Phillip, did you ever get a reply to this? Design pattern does have at least 2 meanings in these parts. There is the "gang of four" type concept of a software/programming/engineering/development/architecture type pattern, some of which get discussed in the YUI context, although not as a formal practice.

Then there is a parallel tradition of what you might call UI patterns (or HCI patterns, interaction design patterns, user experience patterns, etc.). Some of these are very widget-y and can be tied closely to YUI (or other) code frameworks. Other are more product / rules / feature / design-y, and don't necessarily come down to button placement and dynamic behaviors.

There is a grid pattern in the Yahoo design pattern library and it's related to the YUI CSS grid you're looking for. When you say templates, though, do you mean HTML examples or stencils for drawing programs?

    --xian


Phillip Senn wrote:

I'm not sure I understand what a design pattern is in relation to web
design, because the phrase design pattern in programming has a more
abstract meaning than what I think it means in web design.

Having said that, I am looking for templates for YUI CSS Grids.
Am I in the right place?

My thought is to find a template library like the ones shown below,
but for YUI.

http://cssmania.com/
http://www.styleshout.com/
http://www.dreamtemplate.com/
http://www.devianart.com/
http://www.free-css-templates.com/help/
http://www.freelayouts.com/websites/html-templates
http://members.freewebs.com/
http://www.freecsstemplates.org/
http://www.tjkdesign.com/templates/
http://doodlekit.com/home
http://www.websitetemplates.name/
http://www.templatemonster.com