Ready to use CSS Template or Framework

Question

Do you know a source for pure CSS Templates? After setting up a simple Web Project I always wish to have a CSS file to:

• Set reasonable font settings for paragraphs and headers
• Polish my anchor tags
• Style my forms (if I have to touch the HTML for this one - no problem)
• Style my tables (I use headers and footers etc) using even & odd
• Maybe give me some handy classes for error boxes, etc.

So if I Google for a such CSS file I find CSS Homepage Templates with HTML Structure and massive CSS which I can't use without changing much. I find CSS examples for perfect tables, other examples for perfect forms but what I don't find is a single CSS File which when loaded in a properly formatted HTML website will make it look "okay" instead of the pure HTML look.

Do you get me? Does anybody have a hint for me?

Answer 1

I've personally used bootstrap and I love it. I've also bookmarked few others to play with when bandwidth permits.

• Bootstrap
• Blueprint
• 960 Grid

Update: On related matter, I would also checkout CSS Preprocessors such as Sass and LESS that could help in writing better CSS and build up a custom library to use across projects.

Answer 2

Twitter Bootstrap might interested you but I believe it has a bit of javascript in it as well.

Edit: As mentioned in comment you can use many of the Bootstrap features without using any javascript.