iBlog-A Free and Functional HTML and PHP Theme

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

I'm glad to release the first of many free themes to come on Dev-Tips. Every once in a while, we will release another free HTML or Wordpress theme for you to use however you like. You cannot sell these themes or use them commercially without the permission of Dev-Tips.com. Other than that, enjoy them! Today, we will have a look at a fully functional HTML and PHP based theme called iBlog.

Download iBlog (442) - 2.63 MB

Introducing iBlog

If you didn't already guess, iBlog was named and inspired by Apple, as are a lot of my designs. Call me a fanboy, I'm cool with that. Below you will find the screenshots, features, and a screencast going over the features and install.

Home Page

Single/About Page

Image Gallery

Contact Message Fail

Contact Message Pass

iBlog Features

Font embedding via typeface.js
Twitter updates via JSON
Working php contact form with custom success and error messages
Lightbox effect on the image gallery
The "paper clip" is a seperate image, thus any image can be replaced under it.
Compatible with IE6+ FF 2+ Opera 9+, Safari 3.0+
Full psd file included.
Help file included that explains everything you need to know about setting up this theme.

Important Note

You need to be running PHP version 5 or higher for this to work properly. It may work in PHP 4, however, no support will be provided for those running PHP 4. Please upgrade.

Live Preview

You can view a live preview and all source code at the live preview page for iBlog.

Usage

You may use iBlog in any non-commercial way you wish. If you enjoy the theme, a link back to Dev-Tips is appreciated and helps keep us motivated to build more free themes!

Download iBlog

Download iBlog (442) - 2.63 MB

Get Support

Please read the help file thoroughly before requesting support. If you still need help, please contact us via the contact page with the subject of 'Theme Support'.

Hosting

You can get also get blog hosting over at WHS, if you don't already have a webhosting provider. They can help you find good options should you need it.

Lastly, if you enjoyed this theme, let us know! We'd love to know what you think, and what you would like in the future.

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ABOUT THIS AUTHOR

Drew Douglass

Hi, I'm Drew Douglass and I make sure Dev-Tips.com runs smoothly. I also work for Envato Support and write for NETTUTS.com and ThemeForest.net. I'm passionate about anything web development related, especially php, WordPress, MySQL, and jQuery. Feel free to follow me on twitter.

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Saurabh Shah
January 23, 2009 at 9:29 pm

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Nice work and b’ful theming…
- Drew
  January 24, 2009 at 5:43 pm
  
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  Thanks Saurabh, I appreciate it!
Bari
January 24, 2009 at 9:07 pm

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Hey Drew, Cool theme! Thanks for sharing it.
- Drew
  January 31, 2009 at 6:46 pm
  
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  Thanks Bari, glad you enjoy it!
Crusar
January 30, 2009 at 10:00 pm

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Hi Drew, your theme have some realy nice features.
Would love to see a tutorial on how you made that contact form
- Drew
  January 31, 2009 at 6:46 pm
  
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  Hey Crusar thanks a lot
  
  I’ll try to find some time to write a quick tutorial on how I built it.
Eva Vesper
February 1, 2009 at 9:08 am

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Hey Drew,
Really cool theme but I’m a little confused, can this be used for WordPress?

I could be really lame, but it’s missing the stylesheet…
- Drew
  February 1, 2009 at 2:15 pm
  
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  Hey Eva,
  
  Thanks for your kind words, this is not a wordpress theme but a plain html and php based theme. All you need to do is upload the folder contents to your server and your done.
  
  Also, the stylesheet is included, and found in the style folder of the download, named style.css
  
  Thanks again!