Finally, a post after a long time. I’ve had some issues with my previous hosting provider “Hostmonster” and the site was down for quite a while or suffered from performance issues.
Because the gridsystemgenerator generates many files and stores it onto the harddisk, Hostmonster decided to suspend my account. They only allow you to have a few files on your hosting space. They adviced me to change my code so it would virtually stream the files each time a grid is generated (not such a great idea if you think about the volume of grids that get generated every day).
Because of the suspension some of my other sites where offline as well so I decided to give up on Hostmonster and move to Dreamhost.
SO FAR SO GOOD!, there are MANY pro’s at dreamhost and their customer service has been FANTASTIC!
If you are looking for hosting, stay far away from Hostmonster, but go with Dreamhost!
As you might have read, the 960.gs grid system added a few more classes (push_xx and pull_xx). These classes can be used for “Content first” layouts.
I have added the push / pull classes to the 960.gs generator you can find on this site to make the generated grid systems exactly as the original updated 960.gs framework. You can preview the new push / pull classes in the generated grid systems.
This morning I’ve finished my links list of Inspirational gallery sites. It’s always awesome to see all of these great designers work.
The list is on the sidebar – let me know if I missed one!
Today I have finished and released the 1kb grid system generator. The generator will create custom fixed 1kb grid systems in valid css / xhtml for rapid prototyping, development and production environments
The 1kb grid system is an awesome little framework by Tyler Tate.
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Well, it’s long overdue – but here’s my first post. I will try to explain a bit how the grid system generator started and what’s coming up!
A few months ago I finally made my first effort to start using a grid system for one of my web projects. I had been looking at various grid systems before but never took that first step.
After some research I decided to start out with the 960.gs grid system. One of the problems I found was that my existing design didn’t fit the 960.gs measurements. So I had two options:
- Rebuild my design to fit the grid system OR
- Rebuild the grid system to fit my design.
As you can see with this site, I decided to create a generator that would calculate the measurements based on my input and create a nice / clean css file that would work with my existing design.
Happy with the final result I figured it could help other people as well so I created this website to host the generator.
After letting Nathan Smith know about it, he sent one tweet out and since that time the site is frequently visited by many people.
The generator has gone through a couple of iterations – adding functionality, changing design and layout and adding new grid system generators as well.
I will continue to build this website and add more generators and resources when I find some spare time.
If you feel there is something missing or perhaps you know of some great resource that can help others, please use this form to submit one! If you like – I will also put your name / URL in the post.
Oh – and WordPress rules, I ditched my custom CMS that I worked on for a LONG time!
