Black Pod, Free theme for Elgg. This free Elgg theme features blue, black and white colors. It is probably the most popular Free Elgg Theme. Works on Elgg 1.6.1 (1.5 uses different image styles for message icons).

This is my first Elgg theme to be released and it is free to download.

It is nice and clean looking and it was tested in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and Internet Explorer 8 and IE 5.

Please let me know your experiences or problems with other browsers (leave a comment below).

Main Features:

SEO Friendly Titles: Reversed Sitename and page/item title so sitename shows after page title

ElggTopbar is removed completely and all items show under header in new bar (except messages).

Messages (if any) displayed on left of search.

Copyright year in footer automatically updates current year.

If using External Pages plugin, left side text will appear under “Welcome Username” after they are logged in.

Main theme uses text with site name wrapped in H1 tags in header (less bandwidth),  Theme with  logo image header is available below as well.

If you plan to use image, just make sure your logo image is 57px high and not more than 400px wide and has transparent background as header wrapper uses image as background. name it logo.gif and upload to /black_pod_free/graphics/  folder). Once you have that overwrite existing header_contents.php file with this one.

View DEMO Site!

DOWNLOAD BlackPod Elgg Theme!!!….

DOWNLOAD BlackPod Elgg Theme with Logo Image….

UPDATE : Elgg 1.6.1 users , “Login standalone doesn’t exist” When clicked on “log in” link in topbar right takes you to blank page or you get error.

Elgg 1.6.1 does not come with login.php file in account folder (like 1.5 does) and my theme has a link to standalone login page. To fix this you need to have copy of Elgg 1.5 go to folder on your pc where it is and locate login.php file in elgg1.5account  folder, than upload it to your server to same location   yoursite.comaccount  and that should do it.

If you don’t have a copy of Elgg 1.5 I’m hosting this file for you to download HERE!

REMEMBER TO DELETE CACHE or Disable it for the time being or you won’t see any changes after editing your site.

Let me know any other issues.

How to Install:

Extract files from the zip, upload black_pod_free folder to your server ( elgg installation directory/mod ) and enable in Admin Tool Administration.

Premium version of this Elgg theme will be available soon .  Stay tuned and Please let me know your experiences or problems with other browsers or any suggestions (leave a comment below).

Customizations are available. Please  Request Free Quote or contact us on Elgg community profile page.

You can also browse available Custom Elgg Modifications.

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