On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just glanced at 960.gs last week and said cool. I also had a cold. :(
It is. We've used it on a couple of projects. > But I have no idea where to start with it. I see how it breaks out > the space and you can change the params to fit your need. > > Where do you take the first step with it? Should you have your > intended gross design set or do you need to account for each "cell" of > the 960 before you start? Well, yes and no. I have no idea how DotNyet does this, and don't want to know. But in the app frameworks I'm working on, the output is typically wrapped up in a couple of layers of template - a page master, and separate sub-templates for the different elements on the page. Typically, my workflow is to build up a graphical mockup for the client as one HTML page, then slice the page apart into separate templates (header, footer, sidebar, navigation, mainbody-edit, mainbody-tablelisting, etc.) and mix and match those templates as the web application framework dictates. (Rails does it one way, PHP with Smarty or Dwoo another) So, you download the 960.gs templates, create a plain HTML page based on the demo, and fill in your grid, prefix and suffix elements within the "container" divs. And, just like your complaint that started this thread, you'll need "clear" divs :) Experiment and mess it up until you start to "get" how it all comes together. It's pretty cool. It's flexible and pretty easy to change a design. And it's cross-platform. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
