Tag Archives: CSS

CSS Grid Frameworks

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I’ve been studying CSS Grid Frameworks for the past couple weeks.  Here are some links to several CSS Frameworks that I found interesting, elegant, and useful:

  • 960 Grid System – A mature and stable CSS Framework, that uses a fixed width page layout of 960 pixels, along with the flexibility of  12 or 16 columns.  (Created by Nathan Smith of  SonSpring)
  • Blueprint – An elegant and complete CSS Framework that includes a CSS reset (similar to Eric Meyer’s Reset) that eliminates deals with the discrepancies across browsers, a solid grid that can support most complex layouts (without reverting to crazy HTML table-based design patterns), expert typographical principles, CSS form styles for great looking user interfaces, and CSS print styles for making any webpage ready for printing out on paper. (Created and maintained by Christian Montoya and the Blueprint community.)
  • The Golden Grid – A simple CSS Framework for HTML web page design, by Vladimir Carrer from Italy

A Little CSS for Blue Beanie Day

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A Little CSS for Blue Beanie Day

Paul Cripps posted this cute photo to the Blue Beanie Day 2008 collection on Flickr.

The book cover shown is from Cascading Style Sheets – The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition, by Eric Meyer. You can see Eric Meyer wearing a Blue Beanie here also.

Jason Beaird of Refresh Columbia recently quipped that Zeldman’s Blue Beanie image “is now the Che Guevara icon for web standards revolution.”  The Blue Beanie Day symbol (in the context of Web Standards) was made famous by the original Standardista ( Jeffrey Zeldman ) and his book covers.

CSS Gurus Help You Learn and Master CSS

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Jacob Gube at Six Revisions provides an excellent roundup of 20 websites to help you learn and master CSS.  Of course, Jeffrey Zeldman‘s A List Apart is at the top of the list.  Jacob mentions Eric Meyer (who tutored Zeldman) and CSS Zen Garden, but also highlights a few blogs (and talented writers/designers) that were not on my radar.

Afruj Jahan also rounded up some excellent websites to learn CSS.

Every standardista knows you have to learn CSS to follow web standards. Speaking of which … did you hear that the Facebook Designing With Web Standards Group is giving away a few free copies of Designing with Web Standards (DWWS), by Zeldman.  ( We reviewed the DWWS book here, and the article is one of our most popular links. )

Want more help? Try following these 9 great web developers on Twitter.

DWWS – Designing With Web Standards – Update

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You can now follow the complete thread for Designing With Web Standards using the DWWS tag, which now includes a book review, a brief history of the DWWS group on Facebook, and some background on the original Blue Beanie Day.

While we’re on the topic of Zeldman (and DWWS) you should participate in (yes, if you are a web designer, you should take the survey too!) the 2008 Survey of People Who Make Websites.