Appendix D. CSS Grid Frameworks

I want to make sure you understand how a CSS grid framework works. I know I said you didn’t have to know HTML and CSS, but I may have lied a little bit to make you feel more confident. It’s not hard, though, so stick with me!

First things first. You’re going to need a copy of the 960.gs grid framework. Download the kit from http://960.gs. We’re going to get your hands dirty and see how this stuff actually works in practice without Drupal getting in the way.

Open your HTML editor of choice. (Notepad is fine; Microsoft Word is not.) At its minimum, a Web page contains only a DOCTYPE and tags for html, head, title, and body elements. So, that’s what we’re going to do: make a minimum viable Web page.

<!DOCTYPE html ...

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