The big, cheap Web hosting services offer dozens of templates you can use to create your own website. Did you know there’s also a vast community of open-source designers who offer free website templates simply to help publicize their businesses? Here are some of the best:
Individual designers
Andreas Viklund
Arcsin
Christina Chun
dcarter design
Deep Aurelia
DemusDesign
EDG3
Free Blogger Skins
Free Themes (for Blogger and WordPress)
gorotron.com
Little Boxes
myhedspace.com
Sadhana Ganapathiraju
Salted Sugar
tristarwebdesign (only for nonprofits)
Open source design communities
Open Web Design.org
Open Designs
Open Source Web Design
freeCSStemplates.org
These generous and talented designers deserve to be rewarded with lots of business.
Furthermore, if you’re serious about usability, Jakob Nielsen’s article on web design and development is one of the best primers on the topic.
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