how to improve this CSS grid?

Question

Hi all,

I am kind starting to work with grid layouts for web and I am using 1kbgrid.com for my projects. It's really good and I like it. So far, I am not having any kind of issues. But I've talking with some friends and they said that grid system is "too simple" and for big websites wouldn't be good to use. As I said, so far I didn't see any problem. Finally my question is. Looking at the link http://www.1kbgrid.com/css/grid.css . Do you see any room to improve it or what would you do different and why?

Thanks and best regards,

Answer 1

I suppose my only criticism would be that the widths aren't very customisable. If I wanted a grid, I wouldn't want to choose between either 40, 60 or 80px for my columns, I'd want to say 134px, for example, if that was what my layout required.

Answer 2

It is perfectly fine, and not 'too simple' IMO. You can add whatever you want as your won separate stylesheet (or on the same sheet) to make it more complicated... if that's what you want (or to appease your friends).

From what it looks like the whole point of that grid system is simplicity - a baseline. It is simply somewhere to start so you don't have to begin your css from scratch without a good structure.