Do you use free themes for your forum ?

[fantanoice]

Free themes get the job done but it is hella snazzy to have something made just for your site

 

[marko92]

I use free one but now i'm considering paid one 😀

 

[Page]

I use free one but now i'm considering paid one 😀

paid is more support in them

 

[hanson27]

I don't care if the admin paid for it or got it for free. Makes no difference to me.

 

[Lord Saru]

I just want it to be different. I hate browsing through overused themes 😀

 

[maxstyle]

I used one free theme on my website

 

[maxstyle]

many people sharing theme in other forum , u can search

 

[Page]

many people sharing theme in other forum , u can search

You mean how many sites using the same theme?

 

[lunorian]

Spoiler: Theme Screenshots

Well I know the basics of CSS so my theme is heavily customized off the default theme. The mobile theme is heavily customized off of a free modernized GoMobile theme. So I don't use a free theme however I've made my own themes based off of free themes.

 

[Page]

Well I know the basics of CSS

It's also fun playing around with the colors and whatnot 🙂 what do you like about it?

 

[Deleted member 4320]

I tend to just make my own theme and anything I can't do, I use an an excuse to learn something new.

 

[lolipop99]

you have to pay for them. free is not good

 

[Cierra]

Not currently (my forum is using a custom theme), but when my forum was just starting up I used free themes that I customized to suit the overall feel/theme of the forum better. I don't think it is necessary to spend for a paid theme right away when there are some really good free themes out there. With how often forums close it's best to wait a while.

 

[Shole]

Usually I go for the free and customize them the way I like em.

 

[lolipop99]

Usually I go for the free and customize them the way I like em.

me too

 

[Rick Peterson]

It will be better for your that if you properly buy themes for your forum, because free themes have danger of virus and other defects for your website.

 

[Deleted member 29780]

I build my own themes 😛

 

[jacktheking]

TheBitZone is also powered by MyBB. I am more of a backend developer and hence I develop some custom plugins myself - we do also have free plugins installed. As for themes and templates, we use a free theme by iAndrew and modify it to fit our niche - general Bitcoin and Crypto discussion.

We actually contacted a few designer before we open the forums as we would like to have a custom theme made. However, most of the designers price is just too high. As a pay-to-post forums, we cannot afford to waste our money when we can create ourselves or get it for free.

As time goes on, I will learn more about creating themes for MyBB and write my own custom themes. I've designed custom themes for Wordpress and templates for Joomla before. MyBB is a forums and hence it do not work the same.

 

[Deleted member 29704]

Depends if the theme is good 😉

 

[Myers]

I don't mind doing using free themes for software that are free like phpBB or MyBB but for Xenforo or IPB I'd go with a paid theme as it's a paid software