Instant 960 Grid System

Diego Tres

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781783280735
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Design
• Subtopic: Web design

In Detail

Grid systems were an integral part of World War II, helping graphic designers to achieve coherency in devising a flexible system. This book exploits the vast potential of grid systems to create organized and properly aligned websites for mobile platforms.

Instant 960 Grid System is a practical, hands-on guide explaining how to build a website using 960.gs targeting mobile devices, from tablets to smartphones.

This book shows you how to build quick and organized websites, clearing out the confusion that surrounds column allocation. It will take you through a number of clear and practical exercises that will help you to take advantage of the 960 Grid Systems.

You will also learn how to build your own portfolio, starting with the layout in Photoshop to the final product available in HTML. If you want to understand and familiarize yourself with how to use the 960 Grid System and at the same time want to prepare your website quickly to run on smartphones and tablets, then this book is for you. Not only will it cover the creation of a quickly-produced neat and concise website for different platforms, but it will also teach you how to make it responsive.

Approach

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. Instant 960 Grid System uses step-by-step instructions, covering the basic understanding needed to create a quick, high quality responsive website prototype using the 960 Grid System.

Who this book is for

The book is intended for beginner web developers and information architects looking to create a quick responsive website prototype. Basic knowledge of web development and a little understanding of grids is encouraged.

Instant 960 Grid System

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Instant 960 Grid System

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First published: September 2013

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Credits

Author

Diego Tres

Reviewer

Afshin Mehrabani

Acquisition Editors

Martin Bell

Vinay Argekar

Commissioning Editor

Subho Gupta

Technical Editors

Jinesh Kampani

Iram Malik

Veena Pagare

Copy Editors

Kirti Pai

Alfida Paiva

Project Coordinator

Akash Poojary

Proofreader

Bridget Braund

Production Coordinator

Prachali Bhiwandkar

Cover Work

Prachali Bhiwandkar

Cover Image

Sheetal Aute

About the Author

Diego Tres has worked professionally since 2000, mostly with large global brands, such as Google, MasterCard, and PepsiCo. He has developed extensive technical skills in developing websites from designing to programming, and he is always aligned with a great business vision. He is always focused on frontend and is obstinate for perfection, seeking all the details involved in the execution of work to get the best results.

He was born in 1983. During his childhood, he joined a drawing course and also a painting course. After he broke his legs, he started playing keyboards in his samba group that he played keyboards. Later, he won a 586 computer from his stepfather, which included the famous software, Paint Brush; he then started gaining knowledge about Photoshop and HTML. In 1999, he published his first website using Microsoft Front Page and Macromedia Flash. His first job was as an instructor in web design; he began using web standards in the development of various applications and AJAX, and got a promotion in the same year. Later, he launched his first website for a global brand, Samsung. In 2007, he was selected as a finalist in the Grand Prix (London International Awards) for the first time. The very next year, he founded his own advertising agency; however, he unfortunately failed the first time due to the stock market crash. Later, he began using HTML5 and preprocessors, such as SASS and LESS. He also launched his website using responsive web design and Mobile First design. Recently, he had his name on a winning project. Now he enjoys animations with CSS, SVG, Canvas, and WebGL.

I would like to thank the team at Packt Publishing for inviting me to write this book. I would also thank my friends, my boss and friend Edson, my mom Rita, my stepfather Cloris, and my awesome brother Guilherme.

About the Reviewer

Afshin Mehrabani is a 21-year old web developer and an open source programmer. He is already a computer software engineering student. He started programming and web development with PHP when he was 12 years old. Later, he entered the Iran Technical and Vocational Training Organization. He received the gold medal in a country-wide competition on web development, and he also became a member of the Iran's National Elite'sFoundation by producing a variety of new programming ideas.

He was a software engineer at the Tehran Stock Exchange and now he is the head of the web development team in ...