Since its 2013 release, HTML5 has been a favorite of web developers for its flexible features, its compatibility with a wide variety of devices and programs, and its user-friendly development platforms. Additionally, many developers enjoy working with HTML5 because it can be used to easily and effectively develop interactive and animated web pages without the need for applets or additional applications, resulting in webpages that are lighter, faster, and less data-heavy.
However, in order to fully develop interactive and animated web pages, you should integrate HTML5 with CSS3 and JavaScript programming platforms. You’ll likely require assistance to do this, but it doesn’t have to be expensive. To reduce costs, you can skip hiring a web developer and instead choose a useful and effective web template to guide you as you design your website.
With basic web editing skills, you can transform any template into a custom professional website. Here are some of the best responsive HTML5 and CSS3 templates for you to choose from:
1) Strongly Typed
Strongly Typed is an entirely responsive site template by HTML5 UP that you can use for commercial and personal purposes under the CCA 3.0 license. The template is useful for the sharpening of your design and coding skills and is used in the skel framework. Skel, a lightweight framework, is effective in the building of responsive apps and sites.
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2) Travel Media Travel Guide
This HTML5 CSS3 website template is a travel guide Mobile web template. It is suitable for tourism places, travel agencies, and guides’ websites. This template uses lightbox plugin and Responsive slider for web and mobile templates. The Travel Media template supports all mobile phones’ browsers. The template comes in three distinct designs for different browsers and is efficient and perfect for the development of any mobile site.
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3) zProgress
The ZProgress template is a responsive design ideal for business and corporate websites. The template features an HTML5 CSS3 grid system, enabling you to create multiple pages for your commercial site. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, and IE8+ are all compatible with this template.
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4) Vebo Flat Layout
The Vebo Flat Layout is a clean WordPress HTML5 CSS3 responsive template that has powerful features. It is suitable for all types of devices and is based on the twitter bootstrap framework. It is focused on typography and on enhancing the usability and overall user-experience for visitors to the site. The template is quick and easy to set up and is customizable; thus, you can use it to create a unique website design.
This flat layout template provides you with many features, custom widgets, custom post types, and unlimited sidebars. Moreover, it has many shortcodes and multiple portfolios with blog layout options. The Vebo Flat Layout is also translation ready and has a high resolution.
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5) Paralles Flat Corporate Responsive
Due to its professional appearance, the template is ideal for creative studios and agencies. It can be easily and quickly customized to suit a variety of domains. The template has a clean flat grid system design and is built in a magnificent and easily-customizable style. The HTML5 CSS3 responsive template is ideal for mobiles, websites, and tablets, and the template’s six-page Parallax design contains all of the features of a professionally-designed website.
The template is compatible with Safari, Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox, and IE9 browsers. It has a high resolution with a fluid responsive layout and a perfect grid layout. The template has an exemplary portfolio section that allows you to showcase your best work. A blend of lovely images, bold graphics and typography makes it an ideal choice for any type of website.
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6) Escape Velocity
Built by HTML5 UP, the free Escape Velocity template has a fluid responsive layout and a perfect grid layout. It is built on HTML5 and CSS3 framework and was released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Thus, it is suitable for both personal and commercial websites. Additionally, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, and IE8+ are compatible with this template.
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7) Urbanic
The Urbanic website template is built on the HTML5 framework and is created by templatemo. It is a one-page layout that is ideal for blogs, webinars, advertisements, and anyone else who does not require a multiple-page website. The template is responsive and can thus be viewed on any mobile device.
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8) Erudite Educational Mobile Website Template
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9) zBusiness Free Responsive HTML5
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10) Interior Module
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11) Brushed Template
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12) Best Responsive Photography Template
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13) Retina Ready Responsive
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14) Flat Design Portfolio Template
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15) Wee Responsive HTML5
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16) Runkeeper Mobile App Responsive web Template
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17) Big Picture
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18) zStartup Free Responsive HTML5
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19) Webworld Corporate Flat Responsive Web Template
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20) Infusion
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21) Digy Responsive
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22) Kreative
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23) zConsulting Free Responsive HTML5
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24) Tessellate
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25) Overflow
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26) Legend Responsive HTML5
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27) Kingdom Minimalistic Flat Corporate Responsive Web Template
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28) zWebdesign Free Responsive HTML5
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29) Love Fight Flat Restaurant Responsive Web Template
For efficient development of interactive and animated web pages, you should integrate HTML5 with CSS3 and JavaScript programming platforms. To reduce costs, instead of hiring web developers, you can choose one of the many helpful web templates offered online. A feature-rich and thoroughly detailed template will save you time and money and will guide you as you work on developing your responsive and customizable website.
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in May 2014 and has been revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Also, one of the templates and its links were removed.
