Thanks for sharing this Paul. This is good to know. -- Eric
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Paul Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > this is somewhat off topic, but since we are usually in the business > of putting maps into web pages, I usually find I have to put together > some kind of web page around the map and that's where I start running > into trouble. While limiting myself to plain HTML tags and avoiding > any kind of colour/style decisions is usually a wise idea, sometimes > its nice to put some effort into the web page beyond the absolute > minimum ... > > For those of us that are, um, designed-challenged, using a CSS > framework is a great place to start. I've recently found a couple of > them that might be of interest: > > http://code.google.com/p/blueprintcss/ > > "Blueprint is a CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your CSS > development time. It gives you a solid CSS foundation to build your > project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and > even a stylesheet for printing." > > http://960.gs/ > > "The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development > workflow by providing commonly used dimensions, based on a width of > 960 pixels. There are two variants: 12 and 16 columns, which can be > used separately or in tandem." > > Both frameworks provide a fixed column grid based on a fixed width of > 960 pixels, and blueprint adds some decent choices for colors, styles > etc. The fixed width thing is often not what we want for mapping > sites built with OpenLayers (we want the map to fill the page and > these frameworks won't do that) but occasionally you need a different > approach. > > I put together a simple (non-mapping) page using blueprint after about > 5 mins of reading the tutorial and was pretty happy with the result. > I haven't tried 960.gs yet but it seems similar in concept and > probably more appropriate if you just want the layout part. > > I haven't specifically researched other CSS frameworks so there's > probably something better out there if you care to look. > > Cheers > > Paul > __________________________________________ > > Paul Spencer > Chief Technology Officer > DM Solutions Group Inc > http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
