Update: 11/04/2010 To save time nowadays I will typically go to GraphicRiver.net and search through their big selection of Patterns and Textures. Each one costs around $5… but it’s worth saving the time and finding something of high quality. One of the Designers who works for me recently pointed me in the direction of a cool website that shares some pretty awesome graphic design patterns you could possibly use for a website. You need to link to the guys website of course to give him some credit. But he does allow you to copy the images and use them for your own or commercial use. The website is called dinpattern.com and I recommend it to all web designers and people building websites in general. Check out the website and share your feedback on what you think of the site. Also i’m interested in knowing about any other websites that offer [...]

Update 09/25/2010: Since the original creation of this post, the Open Source CMS WordPress has evolved into being far and away the easiest and best solution for a CMS. Now you can easily setup a great looking site and have easy to use tools to manage your content without really having to do much at all. Refer to the page Starting a Blog? for more details on how to use WordPress instead of these other content management systems. There are 5 major groups or companies that offer the ability to purchase a domain, have it hosted, and get a content manageable website all at the same time with the same company. And sometimes these websites are free. We are not talking about GoDaddy websites here. We are talking about CMS or content management sites that allow you to change the content in your site easily and often. Here are my [...]