Out with the links to the free Joomla templates already!!!

Geeze...Some people are just hard to please! I'm a developer for Joomla Packages. We get a lot of custom jobs from the Joomla community, our clients want a bunch of the latest and greatest open source extensions installed for them but they don't want to spend the money on a quality template to show off their site. They'll spend money getting us to install, configure, and quality assure the extensions that they prefer, but then they'll slap free Joomla templates on top and ruin their whole venture. Some people just don't get it. The template has all the design information in it, while some free Joomla templates are decent, they can never out do the quality of professional Joomla templates. Slapping a free template on a site you just spent a couple hundred dollars in development is the worst thing you can do to your web business. Make your site look good. Either purchase a pro template or spend some time learning the basics in web design so you don't create an eyesore for your readers. In the end your readers are going to judge you on your content but they may never get there if you don't present it to them in an instantly understandable format. People have been reading books and newspapers all their lives...we'll some people. These texts are created in formats that have evolved through out time because people read in a certain way. Typography and grid layouts are what I'm talking about. Pro template manufactures develop (or should) develop with these things in mind, because they pay attention to detail. Free template producers, create quick free templates so that they can sell you their better looking pro templates, and these details are lost.

Why did I write all this? I'm trying to pursuade you from making the mistake that we at Joomla Packages find our customers making all the time, don't slap an ugly dress on a pretty girl! ... Not convinced. Ok....I tried to help... We've constructed a list of free joomla templates sites along with some videos on Joomla templates, all free, all the time, for your viewing pleasure. If you like the list then maybe you might consider digging the page, or bookmarking it so others can partake in the freeness...By the way we don't sell templates at Joomla Packages.