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CSS Build a Simple Website Creating a Website Structure Adding Grid CSS

Omer Asadullah
Omer Asadullah
10,415 Points

CSS Deep Dive is Incomplete-Grids

In the first project conducted by Nick Pettit namely "Build a Simple Website" Mr, Nick tells us about using grids and saying that it is an advanced topic suggests on simply using pre-made grids. However in CSS Deep Dive this topic was not covered. Honestly speaking, by the end of html and css deep dives we should know everything to create the front end of a "simple" website. Without knowing how to create grids how can we achieve that? Without knowing the innerworkings of a grid. Without knowing what a grid actually does. Without knowing how to position elemets and align them through grids how can we efficiently create a simple website. Now I am trying to create smells like bakin' from my memory after watching and following along the video. However, I don't know which grid_(number) does what. If I knew how to create my own grids, would have known where to use which grid. However, now I am bound to follow the tutorial blindly without understanding which grid does what? How I am able to build a "simple", "very simple" website on my own. Please Help! And I suggest to add a comprehensive section on grids in css deep dive.

3 Answers

Omer Asadullah
Omer Asadullah
10,415 Points

Well after consulting some Web Design books, some tutorials from vimeo and Lynda and then re watching How to create a simple website, I am grasping the concept of grids. It would have been easier if one video was dedicated to create a grid anyways!

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points

It's covered in how to build a responsive website with Allison.

Omer Asadullah
Omer Asadullah
10,415 Points

Does it teach to build a grid from scratch. I mean the properties and their meanings used etc. For nstance, what does clearfix do?

Guil Hernandez
STAFF
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher

Hey Omer Asadullah Sipra,

The new course on CSS Layout Techniques will cover grids. In fact, you'll learn how to create your very own fluid grid system. Take a look at the roadmap. :) http://teamtreehouse.com/roadmap