GridFox 2.0 alpha release
Download GridFox 2.0 Alpha release
This is an alpha release and is expected to have bugs. If you run across any problems, please feel free to email me at eric@puidokas.com, or leave a comment below.
Shared Grids
Grids are now shared between all GridFox users. Just try going to Yahoo! News, or Wired. When you toggle GridFox, the correct grids will automatically be loaded from the gridfox.info servers.
Whenever you save a grid, it gets saved for that domain for all users. No need to setup the grid on every computer you use. And the hassle of changing the settings back and forth when you’re working on 2 different sites is gone.
New interface
The preferences dialog has been slimmed down to only include the most basic options not related to to settings up your grid.
With this release, you get even more control over your grid. You can now set different line/gutter widths for vertical and horizontal. I’ve also added the ability to offset the grid, so if your site isn’t perfectly left, center, or right aligned its not a problem.
Grid browsing
You can also create multiple grids per site. So if one page has a different grid than another, just save them both. You can use arrows to scroll through all the grids for a domain. And if you want to make sure GridFox always show you the correct grid, just remember to lock it.
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Check out the new features coming in GridFox version 2.0. Don’t forget to tell me what you think in the comments.
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Does this also support local URLs for development machines?
If there’s no domain name to associate the grid with, GridFox will save the grid in your browser. The one caveat is that you can only have one grid saved this way at a time.
Well, the earlier betas didn’t work for me, so I took a chance and downloaded the alpha. It works! Can’t wait to start using it.
@pudoikas: i’d rather have many grids available even if there’s no domain to saciate them with. otherwise gridfox2 won’t be such a wonderful tool for webdesigners…
Just a suggestion… or a question on how to find it if it already exists…
Is there a horizontal offset? Because my site is left aligned, but with a margin of 10px from the left… so I want my columns to start 10px in.
Just a thought.
it is possible to load predefined grid setting (by menu or anything else) for various CSS grid system such 960gs, blueprint etc ?
I second Ketan. The real advantage of this plugin would be to support Blueprint and 960gs
Hi Eric, is there any chance you might be able to continue development of this great (and unique, afaik) plugin? If not, would you oppose to someone else picking up the torch to run with it?
@Ketan, that’s a great idea. I’ll try to get a new beta out there with that feature.
@JGarrido, the alpha has been out for a while and gone through some revisions. This last version hasn’t had any issues yet, so I’ll take it out of beta soon. Are there any specific features you’re looking for in the next version?
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