Make your web app look good?

[eluser]Madtrooper[/eluser]
Hey guys!

I have another question for you awesome guys!

I am really really bad at making my web application look good. I think css is really confusing as everything seems to be affecting everything, and also things you dont want to be affected.. I realize that a very good structure is really important if you dont want to end up in an endless maze.

Now, my question, how exactly do you guys accomplish a well-structured and good looking website? Do you start off with a complete css? Or do you first build an (ugly) web application and then apply css/ modify your code with classes/divs/id's/.. afterwards to make it look good?

Thanks!

[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
Old saying get it to work first then add all the bells and whistles!

I start off using the 1140 grid system for laying out my templates.

[eluser]Madtrooper[/eluser]
Thanks for your reply!

The 1140 approach seems very interesting indeed!

I will be giving it a shot

[eluser]Mantero[/eluser]
just use twitter bootstrap. you can get stunning looking apps in just few minutes

http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/

[eluser]kanjimaster[/eluser]
+1 for Twitter Bootstrap. Think 1140 or 960 grid plus jQuery UI without the bloat.

[eluser]theshiftexchange[/eluser]
also -check out sites like Themeforest - where you can pay a couple of bucks for a full css webite