> When I need design ideas I go out to www.templatemonster.com and look at > some of the thousands of templates they have. And heck, if you like one, > then purchase the non-unique version for around $50 - $70. ...and delve into all the marvels of web design how it was achieved in 1997, make sure your design is very rigid and does not allow for different navigation items, internationalisation or font size changing. Web design is NOT creating a pretty Photoshop template and cutting it up, it is styling content and a site structure. There are a lot of good resources to get inspiration from out there, most are listed at http://www.dontmeetyourheroes.com on the right under "useful links -> css inspiration" Another marvelous list of resources is the web developer's handbook: http://www.alvit.de/handbook/ "A good design" is very much dependent on the audience you want to reach, so there is no silver bullet solution for that. A rather good reminder which issues to avoid is this one: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/biggest-web-design-mistakes-in-2004.html For colour scheming there is a good online version: http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html -- Chris Heilmann Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com Writing: http://icant.co.uk/ Binaries: http://www.onlinetools.org/