Perhaps we should take Lalo's suggestion further and collect a list of existing designs that show what real graphic talent has been able to accomplish. Some of the newer weblogs, wikis, forums, portals etc. out there are looking almost, well, beautiful. Here's an example from YABB (Yet Another Bulletin Board): http://www.yabb.info/community/. I'm sure there are many more that might provide inspiration.
Good stuff too.
One design consideration is how much to rely on CSS. Looking under the hood (ie, viewing the source) for some of these "slick" designs reveals modest to sophisticated dependence on CSS. But I think the days of worrying how it's going to look on Netscape 4 should be just about over. What say??
I think we can safely rely on CSS. Common, Zope 3 is a new product, and if someone needs to make it backward Browser-compatible, he can always implement a less fancy CSS-free skin. I want a product that is as slick as possible. The best-looking Zope-like product I have found so far is Westside.com; you used to get a trial account, but this seems to be deactivated. So go through the tutorial, since it has screenshots. Regards, Stephan -- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management