28 Jan 09 Blueprint CSS Framework
I downloaded the Blueprint CSS framework and checked out the docs and read the source files. Wow, this was easier than I thought. My concerns and confusion about getting some decent initial CSS for the site just evaporated. After about 15 minutes of reading and playing around I had something that was better than I had ever come up with before. And since CSS “cascades”, it will be very easy to customize the default styles and typography. I highly recommend using a CSS framework if CSS isn’t your strength and/or you need to do quick prototyping. Thanks Blueprints CSS, this is exactly what I needed!
Tags: blueprints, css
Reader's Comments
Hey Brian, I’m a total php hack and have been really just lazy for the longest time running a (very very small) community site for my group of friends with Joomla. I got this crazy idea to give django a shot and see if I could dust off my old skillz, and in crawling the tubes found your blog. Many many thanks for chronicling your djourney, I’m very much a process learner and its VERY helpful to see you take on the challenges 1 at a time. Keep it up. I haven’t even setup my test site yet, but once I do I’m sure I’ll be back here.
Side note, don’t know if you’ve been-there-done-that or not, but Jeff Croft (http://www.jeffcroft.com, one of Django’s early designers with the original development team and co-author of Blueprint) has a lot to say about frameworks and has a lot of good Django wisdom, you should check it out.
Hey thanks for the kind words. Yeah, I’m just fumbling my way through this, using the blog to document what I did and capture my thoughts on what to do next. I’m glad someone else finds it useful. Good luck with your site work. I’m having a lot of fun with Django. I’d be glad to share notes with you in the future.