MiddleEarth is beautiful template that uses the colors of Earth and sea, and was cretaed for phpLD 3.2 with only one sponsored link required (no link to the designer required). Nice features include showing latest featured on the homepage as well as most popular categories and statistics in the left sidebar.
Template: MiddleEarth
phpLD Version: 3.2.0
Template Sponsor: Jooomla SEO Directory
Live Demos: Sherlock Directory and Jooomla SEO Directory
To download this template, please look where you are looking now but on this page.
Special Notes: In order to show the featured links and most popular categories on the homepage of your directory you must replace the init.tpl with the one provided in the zip. There is also a psd file provided to make it easier to modify it for your site name.