HTML/CSS 960 layout, 24 column grid system

Question

Hi,

I was having a chat with a designer about how to make my life easier to build site templates. They showed me a page layout overlaid with 24 columns and I can see that everything fits very nicely within the the 24 columns but I fail to see how this can help me build templates more efficiently and accurately.

My preference is for the designer to provide a page design overlaid with dimensions, much like architectural blueprints. This is how I've always done this, but I am open to faster and better methods.

Any opinions/ideas on this?

Steve

Answer 1

It lets you rough out designs in PS and write the initial layout code much faster, though it does have limitations/annoyances.

If you want a bordered box with padding (etc) within those columns you'll have to nest a tag inside a "grid_x" div, otherwise it'll send stuff off the grid.

Answer 2

give a try to fluid24.org maybe can give you some ideas