[Solar-talk] layout generator

[Clay Loveless]

On Aug 2, 2006, at 4:14 AM, Rodrigo Moraes wrote:

> PS: I was playing with YUI Grids to show something to Paul, but I
> couldn't find an use for it.  This happened before: I've tried to find
> an use for it some time ago. I mean: it is too restrictive to be
> useful for me in any of my projects.

Rodrigo,

Can you go into some additional detail on how YUI Grids are restrictive?

I took the plunge yesterday, as I mentioned earlier, and was  
successful (after a minor amount of hair-pulling) to get exactly what  
I wanted out of YUI Grids. I'm now building out a full site using YUI  
Grids and a single override CSS file, and it's going well so far.

I read the article on One True Layout, and it was interesting ... but  
seems to be an ongoing debate, and will likely remain an ongoing  
debate. A couple of interesting articles which related to it:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/holygrail

http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2005/11/09/multi-unit-any-order- 
columns/

The thing that's most appealing to me about YUI Grids is that it's a  
released, version-numbered bit of code whose use is documented in the  
style of an actual manual. It's also supported by an entire team  
(even if it's a small team) at Yahoo, giant company that isn't going  
anywhere.

One True Layout, on the other, is the brilliant work of one guy (with  
some input from others), and in the midst of all of it there's not a  
concise step-by-step guide along the lines of:

1. Download this.

2. Use provided template X.

3. Add your content here, here, and here.

4. Modify your override CSS file as needed.

DONE.

That's what YUI Grids provides.

Did I miss the step-by-step part of the OTL article(s), aside from  
the example link?

-Clay

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