Free website templates without spam

[ilyaelbert]

Where is a good site for joomla and wordpress website templates that are free? I want to learn how to do everything on a zero budget (except for hosting and domain name) and I'd like to find some decent free templates.

[DonnieCooper]

I realize you're looking for free ones, but if you've got a micro budget, this has some awesome templates.... http://themeforest.net/

[ilyaelbert]

Thanks Donnie. I'll check it out.

[anthonydnelson]

Smashing Magazine often posts about free WordPress themes.

Link to Google results

It's tough to find a theme that is well designed, free, decently optimized out of the box, and not being used by 500 other bloggers. Good luck.

[ilyaelbert]

if a blogger is using that template, do you think it would affect my chances at ranking better or affect my ability to use that template for a site I'm trying to get 'unbanned/de-penalized'?

[anthonydnelson]

The use of the template by other bloggers will not affect either of those things.