Archive 1.x:Drupal Themes

Theming and layout choices are one of the strong benefits of the Drupal content management system. Listed below are some recommended candidate themes and other theming resources, with specific reference to Drupal version 6.x.

Individual Recommended Themes

 * Acquia Marina is ideal for blogs and community sites. Includes advanced theme settings and 15 flexible content regions for a variety of layouts (examples conStruct and OSF sites) (standard example)


 * Acquia Marina (Fusion) (example)


 * Acquia Prosper (Fusion) (example)


 * AD Blueprint is a tableless multi-column valid theme with color module implementation (example)


 * Analytic is a modern theme with fine tuned css, useful for blogs, communities and online media (example)


 * ArtistsC01 theme designed by ThemeArtists.com; modifications by SD (example BKN site) (standard example)
 * Barron is a XHTML & CSS based two column theme (example)


 * Barroness is a sub-theme for Barron - sidebar on the left (included in Barron)
 * Bluemarine is a table-based multi-column theme with a marine and ash color scheme (example)


 * Burnt is a simple fixed width 2 column (example)


 * Chameleon is a minimalist tabled theme with light colors (example)


 * Clean is a clean, versatile theme that has just enough styling to be usable right out of the box (example)
 * Contented7 is a tableless, multi-column, fluid width layout. Parts of the design are ported from K2 theme (example)


 * Extreme Updates (based off of Genesis) (example)


 * Four Seasons (also 4 Seasons), a clean 3 column, fixed width theme (960px) (example)


 * Interactive Media is a tableless, multi-column, fluid width theme (example)
 * Internet Services is a tableless, multi-column, fluid width layout. Parts of the design are ported from K2 theme (example)
 * Newswire is a 4 column, table-less, fixed width theme; clean; many color options (example)


 * Pixture Reloaded is a recolorable multi-column liquid/fixed layout theme (example Bibliontology site) (standard example)
 * Sky is a center aligned, CSS-based (no tables), multi-column layout theme, with some configurable color options (example) (more demos)


 * Wabi is related to Pixture (example)

'Core' Themes, Not Too Interesting

 * Garland is the standard Drupal theme, tableless, recolorable, multi-column, fluid width (example)


 * Marvin is a boxy tabled theme in all grays; in 'core', based upon Chameleon (example)


 * Minnelli is a tableless, recolorable, multi-column, fixed width theme; also in 'core' (example)


 * Pushbutton is a tabled, multi-column theme in blue and orange tones; removed from 'core' for Drupal 7 (example)

Other Drupal Theme Resources

 * Drupal 6x Theme Guide: http://drupal.org/theme-guide
 * Most excellent introduction to themes in Drupal: http://www.themeswiki.org/Customizing_Drupal_6_Themes
 * Helpful theming tips: http://www.ventanazul.com/webzine/articles/lessons-from-building-drupal-6-themes
 * Porting of existing themes: http://adaptivethemes.com/free-high-quality-themes-for-drupal
 * http://www.drupalmuseum.com/ (collection of themes)
 * http://fusiondrupalthemes.com/browse