Our brilliant student developer, Ben Demaree, has been using SASS<http://sass-lang.com/>with Bourbon mixins <http://bourbon.io/> to create fluid, semantic grids. I'm very impressed with what I've seen. On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Joe Goggins <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > +1 for bootstrap. > > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:25 PM, David Peterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> 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] >> > > > > -- > Joe Goggins, Web Developer > Academic Support Resources > 160 Williamson Hall > (612) 625-6116 > [log in to unmask] > -- Tony Thomas Web Developer University of Minnesota Student Unions & Activities 300 Washington Ave SE, Ste 500 Minneapolis MN 55455 Direct: 612-626-9820 Fax: 612-624-7256 sua.umn.edu <http://www.sua.umn.edu>