Crème de la crème of CSS: List of CSS Galleries

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One can discuss whether numerous CSS-galleries challenge our creativity, however they can serve as a quite nice source for inspiration. The galleries of CSS-based designs showcase exemplary design practices, solutions, ideas and templates. Once you have no idea what you should do next with your web-site, it’s worth taking a look at some beautiful works – crème de la crème of CSS-designs – out there.

Below you’ll find a brief overview of css-galleries you can explore inspiration from.

Links checked: May/27 2008.

CSS-Galleries: An Overview

  • CSS Beauty
    CSS Beauty focuses on providing its audience with a database of well designed CSS based sites, as well as news and happenings on the CSS Design Community. It showcases designers work and serves as inspiration for those looking to build CSS based websites.
  • CSS Blast
    Russian CSS Showcase
  • CSSBloom
    CSS Gallery with Blog’s and Online Portfolio’s
  • CSS Clip
    Web Design Inspiration and Gallery
  • CSS Collection
    CSS collection web sites without tables
  • CSS-Demo
    CSS Showcase
  • CSS Design Yorkshire
    A gallery of CSS web design in Yorkshire UK

    Screenshot

  • CSS Drive- Categorized CSS gallery and examples
    CSS gallery, code samples, tutorials, and moreCSS Collection
  • CeeSeS
    CSS Gallery – We are the BalkaniCSS!
  • CESKO
    CSS Showcase – Slovenia
  • Creative-Pakistan
    Creative-Pakistan.com is a platform to showcase web and CSS designs of creative Pakistani web desginers
  • CSSFill
    CSSFILL provides free CSS based layouts and templates
  • CSS Galaxy
    CSS Gallery with voting and comments.

    Screenshot

    CSS Hazard
    CSS Inspiration and Gallery

  • CSS Heaven
    CSS Gallery – submit your own css design and view a gallery full of creative design inspiration. The submitted designs can be rated
  • CSS ImportCSS
    The no-frills CSS Gallery

    Screenshot

  • CSS-Mania
    CSSmania, the most updated css showcase all over the globe
  • CSS Princess
    CSS princess is showcase gallery of beautiful css sites. You can find web sites primarily done completly with css , without tables.
  • CSS Reboot
    CSS Gallery – The CSS Reboot is a community event for web professionals and enthusiasts. This November 1st at 18:00 GMT Rebooters from all over the world will launch their web standards-based redesigns
  • CSS Remix
    A Fresh Blend of the Best CSS Web Design
  • CSS smooth operator // Tite site collection
    Tite site collection, conforms to Web Standards and designed with CSS

    Screenshot

  • csstux – The best dressed sites on the web
    A gallery of inspiring web site design and resources, focused primarily on sites using cascading style sheets.
  • CSS Vault – The Web’s CSS Site
    A repository of sites using cascading style sheets and a list of resources
  • CSS Website
    Gallery of Css Design Website. Submit your site.
  • CSS Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design
    A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design. Classic!

    Screenshot

  • Design Shack – Inspirational CSS and Blog Design
    Design Shack offers regular examples of great CSS, standards based design to help inspire and create. We feature any website which shows off some flair, and doesn’t fit into the standard pattern we come to expect from CSS design.
  • Liquid Designs
    Liquid Designs is a gallery of websites designed with liquid layouts using XHTML and CSS
  • Piepmatzel
    collecting best practice web standards design examples

    Screenshot

  • Style Crunch
    StyleCrunch is a css and standards websites gallery
  • Stylegala – Web Design Publication
    Stylegala is an online resource and inspiration guide for web agencies, designers and developers who take interest in websites that combine the powers of design, web standards and CSS.
  • Submit CSS
    Submit your own css design and view a gallery full of creative design inspiration
  • Unmatched Style
    Unmatched Style is a constantly growing community dedicated to acknowledging those who have made exceptionally gorgeous web sites using Cascading Style Sheets and web standards. By recognizing these exceptionally beautiful designs, other designers and businesses can get inspired and find a direction they may wish to take with their own web sites.

    Screenshot

  • W3 Compliant Sites: Sites designed to comply with W3C Web Site Standards
    A collection of web standards compliant web sites and their designers
  • Webdigity
    CSS gallery

  • Awarding web sites that successfully combine form and function
  • Well Designed CSS Sites
    Andy Budds List of well styled sites.

Vitaly Friedman loves beautiful content and doesn’t like to give in easily. Vitaly is writer, speaker, author and editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine, an online magazine dedicated to designers and developers.

  1. 1

    Mark

    December 21st, 2006 9:32 pm

    And again there is no Gigastyle.be, its the Benelux version of CSSzengarden, butt how knows it ??

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    Carlos Eduardo

    December 22nd, 2006 12:02 am

    Thank you for this links!

    Certainly it will help me to create a new layout for my blog :))

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  3. 3

    Uzbek

    December 27th, 2006 1:06 pm

    Great list,

    Used to store my list in my mailbox :) Now I’m digg’ing this…

    Thanks…

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  4. 4

    k0ma

    January 5th, 2007 2:33 am

    As a fan of dark sites, I find LightOnDark.com to be a nice collection.

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  5. 5

    css gallery

    January 6th, 2007 7:45 am

    you forgot us! http://www.csselite.com

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    ProWebART

    February 17th, 2007 10:04 am

    ProWebArt is web design gallery where we collect the most inspirational and quality web designs.

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    CssImpress

    March 2nd, 2007 7:29 pm

    Hi,

    There is a new css gallery that is worth to take a look at:

    Css Impress

    I guess this list is endless.

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    igor

    March 4th, 2007 10:43 pm

    what is Screenshot plese says to me it. Bye Bye

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  9. 9

    Jooh Ly Wen

    March 24th, 2007 11:08 pm

    What about the portfolio gallery site http://www.portfoliobase.com/ ?? Very cool

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  10. 10

    david blanchet

    March 31st, 2007 2:07 am

    http://standardsreboot.com
    its that time of year again May 07

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    ecom

    March 31st, 2007 6:27 pm

    Quite interesting with nice feature ‘My favourites’
    WellDoneSites.com

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  12. 12

    curtis

    June 1st, 2007 9:50 pm

    You should add http://www.cssexchange.com/ to your list

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    Chad Jaggers

    June 8th, 2007 4:07 am

    Thank you for this list. It is very helpful to see what other designers are doing. Keep up the good lists Smashing. You should add CSS Burst to your list.

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    Martin Gaik

    July 18th, 2007 7:03 pm

    Here it is – http://www.hostpattern.com – css gallery with excellent websites listed. You can rate, comment and submit. The main thing – the ads are not abusive (almost none).

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    FortyPoundHead

    July 21st, 2007 11:47 pm

    Does anyone know how to get ahold of the webmaster at CSS Remix? It appears that his site has been cracked by a Turkish retard.

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    Mac

    August 1st, 2007 9:52 pm

    You could add http://www.cssleak.com

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  17. 17

    CSSArtillery.com

    January 10th, 2008 9:24 am
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    Adrian

    January 14th, 2008 2:27 am

    This list is not complete without CSS Creme

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    Vince

    February 1st, 2008 6:13 am

    Another css galerie with free templates (wordpress, phpbb, joomla ..) : Themes-css.com />

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  20. 20

    Funner

    February 2nd, 2008 5:42 pm

    I think we should mention a new one here : http://www.fantasticss.com/

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  21. 21

    Ryan

    February 15th, 2008 5:39 pm

    The best one I’ve seen so far is http://www.inspirationfolder.com

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    Quincy Pabotoy

    February 18th, 2008 6:44 am

    My designs are inspired by simplicity, straight lines, music, life, and the world
    around us. Each design is original and produces the effects the client wants.

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    Tom Ross

    March 3rd, 2008 11:16 am

    Nice list!

    For those interested in submitted to CSS Galleries you should check out my website: Css Gallery List – it’s a similar idea to this post but is monitored so that links don’t become inactive. Just a heads up :)

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  24. 24

    MonkeyPong.com

    April 20th, 2008 5:25 pm

    Hey, just to let you know that CSSGreen and CSS Design Yorkshire are not valid anymore.

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  25. 25

    Jess

    April 27th, 2008 5:59 am

    Thanks for the list!

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    Nicholas Dambsfeld

    June 4th, 2008 12:55 am

    Another cool css gallery site: csswrap.com

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    CSS Loaf | Ultimate Design Gallery

    June 9th, 2008 5:50 am

    I would love to have CSSloaf added to the list as it brings together designs from 35 other showcases so that you don’t have to go all over the place to see the latest designs.

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    Goutam Das

    June 14th, 2008 4:56 am

    Nice Work…

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  29. 29

    Richard

    June 30th, 2008 4:02 pm

    Another cool gallery is cssblaze.com. I just created it. Hope you like it!

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  30. 30

    Max | Design Shard

    July 25th, 2008 5:55 pm

    very extensive collection, and very useful

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  31. 31

    Oliver Lumby

    August 3rd, 2008 7:21 pm

    Theres a new one on the block!

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  32. 32

    Josh at Cubicle Ninjas

    August 11th, 2008 8:05 pm

    Excellent article. Thanks so much! :D

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  33. 33

    web design beach

    August 31st, 2008 9:22 am

    we just posted new complete css gallery list

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  34. 34

    junghoon park

    September 2nd, 2008 5:31 pm

    minimalsites.com is a css gallery only for minimally designed websites.

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  35. 35

    Elegance in Design

    September 30th, 2008 6:14 pm

    Zen Garden is of course the crem de la crem but Best Web Gallery is my new favorite.

    Great List

    Mike Farley
    Elegance in Design

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    Natetronn

    October 12th, 2008 11:30 am

    Please throw CSSiris into the mix. Its a gallery with a cool twist.

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  37. 37

    Andy

    October 27th, 2008 8:46 pm

    Another CSS gallery : CSS Dance

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  38. 38

    znetworks group

    October 29th, 2008 12:38 pm

    Programming services, graphic design, database driven web development, custom software development and web marketing.

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    Ian lee

    October 30th, 2008 5:05 pm

    Nice Collection of Galleries i need to know if someone want to built a Gallery website like above where peoples can upload there website how to do that? using WORDPRESS is there any Plugin to let the users Submit there websites?
    Thank you for you time to read and reply
    Ian lee

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    JON

    November 2nd, 2008 9:54 am

    I would like to mention one here:

    Link [http://www.csshook.com]

    Please have a look…

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  41. 41

    Gart

    November 17th, 2008 8:42 am

    I found a great portfolio gallery there http://www.foliostars.net, great gallery!!

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  42. 42

    Klaye Morrison

    November 29th, 2008 11:03 pm

    I have just made a site allowing users to submit to dozens of galleries all from one form. Check it out at The CSS Gallery List.

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  43. 43

    TJ Mapes

    December 9th, 2008 12:22 pm

    cssscoop.com is a brand new showcase! please check it out and vote on your favorites.

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  44. 44

    kevin

    December 17th, 2008 11:02 am

    hey there, i recently built regrouped.net listing some web galleries i f anyone wanna have a look. Cheers

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  45. 45

    Sayyed Noman

    December 18th, 2008 7:46 am

    thanks for your informtion

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  46. 46

    rezolutions

    December 23rd, 2008 1:10 am

    Another one! CSS Design Gallery
    Thanks…

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  47. 47

    Mrinal Mahanti

    December 26th, 2008 5:01 am

    I am happy by get this listing, thanks for all css showcase link…

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  48. 48

    shae

    January 2nd, 2009 7:12 pm

    and then there was cssfury.com

    another good site with a massive list is thecssgallerylist.com

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  49. 49

    Platus

    January 17th, 2009 11:34 am

    woha this is a good tip!!!
    exactly what I was looking for thank u verry much and my best greetings from germany ^^

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  50. 50

    Creamy CSS

    January 20th, 2009 1:37 am

    Please, add Creamy CSS gallery to the list. Thanks.

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  51. 51

    Shawn Cross

    January 23rd, 2009 4:35 am

    Cool list! Here’s one more CSS inspiration gallery CSS design awards gallery

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  52. 52

    Dusan Kitic

    January 30th, 2009 6:01 am

    Great list! You can add this one too link

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  53. 53

    Shayne

    February 3rd, 2009 4:05 pm

    Another one to add csstyletime.com

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  54. 54

    Creamy CSS showcase

    February 12th, 2009 1:59 am

    Those galleries aren’t working for some reasons:

    CSSFill – http://www.cssfill.com/

    Update the list, please. And why don’t to add some new and fresh galleries?

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  55. 55

    Carlo

    March 2nd, 2009 2:00 am

    for German webdesigner there is another on called http://www.css-hamster.de
    probly another one to add for you.

    Great list!

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  56. 56

    Dalius

    March 10th, 2009 1:09 am

    One more daily gallery dailycss.net

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  57. 57

    TruSighT

    March 15th, 2009 10:59 pm

    I can’t believe no one has mentioned the most obvious css gallery CSSGallery.com and I’m the first. Well here you go enjoy!!

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  58. 58

    Chad Jaggers

    April 9th, 2009 8:20 am

    Here is another one to add to the list cssburst.com.

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  59. 59

    Marc

    April 15th, 2009 9:54 am

    www [.] csswebsites [.] nl

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  60. 60

    QNT (Sven)

    April 21st, 2009 9:12 am

    Wow, so many galleries!

    Here is my: QNT
    On this site I publish digital art magazines and inspirational websites.

    Kind regards,
    Sven

    (see you on Twitter ;))

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  61. 61

    serif

    May 16th, 2009 4:17 pm

    Hello,

    Thanks for the list. Here is another one:
    http://www.csscutie.com/

    Cheers,

    +1
  62. 62

    Chris

    May 18th, 2009 1:33 am

    Great list! Another one to check out is uiBin.com

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  63. 63

    lookynator

    May 24th, 2009 12:01 pm

    This the next great css gallery, from well czech designers

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  64. 64

    kelly

    June 8th, 2009 7:40 am

    Check out dailylove.org for a great gallery site.

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  65. 65

    Andreas

    June 12th, 2009 1:24 am

    onother one cssarena.de

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  66. 66

    Bob

    June 25th, 2009 6:09 am

    css gallery for ecommerce related sites – Cartcraze.com

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  67. 67

    designxhtml

    July 8th, 2009 4:45 am

    Thanks for the list!

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  68. 68

    CSSGarden

    July 15th, 2009 2:55 pm

    Thanks for the list,

    My gallery is: CSS Garden

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  69. 69

    lalji

    July 23rd, 2009 8:33 am

    Hi please add nice css gallery website to your list:

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  70. 70

    lalji

    July 23rd, 2009 8:51 am

    Thanks.

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  71. 71

    John Ryan

    July 26th, 2009 7:20 am

    My website allows users to upload their menus and buttons as well as website designs. I also have an online vertical and horizontal menu creator. Link … Please could you add this to your list as I think that it is a very usefull website for CSS coders/designers. Many Thanks!!!

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  72. 72

    Heroheym

    August 21st, 2009 1:55 pm

    Another one : http://www.cssdsgn.com

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  73. 73

    callen

    August 31st, 2009 4:06 pm
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  74. 74

    Liszt

    September 7th, 2009 1:19 pm

    Here’s a list containing 200 entries along with submit links:
    http://www.stonesouptech.com/blog/2009/09/a-more-complete-up-to-date-list-of-css-galleries/

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  75. 75

    jon andrews

    November 29th, 2009 2:54 pm

    Nice selection of galleries,

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  76. 76

    Choco

    April 24th, 2010 4:59 am

    Here’s another one… http://supersit.es

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  77. 77

    Stefan Stanica

    July 14th, 2010 10:52 pm

    Thank you for this list. Will help us with our sites.

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  78. 78

    Pixery

    July 15th, 2010 6:41 am

    Heres a new one that is worth considering… http://www.thepixery.com

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  79. 79

    enomsoft

    October 6th, 2010 10:47 pm

    Thanks for such a nice list.

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  80. 80

    Evan

    October 7th, 2010 12:07 pm

    Thanks for the list. Here’s one more: http://www.arscssgallery.com/

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  81. 81

    Fabio

    November 19th, 2010 5:11 am

    Check also the http://www.webfontsgallery.com devoted to web fonts + css designs

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  82. 82

    Selva

    December 23rd, 2010 1:53 am

    Check out this gallery http://www.globalcssgallery.com

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  83. 83

    Scott

    January 24th, 2011 1:24 pm

    Another design gallery, focused on Magento eCommerce: http://magentogallery.com

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  84. 84

    Matt

    January 25th, 2011 10:10 pm

    A recent favorite of mine: http://cssrockstar.com/

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  85. 85

    Vincent

    May 17th, 2011 2:29 pm

    Another great one for portfolio websites is http://foliofocus.com :)

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  86. 86

    Jaxson

    September 3rd, 2011 1:31 pm

    Classic old list. Nice to see there’s a few originals still around. Best of new comers is http://www.cssdesignawards.com http://www.cssdownunder.com and http://www.websitelaunchpad.com more to come…

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    serif

    May 16th, 2009 4:17 pm

    Hello,

    Thanks for the list. Here is another one:
    http://www.csscutie.com/

    Cheers,

    +1

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