Advanced WordPress Theme Silk
Silk is a free advanced WordPress theme with fully customizable “edit without touching any coding” functionality and almost zero set-up. With the exception of creating a category called “Featured”, there is practically no set up required to use this theme.
Just like our other free premium advanced themes, Silk includes all the following cool functions and more…
- Advance theme edit options, makes editing design elements such as colors, fonts, header image a breeze.
- Featured-regular posts, helps your most important posts be “Featured” at the very top of the site.
- Second level, conditional and dropdown menus with zero set up.
- Tabbed JavaScript sidebar widget to display a lot of information in less space.
- Widget ready sidebars styled for Google Adsense.
- Customizable comments block.
- Search engine optimized for better site indexing.
Demo and Download
Give the theme a test flight by running the demo, then grab a copy of the advanced free WordPress theme Silk. This theme is free for personal use, we urge you refer to the license section below before downloading if you plan on using it commercially or otherwise. The theme works with WordPress versions 2.0.x through 2.5.
Authors, License and Credits
The theme is a collaborative work of MandarinMusing WordPress Theme and Headsetoptions Web Design and based on a free template by Henry Jorge and TemplateFusion. This effort was made possible with support from Dedicated Hosting and Air Compressors.
The theme is released under a combined CC and GPL license. The CSS (stylesheet) and images are released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License, while the rest of the theme files are released under a GNU GPL License. What this means is, if you are to use this CSS/images to redesign, you are required to link back to the theme authors in the footer. You can make any changes to the php files any way you like. However, we prefer you leave the credits for the theme intact to help users find this theme easily. You are not allowed to redistribute this theme in part or whole. Contact us if you plan on using it commercially or if you have any special needs.
Free Support and Paid Customization
Like the other 100 or so themes from our team, this theme too is supported for free. Please go to our WordPress downloads and support page for WordPress themes support and tips.
For customization of themes or web design projects, visit Headsetoptions.org. You may view, download and test run more of our Free WordPress themes at MandarinMusing.com.
Please do spread the word if you like our themes, make a donation if you love it!
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You guys have a ton of great themes here. Thank you for this and keep up the great work. You’re an inspiration to us all
April 7th, 2008 at 7:53 am
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April 8th, 2008 at 4:24 am
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April 8th, 2008 at 5:39 am
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April 8th, 2008 at 6:34 am
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April 8th, 2008 at 9:56 am
How do i use /play to switch from one theme to another? I’m stuck
April 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
@ seo
If you mean how to use the theme switcher plugin? You can get it from here. Then use the browser to jump between theme like below:
Where “silk” is the theme name.
April 8th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
http://templatefusion.org/preview.php?template=purple ???
That one was released way before yours.. rippers..
April 9th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
@ Johnathan
Yeah, the template if from Templatefusion, we ported it over to WP. Hence the reference in this blog post and in the theme footer… duh!
April 9th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Ok. This looks really coooooooool. So, how can you make any money at all just giving cool stuff like this away???
April 14th, 2008 at 11:20 am
@ best
People usually get backlinks, improve their reputation and attract potential clients, build up their portfolio and improve their design skills, drive traffic to their website and help the community. Why not?
April 15th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Much appreciated! Thanks guys!
April 21st, 2008 at 10:47 am
@ Free CSS Templates
Thank you for the fabulous template.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:48 pm
I’m not able to download this “silk” theme. Any ideas?
April 29th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
@ rd
The download links are fixed, a plugin setup goof up during upgrade. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:42 pm