Yes, we did it again. In less then 3 months we reached and passed another milestone. We now have more than 400 quality XHTML designs.
Keep up the good work guys!

Since we’re coming up on our two month anniversary in a few days, I thought it was time to reflect on the amazing progress we’ve made in such a short amount of time.

As of this post, we have 315 approved free designs for download which means we’ve been averaging 5.25 new designs a day which is really nice.

The forum is thriving and we now have site moderators in place.

The three of us site admins are continuing our morning, noon and night coding sessions as we continue to smooth out the inner workings of the site code and bring in new features.

I just wanted to say congratulations to everyone involved in our open source web design community and to personally thank you for your continued support as we move forward with daily progress for the site.

As of this post, OpenDesigns.org now has 220 free website templates available for download.

Also, as most already know, the new design is up. Special thanks go out to Snop of FullAhead for his winning design.

The forum is also now integrated with the new site look and feel.

Remember, if you want to view or use the forum, you must be logged in.

Last, the site is now a month old and we’re making huge progress as everyone can see.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding as we move forward day by day with getting all the kinks worked out.

Well we are way ahead of schedule as you can see, the new design is up. We still have a ton of tweaks and hooks to get into place but as always, it’s being worked on day by day.

For those of you new to the site, to view the forum, you need to have a registered account and be logged in. If you’re not logged in, you won’t be able to see the forum or be able to participate in discussions.

As we move into the new year, more features and additions to the site will be taking place.

Yes, in 4 more days it will be December 28th, the deadline for submitting contest entries for the design of this site, so it’s time to get to work and submit your designs.

Click Here for more information about the contest and remember you need to be logged in to view the forum.

Good luck!

Well I just approved the 170th design for the site. We have just a little over one week until the year 2007 comes, so I’m wondering if we’ll actually hit 200 designs by December 31, 2006?

I’m assuming things are slow because of the holiday but expect things to pick up the first week of January 2007.

I hope everyone has a fun, safe and enjoyable holiday where ever you’re located.

Thanks again to everyone for their continued support of the new project. Happy holidays!

Today we hit 155 approved designs and the numbers keep growing thanks to the wonderful community and designer support.

I wonder if we’ll hit 200 designs before the new year?

At the rate we are going, it sure looks like it!

Thanks again everyone for your continued support.

Just barely two weeks into the Open Design project and we have 130 approved designs. This just goes to show how strong the design community really is which makes me very proud to be apart of such a great bunch of people.

The forum is thriving and designs just keep on rolling in. The back end code running the site is moving along as well. We keep working hard putting many hours into the project and day-by-day we are one more step closer to a better community run site.

Thanks again everyone for your continued support… keep spreading the word and lets keep those designs coming.

In only 2 days we’ve gone from 80 approved designs to 109.

That’s just amazing since the site has only been live 1 week.

The forum is thriving as well. Remember to view the forum, you need to be logged in. Registration is easy and free so sign up today!

Thanks to everyone for their continued support as we move forward with the site.

We just hit 80 approved designs on the site! This is great. We’ve only been up a few days now and things are rolling right along. Be sure to keep spreading the word and get people linking to the new site. We should be hitting 100 designs within hours at this rate, maybe even sooner.