how to make my website look sophisticated and cool
i know i am breaking the rule of creating a broad question but i am developing a website for the first time and i have serious trouble developing the front end; i mean to say that making it **look nice**. my webpages look crappy graphycally. since users will never log on to a website that looks like s**t ; i need help. are there any tools that i can use ? or some good book that can help me. i have tried some and they are not helping much .. also i am using html5. so i could use suggestions related to that as well..  

SINCE THIS IS A BROAD QUESTION ;PLEASE GIVE **SPECIFIC TIPS**. LIKE EG MENTION SOME TRICK YOU KNOW THAT CAN HELP ME. LIKE HOW TO CREATE MENU THAT LOOKS NICE OR HOW TO CREATE A DROPDOWN LIST WHICH IS GRAPHYCALLY APPEALING OR HOW TO CREATE BUTTONS THAT HAVE A SHADOW AND OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT. 
how to make my website look sophisticated and cool
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i know i am breaking the rule of creating a broad question but i am developing a website for the first time and i have serious trouble developing the front end; i mean to say that making it **look nice**. my webpages look crappy graphycally. since users will never log on to a website that looks like s**t ; i need help. are there any tools that i can use ? or some good book that can help me. i have tried some and they are not helping much .. also i am using html5. so i could use suggestions related to that as well..  

SINCE THIS IS A BROAD QUESTION ;PLEASE GIVE **SPECIFIC TIPS**. LIKE EG MENTION SOME TRICK YOU KNOW THAT CAN HELP ME. LIKE HOW TO CREATE MENU THAT LOOKS NICE OR HOW TO CREATE A DROPDOWN LIST WHICH IS GRAPHYCALLY APPEALING OR HOW TO CREATE BUTTONS THAT HAVE A SHADOW AND OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT. 