Web designers are always looking for ways to save time and simplify the design process. Well, creating a basic layout doesn’t have to take any time at all. All of the resources listed here will help you to create the structure for CSS-based designs. None of these resources are templates that attempt to replace the need for a design; rather, they all aim to simplify the process by creating a skeleton that you will build upon.

Layout Gala - 40 different CSS-based layouts including fixed and fluid widths.

BluePrintCSS - BluePrintCSS “aims to cut down on your CSS development time. It gives you a solid CSS foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and even a stylesheet for printing.”

Intensivstation - 16 different CSS-based layouts are provided

Dynamic Drive’s CSS Library - One of the leading sources of coding and scripts provides 12 CSS-based layouts.

CSSCreator.com - Rather than providing templates, CSS Creator is a tool that allows you to enter some information about the layout that you want to create, and it produces the code. You choose things like width, columns and colors.

Layout-o-matic - Inknoise has a tool that is similar to CSS Creator. You choose a few variables and it will give you the code for a basic CSS layout.

The Layout Reservoir - BlueRobot.com provides the CSS for 3 different layouts.

Code Sucks.com - There are over 90 different layouts to choose from, including fixed width and faux columns.

CSSeasy - At CSSeasy you’ll find 8 different layouts to choose from.

Tomorrow’s Laundry - WordPress theme designers will love the blank theme layouts from Tomorrow’s Laundry. Four different layouts provide the basic building blocks for your theme designs.

WordPress Theme Generator - Another resource for WordPress designers, the theme generator will let you choose the layout you want and it generates the code.

Yahoo! Developer Network - YUI Grids CSS provide a starting point for your layouts for fluid or fixed width.

SSI Developer - At SSI Developer there are a variety of two and three column layouts. Each layout indicates the browsers in which it has been tested.

Mollio - Mollio offers several attractive layouts, but they give a disclaimer that there may be some rendering problems with IE7.

CSS Tinderbox - Here you’ll find four simple but attractive layouts.

Mitch Bryson - Mitch provides eight different CSS-based layouts to choose from.

Firdamatic - Another tool similar to CSS Creator and Layout-o-matic, Firdomatic will let you choose several items and then it will create the code for your layout.

Strictly CSS - Strictly CSS has an article that provides ten different CSS layouts based on the same HTML code.

Max Design - Twenty-three different layouts in several different categories are available from Max Design.

Glish.com - Here is an article that includes links to a number of CSS-based layouts.

mycelly.com - Twelve different layouts.

Little Boxes - Sixteen more layouts.