Depeche is a free WordPress theme that I purchased from designer Chris Hennis to be released to you for free. I hope you’ll put it to use – and if you do, leave a link to the site in your comment. Please read the information below before downloading, and review the README file to learn how to use this theme. I really love the clean, professional look to Depeche, and I hope you do too!
What’s Included
- The coded theme
- .psd for the logo and some other images (so you can edit them and re-upload them with your own site name and logo)
Demo
I haven’t setup a live demo for Depeche yet, but when I do, I’ll add the link here for you.
Terms
Please remember that all free Web templates and themes from All Freelance Writing are made available under the following terms: You’re free to use it on your own sites (and you do not have to include a credit link), but you may NOT distribute this template to others in any way. You cannot forward the files to someone via email. You cannot post the files for download on your own site. You cannot link directly to the download file on this site. If someone else wants it, they must visit this page and download it directly from this site. Also, derivative works made from the template may not be released (in other words, you can’t change the design and then distribute it to others – it’s for use on your own sites only).
Notes
- Read the Readme.txt file included in your download for instructions on how to install and use the theme.
- Remember that I do not offer technical support for the downloads. If you have simple questions, please post them as a comment on this post (do not email me about them), and if I can help I will. This way when I can’t help, maybe another member can.
To Download
- Click the download link below.
- Save the file to your hard drive.
- Unzip / decompress the file (in Windows, right-click the file name and go to “extract all.”
- That will save it to a decompressed folder.
Once you have the folder decompressed, you can upload the theme into your WordPress installation and activate it by clicking the “themes” link under “Appearance” from your WordPress admin. You can edit your theme files by visiting the “editor” link from the same menu.
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This looks really nice. I think I might like to use it, but I’ve never downloaded a WordPress template before. Can you tell me if this will work with my Mac?
WordPress is pretty new to me but I think I like it better than Blogger. It looks so much more professional than anything I’ve seen on Blogger. I just have to figure it out.
I have a domain name (my name) and I’m wondering if I can use WordPress on that domain? I find the who domain/uploading thing confusing but I’m determined to learn! Kinda essential to be able to promote yourself. ;)
I can build a web page but I just don’t get the domains and using them. Any good guides on actually uploading and putting it all together once I have my pages built? (does that make sense? I haven’t had my coffee yet ;) )
Hmm, I answered this and now it’s gone. :( I have a free blog on WordPress. I also have a domain name. Is it better to use the domain on the blog or do a blog and a website?
I get my domains from GoDaddy and my other site is hosted through HostGater. The other one is just parked on GoDaddy. I haven’t done anything with it or the blog.
I don’t know about Fantastico so I’ll have to check and let you know.
I know how to blog for the most part. And I know the basics for building a website. What I find most confusing is if I want multiple domains on my hosting account. The whole dashboard confuses me. I don’t know where things should go or anything. I uploaded my original website but I don’t understand how to update or make changes to it. I guess I need a book on how to use the hosting service or something. It’s just all over my head.
This is probably beyond the scope of what you’re wiling to teach, and to be more clear I need to go in and look at it all. My Internet has been down all day so I’m behind. :( I’ll go in and look at everything tomorrow so I can actually make my questions make sense. ;)
I usually use GoDaddy for domains and HostGator for hosting blogs, so yes, you should have Fantastico (smiley face in your control panel there).
My personal opinion is that it’s always better to host your own blog rather than going with WordPress.com, blogspot, etc. (at least when dealing with professional blogs). It looks more professional, you have more freedom in how you’re allowed to monetize them, and if you later choose to move it you’ll be able to use redirects so you don’t lose links and traffic like you would with giving up a free blog. Just my $.02 on that issue.
Cpanel (the control panel in your HostGator hosting) can definitely be a bit confusing until you get used to it. I’ve learned to love it though, and I hope you do too. :)
If I can find the time tomorrow after client work, I’ll do a post on setting up an add-on domain and WordPress using Cpanel. I should have some domains sitting around. I’ll do it with one of them so I can take screenshots for you, and I’ll add it here as a post. No worries. We’ll make sure you get things setup and hopefully you’ll get more comfortable with it. :)
Great, thank you. :) My Internet was knocked out again so I’m sorry I didn’t respond sooner. I appreciate all your help. :)
Grrrrr. I just did the long post about it, but Depeche won’t work unless you manually upload the theme. Grrrrr again. I tried to write the easiest way possible, but I’ll have to change it tomorrow to show a manual installation. I’ll publish what I have now, and just show how to do the manual upload in a separate post tomorrow I think. At least it will get you started.
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Very pretty! I love this creative idea. :)
Is it just me? I don’t see an image/preview of the theme.
Thanks for catching that. Fixed it. :) It was a leftover problem from a site merge and redirection.
thank you very nice shared.=)Where is the blogspot themes?
Using Blogspot for a professional site is, well, unprofessional. So we won’t be providing any Blogspot themes. These freebies are for freelance writers building professional sites and careers — not for any old niche blog on a free platform. If you do a search, you’ll find a post we did on that topic in the past covering why free blog hosting isn’t really appropriate for professional sites.
I’ll put a post together with some basic instructions (might help others too). But first, let me know the following:
1. Are you using WordPress.com (they host the blog, and you just want to redirect it to your own domain), or are you hosting the site yourself on your own domain (where you’ll be installing WordPress from wordpress.org)?
2. If you’re hosting it with a hosting company, does it have something called Fantastico included (if so, you won’t have to manually install WordPress)?
I don’t think you should have any issues using a Mac. Themes will be hosted online. All you need to do is upload them to a hosting account. The only thing that might vary with a Mac would be how you unzip the theme (but these days even that can be done online right through WordPress automatically to save you time).