this clean web PSD pretty much comes with everything you need. You can use it as is or put your own little spin on it.

Template Features:

• Flawless design, easily customizable for all. 
• Leaves room for lots of modern features (slide shows, video screen shots, etc.)
• Well organized for easy editing.

3D Creative Layout

The navigation of this particular template is the star here–and when coded you’d probably use a script that makes it work similar to most Mac navigation. It’s a very creative concept and can be widely used.

Template Features:

• Super unique layout.
• Includes several icons.

Church Website Layout

This is a pretty self explanatory template, with a great layout and attention to detail. It doesn’t just make it look like you’re just going to ‘church’, but to an ‘experience.’ This template could work well with churches as well as bands and musicians.

Template Features:

• Fully designed photo slider.
• Social media icons included.

Agregado LifeStream Theme

This theme is not only a PSD, but it is also a WordPress theme. Fortunately, we all don’t use WordPress, so the PSD is available. This is another versatile template, with a wonderful color scheme.

Template Features:

• WordPress theme is free as well.
• Fully designed contact form, comments and tags.
• Uses standard fonts.

Modern Design Studio Template

Textures can add that extra ‘umph’ to sites and this template demonstrates that well. Playing around with textures pretty well without crossing the line and over doing it.

Template Features:

• Modern, usable design.
• Uses standard fonts.

Creative Portfolio Template

This is a super crisp and clean template that utilizes a really fresh take on portfolio layouts, not to mention the design is pretty much impeccable. This is definitely a template to keep near by.

Template Features:

• Resizing is easy with ‘Smart Objects’
• Includes useful social media icons.
• 6 PSDs; Home Page, About, Contact, Services, Blog Post, Blog Entries.

Events PSD Template

A one page website that is a great splash site or small site for upcoming events. You’re able to show off exhibits or performers/speakers as well as get your audience to purchase tickets. This is a nice, quick fix for many website needs.

Template Features:

• Extremely unique design.
• Uses 960 pixel grid system.
• Fully customizable contact form and purchase buttons.

Yellow! Minimalist Blog Template

Minimalism is a style that can work for almost any person or product. Here, we have a nice simple blog template, with a wonderful pop of color.

Template Features:

• Unique one-column design.
• 2 PSDs; Home Page and Inside Page.
• Minimalist design

Crisp Presentation

A good mix of crisp, clean and beautiful work. This template uses a very sophisticated color palette, and also has a nicely thought out layout.

Template Features:

• 2 PSD files; Home Page and Inside Page.
• Includes useful icons.
• Extremely versatile design.

oWire Template

This template brings a fresh look at websites, especially their headers. Boasting a colorful palette with clean design elements, this is a great site for agencies or designers.

Template Features:

• 4 PSD files; Home Page, About, Contact, and Work.
• Creative and grungy design.
• Comes with icons and designed contact form.

Education Template

This template sports a very unorthodox layout and design for an education website, but in a very good way. It could use some help as far as the typography is concerned, in regards to making all that clearer; but this template is a great start.

Template Features:

• 2PSD files; Home Page and Inside Page.
• Unorthodox and fun layout.
• Uses standard fonts.

Digital Rust Template

With seven different PSDs, and a very fresh look at website design, this template is nothing short of awesome, and is extremely high quality. This is a great template if you are looking to do something new without straying too far away from the basics.

Template Features:

• 7 PSD files; Home Page, About, Work, Work Item, Contact, Blog Post and Blog Page.
• Easy resizing using ‘Smart Objects’ and shapes.
• Well organized for easy editing.

Inkfolio

This is a rather simple template, but the detail in the template’s design is extremely noteworthy. Great for small businesses and designers alike!

Template Features:

• Uses stand fonts.
• Versatile template.
• Easily editable.

Creative Mass: One Page Portfolio

This is a wonderful one page site, with a dark theme–great for artists and small products. The detail here is amazing.

Template Features:

• Uses 960 pixel grid system.
• Includes complimentary icons and buttons.

Clean Tech

This template is great for businesses centered around technology. The design is exceptionally modern and serves as a great starting point or as a complete site.

Template Features:

• 3 PSD files; Home page, Inside page and Contact.
• Fully designed contact form.

Grunge Designer Portfolio

While this was made to be a web designer portfolio, one could easily extend the uses of this to work with businesses and products. This is a great template to get you started with your site.

Template Features:

• Textures and Icons available on Template Webpage.
• Customized image slider.

Cafe and Restaurant Template

This template has a very nice color scheme and is very well thought out as far as the layout for all things restaurant. It makes good sense and the design draws you in very easily.

Template Features:

• Stylish design for restaurants.
• Uses 960 pixel grid system.
• Well organized for easy editing.

How’d You Like It?

Being creative is extremely important, so hopefully this collection of PSD’s can catapult you to an area of success. As mentioned, these are great starting points or even ending points depending on what you like (make sure you check the license). If we missed an excellent PSD template, feel free to let us know! Also, leave us a comment and tell us which one was your favorite.

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Adobe Photoshop ranks high among the ultimate tools used in graphic design and most designers wouldn’t even think of designing without Photoshop installed on their computer. Having high-quality PSD files can not only shave time from your workflow, but can also come handy for any rush jobs a client needs. PSD files allow designers to customize them according to their project needs and individual client tastes.

This is the reason almost all graphic designers keep a good collection of PSD files on hand that they can use in their future projects. This is also why they are constantly looking for new and exciting PSD files that are available for free to add to said collection. Here we have an awesome assortment of 60 high-quality PSD files that you can download and use for free. Enjoy!

Icons Related PSDs

3D Glossy Icon Set: 20 Free Icons

USB Pen Drive PSD

Modern office telephone icon

SocialMate: 28 Free Social Media Icons

iPad and Paper Stack Icon

Plane free psd file

Pie chart icon

3D Box

Portfolio slides template

PSD Graphic of Retro Phone

Quill pen and inkwell icon

Drawing tools icon

Fluorescent light bulb icon

Settings, Weather, Phone iOS Icons

Stylish business card template

Color palette icon

Traffic lights icon

Notebook

Silver laptop icon

Battery icon

Designer Brushes-Icon Set

Round retro stickers, PSD template

Stage spotlight icon (PSD)

iPod nano Multi Touch

Computer diagnostics icon

Treasure Chest with Golden Coins

Graphics processing unit, GPU icon

Silver padlock, security icon

Tablet PC, blank screen PSD template

USB flash drive icon

Music, Text, Videos iOS Icons

Buttons Related PSDs

Big Buttons

Web elements

15 free web buttons

Orange pack

Pixel Perfect Buttons 1.0

Glossy Bubble PSD Graphics

Panel Buttons

Greene Pack#3 – Switches

Subscription buttons

4 Web buttons

5 Colorful web buttons

Web Templates PSDs

Web electric v2 Template

Software Layout PSD

Blog Website

Paper vCard: Free PSD Web Page Template

Free WordPress 3.1 Theme: Splendio

PSD Template of Under Construction Page

SDT Webdesign

Splendio WP Theme

Designers Portfolio

Twitter Background Template 1

HTML5 Coming Soon Template

Web UI Kit PSDs

Transparent Glass UI: Free PSD for User Interface Design

UI Web Design Elements (UI)

Pop-up Contact Form (UI)

Search boxes

Web User Interface Buttons

Awesome Tooltips & Alerts

Free video player interface

Consider our previous posts:

• 80+ Ultimate Collection of High Quality Free PSD Files
• 60 Most Wanted Photoshop Tutorials, Brushes, .PSDs and Resources
• Useful PSD Files For Your Creativity
• 6 Free PSD/(X)HTML-Templates
• Free Professional PSD Template: BlueMasters
• Adobe Photoshop: 50+ High Quality .PSD Files and Tutorials

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Getting the right look for your client’s projects, as well as your own, is one of the key make or break elements to your website creations. When users land on a site, an immediate impression is made, and we always want to make sure it the right one. Pulling this off on a budget is not always the easiest of tasks, which is what makes pre-made themes, both free and premium, a huge design time saver and arsenal must. Which is why today’s post so exciting!

Today we release yet another freebie: a beautiful website theme, designed by TemplatesBox and released for the Smashing Media family and its readers via Noupe. As usual, the theme is absolutely free to use in private and commerical projects.

Download the Theme for Free!

The theme is released under GPL. You can use it for all your projects for free and without any restrictions. Please link to this article if you want to spread the word. You may modify the theme as you wish.

• large preview (.jpg, 1.69 Mb)
• download the .zip-package (zip, 81.5 Mb, including instructions)

Features

Below we have some large preview images (with links to even larger ones) of the various page layouts and elements included in this exclusive freebie. Not that you need the enticing, but what can we say, we wanted to wet your appetites a bit before you download the main course. Take a look down through this sneak peek before adding this graciously crafted and donated design exclusive into your design toolbox.

Index (large preview)

About (large preview)

Portfolio (large preview)

Services (large preview)

Contact (large preview)

Behind the Design

Here are some insights on the designers:

TemplatesBox has been serving the online design and development community since 2002, providing professional website templates to its customers and members. Renowned for their dedication to the overall quality of both their product and their customer and member’s experience, they have established themselves in the industry as a trusted source for your numerous template needs. Visit TemplatesBox to download beautiful website templates, flash templates, logo templates and many other website graphics.

Thank you, TemplatesBox. We appreciate your work and your good intentions.

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Choosing a well designed newsletter can provide any marketing campaign a great deal of success. Here are excellent examples of some of the best free HTML newsletter templates that you can use without spending a fortune. No matter how you’d like to update your customers about a particular product or simply want to share some information with them, you can do so effectively by contacting them with a pleasant template in your email. Enjoy!

Clouds Template — Download Link

36 Basic | Flexible Templates — Download Link

Simon Collison (Retro Stripes) — Download Link

Outdoorsy Template — Download Link

45royale | Boutique — Download Link

Company Newsletter — Download Link

Medieval Style Layout — Download Link

Nature — Download Link

Industrial Template — Download Link

Army Look — Download Link

Grunge — Download Link

Company Newsletter — Download Link

Newsletter Template 2 left sidebar — Download Link

Company Newsletters — Download Link

Meagan Fisher (Air Mail) — Download Link

MetaLab (Acrylic) — Download Link

2 column, RSS Newsletter — Download Link

Mike Kus (Worn) — Download Link

Mike Kus (Color Direct) — Download Link

1 column, Skinny Format — Download Link

Dark and Dirty — Download Link

Welcome Template — Download Link

Meadows Template — Download Link

Malibu Template — Download Link

Tech Newsletter — Download Link

MetaLab Cool Template — Download Link

Fabric Template — Download Link

Free HTML Email Template — Download Link

Holiday | Seasons Greetings — Download Link

Holiday | Happy Holidays — Download Link

Free Sample Newsletter Template — Download Link

Friuts Store Template — Download Link

Free Newsletter Templates — Download Link

Free Newsletter Templates — Download Link

Free Newsletter Templates — Download Link

Free Newsletter Templates — Download Link

Modern Age Technology Template — Download Link

Elliot Jay Stocks | The Cool Collective — Download Link

Company Newsletter — Download Link

Newsletter Templates — Download Link

Blue Newsletter — Download Link

Clean Newsletter — Download Link

Free Coupons Newsletter — Download Link

Gold Autumn — Download Link

Classic Template — Download Link

Elegant Template — Download Link

High Impact — Download Link

Spring Template — Download Link

Cotton Rag — Download Link

Mute Template — Download Link

Articles and Resources

• Design and Build Email Newsletters Without Losing Your Mind (and Soul)
• A Guide to Creating Email Newsletters
• 20 Email Design Best Practices and Resources for Beginners
• A Guide to CSS Support in Email
• The Principles of Beautiful HTML Email – Sitepoint
• Best Practices For Bulletproof E-Mail Delivery
• Using CSS in HTML Emails: The Real Story
• Learn How to Style Articles for Print and Email

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Design templates help build an identity for any particular website. Since the techniques are changing very rapidly within the industry, one must be updated all the time. Many designers download the pre-built CSS templates to explore more. At many stages, designers seek help in the form of inspiration that would help them get back to their creativity track. Or they just want to learn a thing or two about the structure of web-sites and build their own projects on top of “bulletproof” templates.

To keep you moving throughout your creative adventure, we have gathered some cool and absolutely Free CSS and XHTML Web Layouts. You can download and use them for your own personal and/or commercial use. Please read the license agreements carefully before using the templates; the licenses can change from time to time. Feel free to express yourself in a new style and… do not forget to share your opinion with us in the comment section below!

Free and Useful CSS/(X)HTML Templates

HTML5 and CSS3 ( Demo | Download )

JeansWebsite ( Demo | Download )

Lawyer & Attorney ( Demo | Download )

Ornare ( Demo | Download )

iPhone App ( Download )

StudioClick ( Demo | Download )

Darkness ( Demo | Download )

MYportfolio ( Demo | Download )

2 Breed ( Demo | Download )

WesternShop ( Demo | Download )

CSS Heaven 1 ( Demo | Download )

Zen Design ( Demo | Download )

Shop Around ( Demo | Download )

Ikonik ( Demo | Download )

Internet Music ( Demo | Download )

Nova Studio ( Demo | Download )

YIW Minimal ( Demo | Download )

YIW Folio ( Demo | Download )

CleanBusiness ( Demo | Download )

Pure Elegance ( Demo | Download )

Film Blog ( Demo | Download )

Solitude ( Demo | Download )

Speed Racing ( Demo | Download )

PinkShop ( Demo | Download )

Web Design ( Demo | Download )

Online Edu ( Demo | Download )

GrayCompany ( Demo | Download )

EleganceBusiness ( Demo | Download )

Coffee Maker ( Demo | Download )

BusinessTemplate ( Demo | Download )

PC Desktop ( Demo | Download )

RealOne ( Demo | Download )

BAMBOO ( Demo | Download )

Book Store ( Demo | Download )

Symisun ( Demo | Download )

Package ( Demo | Download )

Prestigious ( Demo | Download )

CleanInterface ( Demo | Download )

Grunge Template ( Demo | Download )

Summer of Love ( Demo | Download )

Business Template ( Demo | Download )

One Page Portfolio with HTML5 and CSS3 ( Demo | Download )

Portfolio ( Demo | Download )

Portfolio ( Demo | Download )

CSS Heaven 2 ( Demo | Download )

Silverblog ( Demo | Download )

Alexx C ( Demo | Download )

Photo Pro css template ( Demo | Download )

Treasure hunters ( Demo | Download )

Simple Solution ( Demo | Download )

beSmart ( Demo | Download )