Where to go for BlogEngine.net Themes

[June 08, 2010 Update]

I have updated my own site to use a theme called Scruffy. This theme has been updated to take full advantage of the new Blog Engine 1.6 feature set. To download the theme head on over to John Rummell's site here.

[Feb 24 2010 Update]

I just wanted to update this post to help keep it fresh. If you head over to CodePlex there is a download pack containing every existing theme for BlogEngine...well that's what they say but I know of a few that it's missing. Still, it's handy to have over 90% of the themes in the one download. I have also cleaned up the list below as some of the links were dead. If anyone has any new sites with more than 1 theme on them please let me know and I will update the list below.

[Original Post]

Since I started using BlogEngine.net I noticed that the one thing everyone complains about is that the themes are hard to find. I'd have to agree. There are theme sites out there but for some reason they're a little tricky to find.

Below is a list of the current BlogEngine theme sites I have found. These links aren't in any order. I'm also fairly confident that there are tons more sites out there with themes so feel free to add them to the comments and I'll update the list.

blogenginetheme.com - This is one of the larger theme collection sites out there for BlogEngine. The site promotes theme authors to upgrade their themes to be BE 1.5+ compatible by offering to place them on the first page of results if they do. This is a great idea to get some of the better BE 1.3/1.4 themes updated for use on the newer BlogEngine codebase.

onesoft.dk - some fantastic themes here and this is actually where I downloaded my first theme from. Unfortunately the site isn't updated as much as it was in the past but there are still some really nice themes to be found here. Mainly BE 1.3/1.4 themes here.

jankoatwarpspeed.com - This is one of my favourite website to visit. Janko is an ASP.NET guy like most of us (or at least I'm assuming you are because you use blogengine.net!) and regularly has great posts on .net and jquery that you might find interesting. As for themes he has a small collection (compared to the above list) but there are some nice themes here. You might find that you click through for the themes but stay for the content!

mooglegiant.net - There is a small collection of themes on this site. The themes are fairly basic in structure but sometimes that can be exactly what you need. I'm adding here because these themes can be easy and quick to modify and adjust. When you just want to knock out a blog for a client and need just a simple theme, one of these could hit the spot.

rtur.net - A small selection of themes (by which I mean 2) on this site but the developer keeps them up to date for BE 1.5.

geekiest.net - This blogger has a few blogengine themes up on his site. Many of the themes use designs from open source design sites but the list is always growing.

Obviously there is of course the BlogEngine.net site itself which has a large collection of themes on it's theme page and over at the unofficial forum. Most of the themes on those links appear to be older themes for BE 1.3/1.4.

Finally, if you're looking to get stuck in and making your own theme you can read a quick how to over at Al Nyveldt's blog. The screencast is targeted at slightly older versions of BE but the process is pretty much the same for 1.5. He is one of the main developers of BlogEngine and his site has tons of tips and tricks to get the most out of BlogEngine.

If you have any suggestions for some great theme sites out there for BlogEngine let me know and I'll be sure to include them on the list.

 

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10/8/2009 2:16:45 AM #

blogging guide

Thanks for the list, been looking for ages and thusfar found nothing but junk! thanks again.

blogging guide |

10/27/2009 2:53:41 AM #

Peter

Over the years I've tried many .NET-based blog apps, so far BlogEngine.NET is one of the easiest to setup and deploy, manage and extend. It really is, currently, one of the best solutions out there for anyone that needs a customizable blog site without a ton of unnecessary features or a hard-to-extend codebase.

Peter |

11/2/2009 1:04:05 PM #

forex guide

great post thanx

forex guide |

11/15/2009 1:52:15 PM #

RegCure review

I've been looking for themes for blogengine and this was a great list.  thank you!

RegCure review |

11/18/2009 8:10:05 AM #

Samantha

Hi,
thanks a really interesting list of themes for Blogengine.net. Up to now I still use the standard one - so it's really time to change!

Samantha |

11/19/2009 2:49:08 AM #

Richard Reddy

Hi Samantha,

Thanks for the comment. You'll be surprised by how easy it is to use these themes. As long as you take a theme from the same version number that you're running you should have no problems Smile

Rich

Richard Reddy |

11/22/2009 12:57:53 PM #

TheJavu

I like this post. You covered all in detail. Good job.
Regard,


TheJavu

TheJavu |

12/3/2009 6:24:39 AM #

article volcano

Thanks.  I've found some pretty amazing themes from the links you posted.  I think, if you can, maybe try and make your own theme, but yes, some top designs on offer, for free!

article volcano |

12/6/2009 2:51:01 AM #

Wayne

Hey, thanks for putting BlogEngineTheme.com on the list!  Have a great holiday season!

Wayne |

12/9/2009 8:17:57 AM #

mooglegiant

Thanks for the shout-out.  I know my themes are really simple. I'm still learning a lot about web design.

mooglegiant |

12/10/2009 5:33:14 PM #

geekonweb

One more BlogEngine.Net template is here :

www.thetechhub.com/.../...t-theme-xtremeblogg.html

geekonweb |

12/10/2009 6:09:18 PM #

SEO Surrey

I appreciate this post.  I used to think that this platform doesn't have any themes. Smile

SEO Surrey |

12/10/2009 10:08:07 PM #

Richard Reddy

Thanks for the continued feedback everyone. I'm always on the look out for new BlogEngine themes.

@GeekOnWeb - thanks for the link to your new theme. Well done! It's turned out really well. If you do anymore let me know and I will update the list. I only want to inlude resources that contain a few themes so let me know as soon as you have some more Laughing

I'm also thinking about doing some new themes myself. Next yr is already looking busy for me but if I get some time I would like to convert some of the amazing wordpress themes over to BlogEngine!

Richard Reddy |

12/14/2009 1:19:29 PM #

Samar

Thank you very much for having the best of web at one place.
Smile
Gr8 Work

Thanks

Samar |

12/15/2009 3:31:05 PM #

geekonweb

Thanks Reddy ... you liked it Smile . I am planning to port some more from nice collection of wordpress templates to BlogEngine.Net.

geekonweb |

12/25/2009 4:22:36 AM #

SEO Surrey

It's just now that I took notice of your shared link GeekOnWeb - Love the colors that you used in that theme.  Looking forward to more of your themes guys, wish I had the talent *sigh*

SEO Surrey |

2/25/2010 8:15:23 AM #

Retusche Dienstleistung

Thanks for the blog post! Thats really very nice blog, I am impressed.

Retusche Dienstleistung |

3/5/2010 12:43:07 PM #

Krishnan

I changed my blog domain name to geekiest.net from krishnan.co.in/blog (All urls will automatically redirected to the corresponding new urls)

Here is another theme for blogengine.net here geekiest.net/.../...-theme-OffLimits-3-Column.aspx

Krishnan |

3/6/2010 6:48:39 PM #

richardreddy

Thanks for letting me know Krishnan. I have updated the links in my post.

richardreddy |

3/11/2010 8:27:51 PM #

hospedagem

I've been looking for themes for blogengine and this was a great list.  thank you!

hospedagem |

6/11/2010 6:26:42 AM #

Eddy

Muy interesante. Eddy

Eddy Argentina |

6/16/2010 7:01:32 AM #

philwebservices

Maybe in time I will consider having this as my blogging platform. Even though lots of people saying this platform is hard to handle.

philwebservices Republic of the Philippines |

6/21/2010 11:01:58 AM #

richardreddy

Compared to Wordpress I would say that BlogEngine is trickier to setup and manage if you want to do anything outside of the normal setup.

The main issue is that the themes break too easily and are not kept up to date for the newer blog engine software.

Hopefully this will be changing soon as they have hired a new UX designer to look into making the entire system a better experience for all.

richardreddy Ireland |

6/18/2010 4:24:38 AM #

Website Design Australia

I agree. I don't see typical blogger use this blogging platform, why? Is this for techie guys only? Hmm probably in time I will consider having this as my blogging platform.

Website Design Australia Austria |

6/24/2010 10:02:04 AM #

cv2impress

thanks.It is really a nice one.

cv2impress United States |

7/2/2010 12:16:31 PM #

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7/16/2010 4:06:27 PM #

москва билеты

Nice BlogEngine.net theme, very creative

москва билеты Russia |

7/19/2010 8:37:34 AM #

PHP Clone Scripts

Really interesting post. Thanks

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7/21/2010 11:49:12 AM #

jobplus

Thanks for the nice info mate.

jobplus United States |

7/22/2010 2:24:18 PM #

Gusac

3 themes for Blogengine.net

http://blogs.gusac.net/?tag=/theme

Gusac India |

7/22/2010 2:32:04 PM #

richard reddy

Thanks for the new themes. I really like ClearG. It's nice and clearly laid out.

I'll add you to the list above as soon as I get a chance.

Rich

richard reddy Ireland |

7/23/2010 5:12:52 PM #

Gusac

kool, thanks!

Gusac India |

8/4/2010 8:11:20 AM #

idesimusic


Lovely post. One more to my collection.

idesimusic United States |

8/4/2010 3:32:11 PM #

spy gadgets

I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it.

spy gadgets United States |

8/6/2010 2:38:05 PM #

mini projector

Thank you so much. I was searching themes for my blogs. Thank you this update helped me a lot.

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