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This Wordpress theme has code that automatically sets the page background based on the colors of a photo on the page.

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Creates thumbnails using a variety of different methods.

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MyStylez allows you to create MySpace layouts easily.

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Some web design articles:

8 ideas, techniques and tricks for your web design toolkit

Web design tutorials

This site has lots of free sound files: www.soundsnap.com

This framework allows rapid deployment of Ajax enabled web pages. View more info

Adobe’s Kuler allows you to quick generate color schemes that look visually pleasing.

This article compares various popular PHP frameworks that are available.

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The Yahoo User Interface (YUI) library is a set of utilities and controls that make it easy to create interactive browser interfaces. Over 200 online examples explain how to use every aspect of the library.

Here’s an interesting article on designing widgets for form elements.