Showcase Sites
Knowing the CSS standard inside out is no help when your imagination's running dry. A great source of inspiration is the creative work of others, so here's a bunch of sites where you can appreciate and study beautiful CSS designs.
CSS ZenGarden: http://www.csszengarden.com. The mother of all CSS showcase sites: many different designs for the exact same HTML.
CSS Beauty: http://www.cssbeauty.com/. A wonderful gallery of inspirational CSS designs.
CSS Vault: http://cssvault.com/. More cool designs.
CSS Mania: http://cssmania.com/. Yet another showcase site, whose non-gram-matical claim to fame is "Since March 2004, the most updated CSS showcase all over the globe."
Showcase of Showcases: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ShowCase. The CSS-Discuss wiki presents a list of showcase sites, and great examples of CSS design.
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