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Cool site for free web templates

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I just got done downloading a bunch of web site templates from the Open Source Web Design web site. Thought I would share with those of you who may be like me... in need of a starting point and could use some CSS and design help to start.

They have a great collection of free site templates. Just wanted to pass it along.
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A while back, the site members forked into two sites - oswd, and the less well known http://openwebdesign.org/ .

Just wanted to mention that you should check both out. :)
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HOLY COWLEDO!!! Ooh, more resources... I'm so excited. I have had such designer's block lately. Heck, for minute there I had even thought I had forgotten how to write HTML, let alone PHP.

Thanks for the tip Roja.
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both of those look to be good resources for the day when I finally bite the bullet and decide to write a site with no tables 8O

thanks gentlemen..
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Burrito wrote:both of those look to be good resources for the day when I finally bite the bullet and decide to write a site with no tables 8O
I have a really hard time keeping my finger off the <table> or <tr> sequence. I am so used to it that I am forcing myself to developing a series of sites without tables just to get used to it. It is so freakin' hard. It's like I'm having table withdrawals or something...
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I'm still not sold on the argument to NOT use them.

sure they weren't 'created' for design purpose, but they work and they're easy, until I hear something compelling to steer me away, I'm following the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' philosophy.

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<off topic continued>
I have had some experience with tabled layouts where, if the server is running slow, PHP won't finish outputting the page and dies after 30 second, in the middle of table construction. In my no-tables designs I have never had that problem happen. Not sure if it is the design or the server though. We'll see in a bit when I run a prodcution version of a tables-less design. 8)
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keep me posted with what you find out.
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Burrito wrote:<offtopicish>

I'm still not sold on the argument to NOT use them.

sure they weren't 'created' for design purpose, but they work and they're easy, until I hear something compelling to steer me away, I'm following the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' philosophy.

</offtopicish>
Browse with only an older cellphone for just 8 hours, and you will never want for a table again.

EVER.
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I'm still not sold on the argument to NOT use them
Personally I wouldn't even know how to build a site with tables. Really.

(I was so lucky the first "build my first homepage" book I bought was about web standards and css)
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