I have a simple affiliate site I must create on Wordpress using a free theme on a hosted domain, I think on Hostgator. So this is NOT on WP’s free subdomain hosting. This is the client’s own domain.

It must be free for now. Should be easy to place box ads on it in an attractive, yet tasteful way. 2 or 3 columns with box ads preferably on right. Streamlined, uncluttered, not flashy, business professional style.

Any recommendations? Tips? What free ones have you used that would be good for this?

@mwwazup

Mike, thanks so much for sharing those links with me. Very helpful. Are you also looking for an affiliate type site or for something else?

Robin Carlisle

@mwwazup

Daunting is right, Mike. The first link had that catch-22 “you can use these for personal use, but not commercially on the web.”

The second had a few nice ones that would work for me, but not exactly what I need. I couldn’t find any limitation of use on those. Haven’t gone to the third yet.

After those first two, I went back to Wordpress, thinking well maybe I could just use one I remembered from last summer, but what has happened to their theme directory? It’s practically useless, unless you know something by name.

Didn’t they use to have little thumbnails you could scroll through, page by page? I remember thinking that was a pain in the but, but now all they give you is a search box! OMG, I just want to scan through  thumbnails. What happened? Is there anywhere else I can go to see that in thumbnail view, vs their zero view now?

@atlantarobin Hi Robin. I would recommend you the copyblogger theme, for the following reasons.

http://demo.studiopress.com/copyblogger/

It has clean & neat look and fulfils your design requirements.

It is very useful for search engine optimisation & fully customisable according to your requirements.

I also use this theme for one of my customer. 

@dextereugenioDexter,

Suffusion is simple, yet amazing. I got sidetracked for an hour watching documentaries on one of its showcase examples. Glad to know it supports video and so beautifully, too.

I was also glad to see someone tested it on so many different platforms, making sure it doesn’t break apart, though they said rounded corners do disappear. I didn’t see if it holds its own on mobile platforms. Do you know?

And what about loading speeds? Any problems for you there? Do you integrate video on your sites with it? Any problems?

@atlantarobin My bad, yes and this one also charges: http://www.affiliatetheme.net
Have you found a good free affiliate WP theme yet?