Re: Blueprint css versus YUI grids versus ?

2009-01-19 Thread Rock
I have generated several static sites using Django aym-cms, blueprint.css and markdown. This worked so well that I created a django app that encapsulates blueprint.css so that I now have the ability to manipulate layouts dynamically. Next up is to hook up "pagelets" (i.e., django-chunks, django-mo

Re: Blueprint css versus YUI grids versus ?

2009-01-19 Thread felix
I've also enjoyed blueprint for its clarity and speed. ideally I would love to assign more semantic .classes and #ids and then use a style sheet that assigns to styles to styles (yo dawg ... ) .detail { {% blueprint 'span-8' %} {% blueprint 'box' %} border: 1px solid {{ui.bordercolor}}; } an

Re: Blueprint css versus YUI grids versus ?

2009-01-19 Thread bruno desthuilliers
On 17 jan, 22:03, ydjango wrote: > has anyone used Blue Print css? Yes. Tried it for a personal project, found it nice at first - and to be true, it really helped me prototyping. But now the design is ok to me, I'm in the process of rewriting all my markup and css to get rid of the "grid.css"

Re: Blueprint css versus YUI grids versus ?

2009-01-18 Thread phoebebright
Thanks for the tip on blueprint. I'm going to give it a go. Been using YUI and keen to find something to ween a designer off of tables within tables within tables within tables etc. YUI just not easy enough to explain and use and had to take it out of last development. On Jan 17, 9:34 pm, a b

Re: Blueprint css versus YUI grids versus ?

2009-01-17 Thread a b
can you please explain what are the differences between YUI and Blueprint? There is also http://960.gs/ Thanks On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Chris Amico wrote: > > I found Blueprint pretty easy to grasp. I'm not a designer, but it's > worked beautifully for me, at least on basic layouts, an

Re: Blueprint css versus YUI grids versus ?

2009-01-17 Thread Petite Abeille
On Jan 17, 2009, at 10:03 PM, ydjango wrote: > has anyone used Blue Print css? Yes, Blueprint is a breeze to use as long as one enjoy grid based layouts. For example, Nanoki, a wiki engine implemented in Lua, uses Blueprint for its minimalist layout design. Online demo: http://svr225.ste

Re: Blueprint css versus YUI grids versus ?

2009-01-17 Thread Chris Amico
I found Blueprint pretty easy to grasp. I'm not a designer, but it's worked beautifully for me, at least on basic layouts, and from what I can tell it's a good foundation for building more complicated designs on top of. On Jan 17, 1:03 pm, ydjango wrote: > has anyone used Blue Print css? > > I h

Blueprint css versus YUI grids versus ?

2009-01-17 Thread ydjango
has anyone used Blue Print css? I have used YUI grids, yui is good, but I am having my share of problems with it. As soon as I need to float something, or add margins or padding, Yui grids go crazy? There has to be an easier solution than YUI grids for a 3 column layout. --~--~-~--~~