Even though promotion for your site should be fairly effortless, you still have to get out there and push it sometimes. There’s a special little niche for CSS websites out there called “CSS galleries”.

You may or may not have heard about CSS galleries, but they are handy little tools for self/website promotion. You of course first need the criteria of your site having been built with CSS to enter these, but it kind of takes off from there! Creativity with your site design, keeping it clean, functional, everything about a website that ought to exist will better your chances of getting into one of these galleries.

How do they work? This type of website brings a lot of traffic in for people wanting inspiration for websites, as well as people simply browsing, which means if your site is listed on one of these, then you’re going get a lot of clicks.

How do you get your website on them? A lot of these places will scour the internet for websites that appeal to them, maybe snap a screen shot of it, and post it on their website. However, do not wait for this to happen. There are tons of websites out there you can submit your site to, and if it is accepted it will be listed with the other hundreds or thousands there. There are even sites that you can pay some money to in order to have them list your site on all of those other sites for you, but in my opinion I think it’s better to save the money and just take a little time and do it yourself.

Why should you do this? Sure, people have to go through and pick and choose what they want to click on, but this is where a thumbnail of your site on theirs will really pay off. Putting a little extra effort into the design of your site will most certainly be rewarded in traffic… and the more traffic you have, the more likely people will be interested in your products and services. Having your site listed on all of these other sites will also create more backlinks for you, which only helps your website since they are legitimate.

Where do you go? Here is a list from Caroline-Middlebrook.com with 101 CSS galleries displayed for you. Happy browsing!


  Site PR Alexa
1 http://cssvault.com/ 8 47,734
2 http://www.cssbeauty.com/ 7 23,722
3 http://www.cssmania.com/ 6 13,595
4 http://www.webcreme.com/ 6 24,831
5 http://bestwebgallery.com/ 6 28,889
6 http://www.stylegala.com/ 6 38,167
7 http://www.csselite.com/ 6 43,247
8 http://www.w3csites.com/ 6 64,041
9 http://www.thebestdesigns.com/ 6 73,368
10 http://www.unmatchedstyle.com/ 6 76,438
11 http://www.cssheaven.com/ 6 90,609
12 http://screenfluent.com/ 6 91,658
13 http://www.cssimport.com/ 6 116,674
14 http://www.cssreboot.com/ 6 169,967
15 http://cssstar.com/ 6 243,068
16 http://designshack.co.uk/ 5 67,199
17 http://www.cssbased.com/ 5 81,897
18 http://www.screenalicious.com/ 5 93,769
19 http://www.cssclip.com/ 5 118,725
20 http://www.css-website.com/ 5 145,651
21 http://www.strictlycss.com/ 5 160,457
22 http://www.cssartillery.com/ 5 162,103
23 http://www.website-gallery.com/ 5 170,697
24 http://www.cssglance.com/ 5 174,200
25 http://www.dailyslurp.com/ 5 178,834
26 http://www.professionalontheweb.com/ 5 206,725
27 http://www.csstux.com/ 5 232,297
28 http://www.lightondark.com/ 5 256,731
29 http://www.css-design-yorkshire.com/ 5 275,614
30 http://www.stylecrunch.com/ 5 302,508
31 http://cssprincess.com/ 5 318,567
32 http://www.dark-i.com/ 5 341,420
33 http://www.happycodr.com/ 5 360,623
34 http://www.prowebart.net/ 5 391,663
35 http://www.inspirationking.com/ 5 392,923
36 http://www.creative-pakistan.com/cp-home/ 5 397,655
37 http://www.moderniweb.cz/ 5 397,792
38 http://csshazard.com/ 5 477,863
39 http://www.thehorizontalway.com/ 5 501,387
40 http://www.designersource.net/ 5 505,319
41 http://designsnips.com/ 5 513,889
42 http://www.cssexchange.com/ 5 550,984
43 http://www.lookom.com/ 5 577,798
44 http://www.cssbahcesi.com/ 5 777,054
45 http://csssmoothoperator.com/ 5 946,788
46 http://www.submitcss.com/ 5 1,263,265
47 http://www.cssdrive.com/ 4 22,972
48 http://csscreme.com/ 4 50,110
49 http://www.webdigity.com/cssGallery/ 4 117,824
50 http://www.css20.com/ 4 135,556
51 http://www.boxedcss.com/ 4 157,411
52 http://csscollection.com/ 4 192,315
53 http://www.css-gallery.co.uk/ 4 217,952
54 http://www.najdizajn.com/ 4 273,002
55 http://www.cssimpress.com/ 4 291,864
56 http://www.ceeses.com/ 4 299,286
57 http://www.mabucplus.com/ 4 324,102
58 http://www.siti-web-design.com/ 4 344,043
59 http://www.cssleak.com/ 4 366,220
60 http://www.cssflavor.com/ 4 428,648
61 http://csscontainer.com/ 4 438,608
62 http://per.fectio.net/ 4 463,683
63 http://www.cssem.com/ 4 465,325
64 http://www.fullsingle.com/ 4 468,694
65 http://www.cssburst.com/ 4 486,596
66 http://csslove.net/ 4 531,109
67 http://csssnap.com/ 4 558,570
68 http://www.designscreme.com/ 4 579,438
69 http://www.portfoliobase.com/ 4 598,762
70 http://www.genuinestyle.net/ 4 669,219
71 http://www.cssgaleri.com/ 4 749,287
72 http://www.nicestylesheet.com/ 4 786,606
73 http://www.cssdump.com/ 4 807,262
74 http://webtest.sk/ 4 834,527
75 http://netcocktail.com/ 4 884,149
76 http://onestargallery.com/ 4 926,893
77 http://www.css-inspirace.cz/ 4 968,823
78 http://www.cssgallery.ro/ 4 1,016,893
79 http://www.onepixelarmy.com/ 4 1,023,204
80 http://webgallery.dimix.it/ 4 1,049,403
81 http://wakeupgallery.com/ 4 1,058,120
82 http://css-demo.com/ 4 1,665,526
83 http://www.asiteaday.org/ 4 2,380,055
84 http://cssremix.com/ 3 27,852
85 http://www.cssdaddy.com/ 3 252,329
86 http://www.cssbloom.com/ 3 255,587
87 http://www.csshive.com/ 3 282,065
88 http://www.my3w.org/ 3 342,047
89 http://www.csszone.org/ 3 530,093
90 http://www.welldonesites.com/ 3 737,351
91 http://css-warfare.com/ 3 1,373,497
92 http://www.hostpattern.com/ 3 5,468,022
93 http://www.bestcssgallery.com/ 0 337,016
94 http://www.cssloggia.com/ 0 356,671
95 http://cssblast.ru/eng/gallery/ 0 356,870
96 http://thecssthesis.com/ 0 472,672
97 http://hotwebber.com/ 0 491,215
98 http://www.inspirationfolder.com/ 0 612,511
99 http://www.urbantrash.net/cssgallery/ 0 769,973
100 http://www.cssband.com/ 0 1,499,824
101 http://www.csshowdown.com/ 0 4,027,270