I have been trying to use grid based layouts every now and then but I never really warmed up to them, mainly because they were quite somewhat clumsy to use, heavy in code etc.
So I stumbled over this one here to-day: the 960 Grid System. 960 stands for the common web site width of 960 Pixels of course, and the grid system comes in either a 12 or 16 grid which is nice.
I think I will give this grid system a go as they also included some very nice sketch pads and photoshop and omnigraffle files to get you going in the early design stages.
Find out more at http://960.gs
I'll also add some books I can recommend wich might be interesting for the grid-minded developer who might want to catch up on the design principles behind grid based layouts.
 | Grid Database Design author: April J. Wells asin: 0849328004 |
 | Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop (Graphic Design) author: Timothy Samara asin: 1564968936 |
 | Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Design Briefs) author: Kimberly Elam asin: 1568984650 |
 | Grids for the Internet & Other Digital Media author: Veruschka Götz asin: 2884790039 |
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