This repository contains a collection of design templates and code to quickly get you up and running with the 978 (and companion) grid systems. As we get free time, we will continue to improve this collection over time. We encourage you to contribute as well.
The 978 and companion grid systems are brought to you by Brothers Roloff.
Learn more about 978 for web design: http://978.gs/
- Janne Passi - OmniGraffle
- Eduardo Perez - Photoshop Actions
- Pieter van Leeuwen - Fireworks
Note from the author: We do NOT encourage the use of CSS frameworks. HTML, when written correctly, should semantically describe your CONTENT [as much that is realistically feasible]. Mucking up your markup with classes for layout/grid is not considered best practice.
With that being said, however, CSS frameworks can make rapid prototyping a breeze. They can let someone of any skill-set quickly mock up a basic look and feel of a website. In some ways, it may even be faster than doing it in Photoshop.
Therefore, we are providing this framework for rapid prototype use (and for those not comfortable writing their own CSS). We still strongly encourage you to write your own CSS on your own projects.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="978.css">
Note: Do not include the "demo-files" CSS, as it is for demonstration purposes only.
<div class="layout-978">
978 is a 12 column grid system. Therefore, you can add as many columns to a row as long as they total the number 12. Be sure to total the appropriate number of columns when using the companion grid systems CSS.
<div class="row">
<div class="col2">138px</div>
<div class="col10">810px</div>
<div class="row-end"> </div>
</div>
Don't forget to add a "row-end" element immediately after your last column of a row. Placing the ending element here will allow you to apply a background image or color to each row separately and it will grow/repeat vertically to the height of your longest column.
To use with SASS or Compass, first import one of the supplied styles in the import folder. Copy the needed sass/scss file to your stylesheet directory and import it:
@import "978gs";
By default, the imported stylesheet will compile the 978px layout, but you can switch to the other layouts by declaring the $layoutwidth property to another layout before the import.
$layoutwidth : 1378;
@import "978gs";
Semantics matters, so in exchange of naming your divs layout-978 or row or row-end, you can use the mixins inside your stylesheet to get the same result!
.your-container-div {
@include layout;
.. (some other styles) }
.your-row-div-name {
@include row; }
.your-end-div {
@include row-end; }
.. and we're good to go.
You can assign the grid mixin to the css by including grid($column_width,$first) where $column_width is the number of columns you'd like to use and $first is a boolean whether the assigned block is the first column or not. Here's an example:
.first {
@include grid(1); }
.second {
@include grid(2,true); }
will render to :
.first {
float: left;
width : 54px;
margin-left: 30px; }
.second {
float: left;
width: 138px;
margin-left: 0; }
As you can see, the default value for $first is set to false, so you can leave it just like that most of the time.
By default, the imported SASS/SCSS file is not going to print all of those .col1, .col2, .col3… class styling. We encourage you to just stick to the grid mixin. However, if you want to print those styles, you can change the $printlayout value before importing:
$printlayout : true;
@import "978gs";
..and it will generate all the classes styles.