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Blair Rorani
6,658 PointsGrid system
How do I use a grid where I have a side bar and a main column. Main column has two or more columns within it. ?
Do I nest divs with grid classes?
7 Answers
James Barnett
39,199 Points@Blair -
Nest the divs & apply the grid classes.
You could do something like this: http://codepen.io/JamesBarnett/pen/labqt
James Barnett
39,199 Points@Blair -
Do I nest divs with grid classes?
In general, yes. It's hard to be more specific without seeing your code.
Can you create a "working" example using codepen so we can see the bigger picture of what you are trying to do.
There's actually a whole stage on grids at the very end of the CSS Foundations course, now might be a good time to review that.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsA common mistake that users who are new to Treehouse make, is to go directly from the Build a Basic Website course to the Build a Responsive Website course, this skips over several foundational courses.
To view the order in which these were designed to be taken, look at the Learn HTML & CSS Learning Adventure
Blair Rorani
6,658 PointsThanks James, I started with the basic website and then did the responsive website. I already know css. It was more how grids are implemented.
I'll checkout the css foundations stage you linked me to. I just need to see an example of how a grid is used that matches what I want to achieve.
The grids used in basic and responsive website don't have a div with nested divs. They are always side by side. If you think about this forum page. It has a main column and a side bar. What if I wanted to have two columns within this main column as well as the side bar. How would I do that using grids is my question.
I'll see what I can dig up. Thanks again.
James Barnett
39,199 Points@Blair - If you are gold member there is the Fluid Grids Master Class.
Blair Rorani
6,658 PointsGot it. Thanks @James.
James Barnett
39,199 Points@Blair - You're quite welcome.