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Phil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 PointsHow to determine column size in grids
I was just wondering how you determine a total grid size, column size and gutter size ?
1 Answer
thomascawthorn
22,986 PointsYou could try the final badge here: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/css-layout-techniques
and this whole course: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-responsive-website
Hope this helps!
Phil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 PointsPhil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 PointsDo you think i should do that before i finish the web design track? and I've done the CSS layout techniques tutorial but it just teaches you the calculation for a 1000px grid and i want to know how you decide if its 1000px or more or less?
thomascawthorn
22,986 Pointsthomascawthorn
22,986 PointsI think these videos might answer your question, but I don't think you have to change your track :-)
It shouldn't really matter what starting size you have because you're working out relative widths using percentages. i.e. a 12 column grid with a max size of 1,200 px will have the same relative (percentage) widths for columns and gutter size etc as a 12 column grid with a max-size of 1,000px. The maximum size of your grid would probably be dependent on your design.
1,000 is a nice round number to work out the relative widths which is probably why they chose it ;-)
Phil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 PointsPhil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 PointsOk got ya, Thanks for your help! really appreciated.