Bootstrap 3 Free Themes and Templates

http://www.prepbootstrap.com/

by DaveJn • 12 years ago

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viach• 12 years ago

Great resource! This is also worth attention: http://bootswatch.com/. I have zero-to-none design skills and using these themes makes my chrome extensions design look acceptable (well, almost)

aikah• 12 years ago

shameless plug or astroturfing? either way that's ok ,the free themes are not "Great resource!" anyway.

archenemy• 12 years ago

it saved me some work recently as I got to the 'ok, time to dress this up a bit' phase of a project. still recognizable as Bootstrap, but also an easy way to inject a bit of design and good taste in a prototype.

hendry• 12 years ago

None of these Bootstrap 3 themes seem to just replace /bootstrap/css/bootstrap-theme.css which makes them pretty daft.

Kiro• 12 years ago

What do you mean?

eddieroger• 12 years ago

He doesn't understand that "cascading" part of CSS. Replacing core bootstrap files wouldn't make any sense, and it's better to add them downstream so that they can be changed or removed or whatever.

sida• 12 years ago

At the risk of sounding like an asshole. The themes on prebootstrap is pretty average at best. Alternatives like bootswatch.com offers far better themes.

ejr• 12 years ago

I took this as a quick intro to snippets of Bootstrap features. Ex: Logins and stuff. It does say "pre" bootstrap so I'm sure that was the intended purpose for this.

mgkimsal• 12 years ago

I don't see 'pre' - I see 'prep'. ??

collyw• 12 years ago

Sure, but there is a bit of variety in this collection. bootswatch.com just look like different colour themes to me.

mruocco• 12 years ago

If you are seeking more template-y types of stuff, check out http://www.bootstrapstage.com/

yoanizer• 12 years ago

I don't want to sound mean, but most of them look very amateurish at best.

gjvc• 12 years ago

I know what you mean, but there is surprising, err, "design value" in keeping the layout minimal.

In any event, the simpler the layout, the less work the browser layout engine has to do, and the snappier everything is.

timdorr• 12 years ago

I don't think the issue is that they're minimal. These lack in design aesthetic. They are just plain ugly in most cases.

You can can certainly have a minimal design while maintaining a high-quality aesthetic: https://dribbble.com/search?q=minimal

jggonz2• 12 years ago

I believe they intend for you to use them as building blocks. You can use their layouts to get your idea on the screen, then add additional CSS in order to 'make it your own'.

johantinglof• 12 years ago

Not sure about this. It seems kind of wierd for the 'login' templates to have a confirm password box. In my book startbootstrap has an advantage.

lumpypua2• 12 years ago

Looks like the folks behind this are doing real estate tech. Can I ask y'all what the product is?

ArtDev2• 12 years ago

Um.. where are you from?

lumpypua2• 12 years ago

Tennessee...

MasterScrat• 12 years ago

Don't waste your time and just head to wrapbootstrap.com.

Even for a side project it's worth paying $15 to get an actually good looking template.

jggonz2• 12 years ago

Wrapbootstrap does not have the diversity in their 'components' category that I see in this link.

GFischer2• 12 years ago

There's a lot of value in free templates.

They're the only resource available if you have to do coursework, or you live in a country where access to international credit cards is not trivial for example.

I now have an international credit card, but for a long time my barrier was not money, but money transmission :) , I would have gladly paid U$ 5 or 10 or even 15. Most of the credit cards issued here in Uruguay are local-only, and the requirements are pretty hefty (more than half the population is not eligible for an international credit card).

I purchased a template for my side project, on ThemeForest (they have some Bootstrap-based templates over there too).

http://themeforest.net/

ehutch79• 12 years ago

not when the 'templates' are just cut and pasted form elements from the docs.

if you're doing any kind of course work in web design, you need to be able to compose the majority of this stuff yourself from just the docs.

HugoDias• 12 years ago

Another good source to get some bootstrap snippets http://bootsnipp.com/

Keats• 12 years ago

Interesting how there are dozens of sites for bootstrap but so few for Foundation.

wnevets• 12 years ago

I see some different layouts you can make with boostrap but no actual themes?

notdan• 12 years ago

Might as well plug my free(mium) themes: http://www.portnine.com/bootstrap-themes

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