Spurgeon

Spurgeon is a free minimal multi-page HTML5 & CSS3 template for lifestyle blogging and portfolio websites, distributed by ThemeWagon and designed by Styleshout.

What is Spurgeon?

Spurgeon is a free, multipage website template built with HTML5 and CSS3, intended for lifestyle blogs and creative portfolios. It takes static content — text, images, video, and audio — and renders it into a responsive, search-engine-optimized site that runs in any modern browser without a backend or build step. The download includes 8 HTML pages, HTML and CSS files, JavaScript source files, demo images, and libraries/plugins, including the Favicon generator from favicon.io.

What makes Spurgeon stand out?

Spurgeon's layout emphasizes content with a split header that combines a header carousel, a hero image, and a scroll-down button. The top navigation contains a drop-down menu, a collapsible search filter, and a collapsible burger menu for mobile screens. Additional UI components include a pagination UI, a newsletter subscription form, a video player, an audio player, a comment box UI, prev-next buttons, a back-to-top button, tags, and footer navigation. The theme is fully responsive and cross-browser compatible, optimized for faster loading to reduce bounce rates.

• Split header with carousel — Combines a hero image and rotating header carousel to showcase featured content at the top of each page.
• Collapsible navigation — Includes a burger menu, drop-down menu, and search filter that collapse for clean mobile browsing.
• Multimedia players — Ships with both a video player and an audio player UI for embedding rich media into blog posts or portfolio items.
• Engagement components — Provides a comment box UI, newsletter subscription form, pagination, and prev-next buttons to keep readers engaged.
• Responsive and cross-browser — Works on Android, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, iPad, iPhone, Mobile, Opera, and Safari without breaking.
• SEO-friendly structure — Uses semantic HTML and clean CSS to help pages rank higher in search results, per ThemeWagon.

Who is it for?

Spurgeon targets bloggers, creatives, and small businesses that want a lightweight, free site without a CMS or backend. Lifestyle bloggers can publish articles with tags, an audio player, and newsletter signup to grow an audience. Photographers and designers can show portfolio work with the hero header, carousels, and prev-next navigation. Small businesses can build a clean multipage company website with a contact form and footer navigation.

What can you do with Spurgeon?

• Lifestyle bloggers: create a multipage blog with posts, tags, comments, and a newsletter form to build readership.
• Creative professionals: build a portfolio site with hero images, carousels, and project navigation to showcase work.
• Developers: use the plain HTML/CSS/JS files as a starting point for custom projects, adding your own libraries via the included Favicon integration.
• Small businesses: deploy a simple company site with contact form, footer links, and a sticky navigation bar.

How does the download work?

To download Spurgeon, visit the ThemeWagon product page and enter your email address in the download form. ThemeWagon then sends a download link to that inbox; if you miss it, you can request the link be sent to another email address. The template is free, open source, licensed for commercial use, and includes lifetime free updates.

FAQ

Is Spurgeon free to use?

Yes, Spurgeon is a free template distributed by ThemeWagon. You can use it in commercial projects and receive lifetime free updates without paying a fee.

How many HTML pages are included in the download?

The package contains 8 HTML pages, plus HTML, CSS, and JavaScript source files, demo images, and the Favicon library/plugin, giving you a complete multipage site structure.

What browsers and devices are supported?

Spurgeon is fully responsive and cross-browser compatible. It supports Android, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, iPad, iPhone, Mobile, Opera, and Safari without layout breakage.

What is the tech stack?

Spurgeon is built with HTML5 and CSS3, uses JavaScript for interactive UI components like the burger menu, carousel, and search filter, and integrates the Favicon generator from favicon.io.

Does Spurgeon include audio and video players?

Yes, the template includes both a video player and an audio player UI component. You can embed media files directly into your pages using these pre-built layouts.