Introducing YUI CSS Grid Builder
The YUI grids CSS libraries are fantastic (thanks Nate), but they can be quite complex. So following in the footsteps of my other YUI Tools, I have made them a little easier.
Using my new YUI CSS Grid Builder, you can now see what the page will look like before you even code it 
It should support all of the grids templates as well as every combination of special grids.
I even added support for over-writing the default page size.
Drop me a note to let me know what you think.
Enjoy
November 10th, 2006 at 9:06 am
Great job Dav!It is a great tool and i will save a lot of time!!! I think that u can improve this tool adding a text box to set custom page size because slider doesnt allow to set size accurate at px
November 10th, 2006 at 9:23 am
Thanks..
The first version did that, but I was trying to make it “easier”. I’ll add that back into the next update tonight
November 10th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
I just updated the Builders js file to allow for the user to set the body size without using the slider.
However, in some cases the slider will “pick” a different value than the one that the user specified.. (Math problem, that I still need to work out.)
November 13th, 2006 at 5:01 am
cool !
thanx,
December 14th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Thanks, you’ve just save few hours in my life, and few years for Humanity, great tool!
December 14th, 2006 at 2:35 pm
OMG…this is amazing.. is it all done in javascript too?
December 14th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
The grids are all done via the YUI CSS Grids Library:
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/grids/
The interface for my builder is built with the YUI Libraries:
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/
And my Tools package:
http://blog.davglass.com/files/yui/tools/
April 11th, 2007 at 4:53 am
Looks kind of similar to the proof of concept I sent along to the YUI list in May 2006… http://mattwarden.com/grids/
April 12th, 2007 at 9:30 am
@Matt –
Yeah it does, I wasn’t on that list then (I didn’t start posting until June) & I don’t search it
December 13th, 2007 at 12:21 am
great idea… how come it doesn’t allow you to put in specific width? like 920px. Also can you tell me why the other widths like 950px are standards?
January 30th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
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