blueprint-css

Is it Possible to have a Blueprint CSS of 1000px width?

I designed my layout in 1000px. Is it possible to work with Blueprint CSS? Tutorials say 950px is the maximum width of a blueprint. Is there any solution? ...

What is the correct usage of blueprint-typography-body([$font-size])?

Recent convert to RoR and I've been using Compass w/ Blueprint to dip into the proverbial pool. Compass has been fantastic, but I've come across something strange within the Typography library. The blueprint-typography-body mixin contains the following: =blueprint-typography-body($font-size: $blueprint-font-size) line-height: 1.5 +...

CDN for blueprint css framework

Hi All, Does anyone know a free CDN for blueprint css framework thanks in advance cheers, sameera ...

Blueprint CSS overlapping divs

I'm using the Blueprint CSS framework, and I want to know how to create overlapping divs. If I try to use an absolutely positioned div inside of a relatively positioned div, it messes up the rest of the styling of the div by Blueprint. What is the correct way to do this? ...

Is there a CSS framework similiar to bluepring but doesn't define the layout in the css naming?

I want a css framework, similiar to blueprint i guess but something that keeps all layout defined in the CSS, and not in the class naming convention. example: with blueprint you have to say class="span-6 last", maybe I want to change the last column to be the first, w/o having to change 50 html pages. Does this exist? ...

CSS - css framework (like blueprint) for a 100% page width design?

I've used blueprint in the past for designing websites and it helped a lot. I'm now considering developing a new site, but this time it will be a 100% width site (think google groups page). Blueprint had a liquid "fork" some time ago, but after some tests I didn't find it quite useful for 100% width (it's ok for 90%-ish pages). So I'm ...

blueprint issue

I have the following layout. the first row prints just fine, but the beginning of the 2nd row starts where the 2nd div on the 2nd row should be. If I set the span of the last div in the 1st row to 3, the 2nd prints fine. the parent div is 670 pixels and each child is 160 (including 10px right margin) All 4 should fit in a row, but they ...

Using blueprint CSS, is it possible to do the following layout

I would like to do the following layout using blueprint css Page Width = 960px <- 20px -> <------- 600px -------> <- 20px -> <--- 300px ---> <- 20px -> left main content middle right rail right gutter gutter (ad unit) gutter What would the appropriate column width, m...

blueprint css issues not working in ie

hi i wanted to try out blueprint and worked just fine from at the beginning then i put the website online and to my surprise nothing worked in ie? is there any css guru that could guide me on what i've might have done wrong here? http://kurdiskainstitutet.se/ as i said works perfect on everyother browser but internet explorer ...

Blueprint CSS framework or any Grid system: fix for bordered divs

I've got some problems while trying to lay out my site. I'm using Blueprint Framework and it happens when I apply borders to my div. Since their width are controlled by span-XX (or grid-xx as I noticed in 960gs), the moment I apply borders to any div element I have it goes out of the grid as seen in these images Click to zoom Click to ...

facebook style layout question

I am trying to emulate this simple layout : _______________________________________ |____header___________________________| | | | | | Blueprint Container | | | | | | | ...

Blueprint HTML Columns Question

So looking into Blueprint, the default width is 950px and using 24 columns. My question is why change the columns to either lower or higher? We are still in the end getting 950px total. Do people do this for more control over the columns? Thanks. ...

facebook style navbar

Here is the navbar in my rails app. The problem is I am not sure if this wil work cross browser because I am adjusting the padding of the anchor tags to get the required height. THe other issue is the search form is inside this navbar and it's not vertically centered on inside it. I basically want a facebook style navbar that has a few...

Problem with using blueprint css framework with IE.

Hi, I am using blueprint and am using sticky footer(cssstickyfooter), it works fine with FF & Chrome. By default there is 10px padding on the either side, but with IE 8, there is no padding on the left, and the padding on the right increases 20px (double of 10px). <style type="text/css"> html, body {height: 100%;} #wrap...

How to remove space between columns in BluePrint CSS framework?

Hello I am using blueprint css framework when using the following code: <div class="container showgrid"> <div class="span-12">left column</div> <div class="span-12 last">right column</div> </div> you will notice that there is a small space between these columns! is there any way to remove that space? Thanks ...

Why do my login status links not render properly with BlueprintCSS's print.css

I am attempting to implement the BlueprintCSS grid framework in my app and after including the scripts it calls for my links are rendering weird. I have it narrowed down to the print.css. was wandering if anyone has run across this before. Here's what renders Logout (javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$LoginStatus1$ctl00','')) Obvious...

What’s the best grid framework to use with LESS css?

Hi, I'd like to use a grid framework (e.g. blueprint/960.gs/...) with LESS(.js) but it looks there's some issues when you decide to go that way: For example with blueprint: The ie hacks stylesheet prevents to use the container/span-X classes as mixins given that the mixed-in classes will not appear in the html elements. for example pu...

Does Blueprint CSS have some standard dimensions, such as 24 columns and 40 pixel width, or 20 columns and 48 pixel width?

and is there usually a file that specifies the specifics of the blueprint settings? ...

The .sass file has "+column(!main_content_width)" -- what does it mean?

Is it actually part of BluePrint? What do they do? +column(!main_content_width) +clearfix Where can some intro docs be found for it? thanks. ...