hi, i have weak design skills and was hoping to improve them by looking at a ton of good website designs. does anyone know if there is a website with a lot of good website or homepage examples i can see to improve my sense of good design? any help greatly appreciated. thanks. derek

Some of my favorites:
http://bestwebgallery.com/
http://www.stylegala.com/
http://www.cssheaven.com/
http://www.mezzoblue.com/zengarden/alldesigns/
http://www.faveup.com/
http://cssremix.com/
http://www.webcreme.com/

WOW thank you so much triplemoons!! that should keep me busy for a while. thanks very much for all those links! derek

If you want to see website layout for inspiration only, then you can go www.templatemonster.com

My favorite is www.thebestdesigns.com

I wouldn't exactly call templatemonster 'inspirational', everything there looks, well, LIKE a template - all cookie-cutter, little originality AND far too many of their templates are still based on TABLES for layout!!

try http://www.smashingmagazine.com

not your usual CSS Gallery but full of advice and ideas.

I really appreciate all these suggestions. I've been feeling stuck about design lately. I want to do it myself, but I don't have a clear idea of what exactly I want to include on the site. So I think it's best for me to get that straightened out first, and then look over the more "modern" looking designs to see how I can fit my navigation in.

Good post, I will use some of these as examples on my next design.