December 2011
Intermediate to advanced
170 pages
3h 50m
English
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Going Deeper: CSS Layout and Grid Systems
Although it’s hard to feel that CSS as a layout engine has found its way yet, there’s a lot to be hopeful for. People are working hard around the world to find options that work in multiple browsers, and new options are turning up all the time. If you want to learn more about grids and CSS layout, the following resources might prove useful:
Vinh, Khoi. “Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design.” New Riders, 2011.
Gasston, Peter. “The Future of CSS Layouts.” .net Magazine. August 3, 2011. http://www.netmagazine.com/features/future-css-layouts.
Boulton, Mark. “Rethinking CSS Grids.” From Mark Boulton’s blog, August 8, 2011. http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/rethinking-css-grids
The w3c’s editor’s draft for CSS Grid Layout: http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-grid-align/
Official documentation on Compass: http://compass-style.org/
Official documentation on Sass: http://sass-lang.com/
The Grid System. Online resource about grids in both print and web design. http://www.thegridsystem.org/
Design by Grid. Articles, tutorials and resources for grids in web design: http://www.designbygrid.com/
The Golden Grid System. I haven’t played with this yet, but it looks very promising for responsive grid-based layout: http://goldengridsystem.com/
The 1140 grid, designed by Andy Taylor. Another option for adaptive layout, which starts at 1140px wide and reflows columns down to mobile: http://cssgrid.net/
The Square Grid, designed by Avraham Cornfeld: ...
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