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A little background: I could never wrap my head around grid systems. My mind just didn't work that way, keeping track of columns and whatnot. I was much better

A little background: I could never wrap my head around grid systems. My mind just didn't work that way, keeping track of columns and whatnot. I was much better able to work with fractions so I adapted my favorite grid system from CSS to LESS, added on my own generic HTML5BP customizations and thought maybe others would find it useful. I'm a little shy/embarrassed to have posted it here where everyone is probably working on much cooler stuff but projects build momentum and that's what it's all about. It's probably not the best boilerplate/framework out there but it works. I was tempted to wait until it was perfect to show anyone but "real artists ship", you know? I'm happy to hear constructive criticism and eager to make it better. Suggestions are welcome and feel free to fork it or issue a pill request on github. Oh, and I was up till 6am Christmas morning to publish the site. Merry Christmas.

marquis 15y ago
If this had fluid grid-resizing support (a la getskeleton.com) we would take a deeper look at this for new projects. Nice work otherwise. We love Less so great to see this integrated, hope you get some traction.
- billpatrianakos 15y ago
  It's not really about traction. It's about finishing something, getting it out there, and iterating. I'll be totally honest, there are some really big obvious features that this lacks. Like you said, it needs to be responsive. That's on the list. I've been sitting on this thing for a while so I thought it'd be a good idea to get it out there. Honestly, we're 4 comments in and I already have a good idea of what to focus on next. I'm sure that eventually I'll get it to a point where people are more willing to use it. I will say that one area it excels is with total beginners. I've had a lot of success getting CSS newbies to understand layout concepts with this. Anyway, thanks for the feedback!

marquis 15y ago

If this had fluid grid-resizing support (a la getskeleton.com) we would take a deeper look at this for new projects. Nice work otherwise. We love Less so great to see this integrated, hope you get some traction.

billpatrianakos 15y ago
It's not really about traction. It's about finishing something, getting it out there, and iterating. I'll be totally honest, there are some really big obvious features that this lacks. Like you said, it needs to be responsive. That's on the list. I've been sitting on this thing for a while so I thought it'd be a good idea to get it out there. Honestly, we're 4 comments in and I already have a good idea of what to focus on next. I'm sure that eventually I'll get it to a point where people are more willing to use it. I will say that one area it excels is with total beginners. I've had a lot of success getting CSS newbies to understand layout concepts with this. Anyway, thanks for the feedback!