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As promised in another thread, here are some really good links to sites about modern web design. Hopefully they'll help someone out there with questions.

css Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design (http://www.csszengarden.com/)

CSS Flavor ? CSS Gallery, CSS Showcase, Best CSS Design Websites (http://www.cssflavor.com/)

Design Meltdown § Design Elements, Trends & Problems in Web Design (http://www.designmeltdown.com/) Awesome site!

Design Reviver - Web Design Blog (http://designreviver.com/)

COLOURlovers :: Color Trends + Palettes (http://www.colourlovers.com/)

Color Scheme Designer 3 (http://colorschemedesigner.com/) useful to make sure all your colors match up

A List Apart: A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com/) good CSS technique site

Web Creme | Web design inspiration (http://www.webcreme.com/)

CSS Mania Since 2004 (http://cssmania.com/)

Lightbox 2 (http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/) not so much design related, but to make your design look nicer use lightboxes instead of popup boxes or navigating the user away from the site.

Hope this helps, feel free to add to it.

Almost forgot, every designer/developer should be familiar with jQuery and JavaScript interfaces

50 Useful New jQuery Techniques and Tutorials Smashing Magazine (http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/23/50-useful-new-jquery-techniques/)

I've been looking for something like lightbox ;) and I'm already addicted to COLOURlovers!

Thanks for sharing!!!

No problem.

Do you have a URL?

Sadly, at the moment, no I don't. I'm having to redo my business site along with all of my personal sites because my webhost went under 2 weeks ago and didnt notify anyone in advance so we could initiate moving everything.

So far I've managed to get my clients' sites back online, but mine is lacking. It needed an update after 10 years anyway :D

Thanks for sharing, I'm going to go through these and check them out. If I have any more I'll add them!

Found this one off of one of the above links:

Design Snack / The design showcase that you control / CSS, XHTML and Flash Inspiration Gallery (http://www.designsnack.com/)

Its a gallery but so many ideas :) my head is spinning!

Great site, they have some really nice sites on there. I really like this one

we are basic - basic web works - web design and development in santa barbara (http://www.basicwebworks.com/)

It shows that a great design doesn't have to be complicated. Simple, straight to the point, good use of white space, and a great color scheme. That's all you really need :)

Web 2.0 how-to design style guide - London web designers (Scratchmedia) (http://webdesignfromscratch.com/web-design/web-2.0-design-style-guide.php)

While I don't agree with what he's talking about is actually "web 2.0" he does offer some great tips on how to create modern websites.

25 Examples of Web 2.0 and Traditional Design Rules Coming Together | Webdesigner Depot (http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/09/25-examples-of-web-2-0-and-traditional-design-rules-coming-together/)

another gallery, good stuff. I'll stop with the links now :-p

another gallery, good stuff. I'll stop with the links now :-p

No way! I'm planning on spending the weekend locked in my room redoing my website now :p

How'd that go for you?

Ended up working on a site for a friend of mine...

Tammy Miranda Music Productions | Austin, Texas | Kihei, Hawaii (http://www.tammymirandamusic.com/)

I made the pop-up social networking icons on the Contact Us page ;)

Look good :)

Oh and I did work on my site a little...well I played around with a PSD tutorial...and researched WordPress.

http://www.kismet-designs.com/

They looks really good, very earthy feeling.

Ok, I know I said I was done with links but this one is amazing

65+ Must See Resources Especially For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In September @ SmashingApps (http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/10/02/65-must-see-resources-especially-for-designers-to-discover-the-best-of-the-web-in-september.html)


don't really even need the other links in this thread lol

And if you ever get through all of these links & still think you need more inspiration, here's 101+ Places To Get Design Inspiration (http://justcreativedesign.com/2007/12/12/101-places-to-get-design-inspiration/)