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It’s been a while since I’ve written seriously, but since I started working on my new ‘ Art directing for the web’book, I’ve got the bug. So when Smashing Magazine asked me to write for them again, I couldn’t resist. My latest article, on ‘Art Directing For The Web With CSS Grid Template Areas’ was published today and I’m very pleased with how it turned out. You can read it here.
CSS Grid is important, really important, too important to be one of those “I’ll use it when all browsers support it” properties. That’s because, with CSS Grid, we can now be as creative with layout on the web as we can in print, without compromising accessibility, responsiveness, or usability.
If you’re at all serious about web design or development, you need to be serious about learning and using CSS Grid too. In this article I’m going to explain how to use one aspect, grid-template areas, a way of arranging elements that even a big, dumb mug like me can understand, and one that doesn’t get enough attention.
A premium Eleventy starter kit for designers and developers who want to spend less time setting up the same project structure and more time designing distinctive websites.
Contract Killer is plain and simple and there’s no legal jargon. It’s customisable to suit your business and has been used on countless web projects since 2008.
Free compound grid and modular grid layout generators, plus a set of HTML/CSS layout templates you can call on to make more interesting layouts, available to buy.