WEBSTANDARDS Archives

UofMN Web Standards

WEBSTANDARDS@LISTS.UMN.EDU

Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show HTML Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
David Peterson <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
UofMN Web Standards <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:25:19 -0600
Content-Type:
multipart/alternative
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (2092 bytes) , text/html (3745 bytes)
Bootstrap is great. Comes loaded with as much or as little as you'd like.

http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/scaffolding.html

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Lisa Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I've used the Skeleton framework (http://www.getskeleton.com/), which
> worked well with the responsive U of M header/footer. I just had to adjust
> the breaking points to match. It is very simple and bare-bones, making it
> easy to modify and add my own styles.
>
> Otherwise, if you are using Dreamweaver CS6, there is a new Fluid Grid
> Layout feature that allows you to set the width/columns/etc. I'm planning
> to use that going forward. This explains it a bit more:
> http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-dreamweaver-cs6/using-fluid-grid-layouts/.
>
> Hope that Helps!
>
> Lisa Anderson
> Graphic & Web Designer
> University of Minnesota Printing Services
> 612-625-7802
>
> Hours: M-F, 7am - 1:30pm
> For assistance after 1:30pm, please contact Shawn Welch at 612-625-8064.
>
> On Nov 30, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Kevin Bullock wrote:
>
> Hello all—
>
> I'm working on implementing a couple different sites from scratch, and I
> want to do them both responsively, with a grid system. Given that the
> current responsive headers & footers are max 960px wide, I can't use the
> 1140 CSS Grid (cssgrid.net), nor any of the fluid-at-full-size systems
> that might otherwise be my inclination.
>
> I'm looking at Gumby (gumbyframework.com), which provides both 12-column
> and 16-column variants. (One of the sites is laid out on a 16-column grid.)
> Are there others that meet these requirements (960 max width, 16-column,
> responsive) that I should be looking at? Are there any big downsides to
> using a framework at all (other than cluttering HTML with non-semantic
> classes)?
>
> pacem in terris / мир / शान्ति / ‎‫سَلاَم‬ / 平和
> Kevin R. Bullock
>
>
>


-- 
David Peterson
IT Professional
Office of Institutional Research
University of Minnesota
http://www.oir.umn.edu

612-625-0914
[log in to unmask]


ATOM RSS1 RSS2