CSS-Galleries.com - an index of CSS inspiration

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by nickdunn, Jun 25, 2006.

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    Evenin' all - long time lurker, first time poster here :)

    I've just launched a project I've been working on for some time, so I guess this post is part shameless self-promotion and part sharing about (what I think is) a fantastic new service.

    CSS Galleries
    http://css-galleries.com

    I became so fed up of having to trawl through dozens of RSS feeds from all of the big CSS design/inspiration showcase sites (CSS Mania, Stylegala, CSS Drive, CSS Beauty etc etc), and I decided that one feed of all content would make life so much easier. So I went ahead and build CSS Galleries. It's still in beta, but thought others would find it useful!
     
    nickdunn, Jun 25, 2006 IP
  2. nextebizguy

    nextebizguy Peon

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    Nice site. My only quibble is that I would prefer the main column to be wider. Instead of 2 per row, I would do 3 or 4 per row. :)
     
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    That's a fair point actually. When I first started it, I hadn't planned on having so many thumbnails on the page. When I get some time this week I'll play around and see how it looks with a few more thumbnails per row. Ta!
     
    nickdunn, Jun 25, 2006 IP
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    I agree, though the design looks nice, its annoying to have to scroll so much to see all the sites
     
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    BooTCaT Well-Known Member

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    Hey pal , the site looks great . Can you tell me , what CMS , you use , if at all you use one ???

    And hey , Coxis has started a similar one , www.cssbloom.com , have it a look.
     
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    The primary aim is to provide the RSS feed (hence there's no archive or search utility on the site... yet) so I haven't been focusing on how the sites are displayed on the page.

    But I've made the design wide enough to fit 4 thumbnails on each row, and I must say, I think it's an improvement. So thanks :)
     
    nickdunn, Jun 26, 2006 IP
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    BooTCaT Well-Known Member

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    Can u tell me , what CMS you use for your site ???
     
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    Looks great Nick. I like the four across format much better. :)
     
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    It's a custom-built system I made. There's a simple database of galleries, sites and links between them, and some ASP code to collect the various data feeds and query the database. I thought about using a blogging engine, but since the whole site needed to be automated, I felt it easier to build my own.
     
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    dude, i've been drooling all over your site for the last week. didn't realize you post here. <3
     
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    Really nice site you've got there.
     
    depiction, Jul 3, 2006 IP
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    #12
    Hi Nick, it's a nice idea and I will defitnetely be visiting it every now and then.

    My only concern is that I wouldn't class some of the sites that you will get through W3csites and Dailyslurp as being CSS sites, some are table based.

    Also W3csites isn't a showcase in the way that for example CSSimport is, so you won't get sites that are chosen for their great design neccesarily, maybe I am being over picky.

    Good work though.
     
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    Looks good to me, how could I get some of my sites listed? I've got many designs, using only css.
     
    slickricky, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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    hey,
    it looks cool.
    make the colums wider tho
     
    Grafstein, Jul 11, 2006 IP