CSS Galleries Resources

Perhaps the best way to transform your Web site from bland to bold is by mimicking what some of the best accredited designers are doing. Here is a list of 35 Web site galleries showcasing some of the best CSS designs on the web, allowing you to get a better idea of what sort of design to shoot for.

1. CSStux - Gallery of some of the best CSS Web sites found on the web. Be sure to view their featured sites section.

2. The Horizontal Way - Showcase of Web sites that serve content horizontally rather than vertically.

3. Dark Eye - EDITOR'S CHOICE - Search for designs by color (up to 6) and meta data in this CSS gallery. Be sure to check out the blog and rate/comment on the designs.

4. Web Standards Awards - Discontinued gallery boasting 2 years of showcasing the best designs on the web.

5. Design Snack - Community based web design showcase. Users vote for and comment on stories to determine if they make the front page or not.

6. CSS Showcase - A collection of Web sites exhibiting unique navigation bars and techniques. We found some very cool implementations of the sliding door effect in here.

7. W3C Sites - EDITOR'S CHOICE - An extremely large collection of attractive CSS Web sites. Also maintains a designer database sortable by country.

8. Flickr: Web Design Inspiration - Screenshot collection of nearly 400 well designed Web sites.

9. Design Shack - A collection of very attractive CSS Web sites sortable by rating, category and color.

10. CSS Zen Garden - Ever wonder what your Web site would look like through the eyes of an accredited designer? Zen Garden did, and challenged the design community to submit their stylesheets and images of what they feel Zen Garden should look like. Nearly 1000 submissions later, Zen Garden has amassed a huge gallery. Be sure to check out the root Web site mezzoblue as well -- lots of developer articles.

11. CSS Drive - Maintains a well organized CSS gallery, news and informational article section, and CSS optimizer tool.

12. Design Meltdown - EDITOR'S CHOICE - A complete web design Web site with tutorials, an extensive gallery sorted by color, type and technique, and a site of the day.

13. CSS Web Design Yorkshire - Collection of excellent CSS Web sites stumbled upon by the editor of the Web site. Uses the small box approach (displaying only a 161 x 122 image) to preview the Web sites in the gallery.

14. Web Creme - Uses a highly ergonomic (albeit a bit difficult to navigate) approach to display a collection of superb CSS Web sites.

15. Logopond - A gallery of attractive company logos, sortable by submission date and color.

16. eduStyle - Gallery of CSS based University Web sites. Allows users to comment and vote on their favorite submissions.

17. Screenfluent - Massive collection of more than 5,000 well designed CSS Web sites. Uses fast loading screenshots rather than sorting the Web sites into categories.

18. Liquid Designs - An all around CSS Web site with news, instructional articles and resources, a gallery and templates. Be sure to check out the hall of fame section.

19. CSS smooth operator - CSS gallery sorted into a handful of general categories.

20. CSS vault - Collection of attractive CSS Web sites and useful articles.

21. CSS Based - A collection of CSS Web sites and RSS feeds.

22. CSS Beauty - The name says it all, a gallery of the most beautiful CSS Web sites and RSS feeds.

23. CSSElite - Collection of fantastic CSS Web sites, instructional articles and RSS feeds.

24. CSS Fresh - Collection of professionally designed CSS Web sites.

25. CSSBloom - Gallery of CSS Web sites presented in a blog format.

26. Unmatched Style - Popular CSS Web site gallery. Lacks any sort of sorting technique.

27. Netcocktail - Gallery of CSS Web sites sortable by color.

28. CSS Impress - Standard CSS gallery.

29. CSS Remix - CSS gallery with user ratings that focuses on sites that push the limits of contemporary design.

30. CSS Import - A standard CSS gallery established in 2005 that brings a Canadian flair to design.

31. CSS Collection - Standard CSS gallery.

32. CSS Flavor - A CSS gallery with a focus on sites "that inspire."

33. CSS Mania - CSS gallery boasting the title of the most updated CSS showcase on the globe.

34. Screenalicious - Standard CSS gallery with almost 9,000 screens to browse through.

35. Style Crunch - CSS gallery that allows for user-driven feedback and rankings.