The Blueprint CSS Framework - Downloading and installing Blueprint CSS framework’s source files
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The first thing you need to do before you can start using Blueprint CSS is download and install its source files on your own web server. So, to do that, point your browser to http://www.blueprintcss.org/, and proceed to download the files in question to a selected folder in your machine. Also, Blueprint’s Wiki has some introductory tutorials, resources, and tools that you may want to look at as well.
Now that you've hopefully installed Blueprint CSS on your web server, it’s time to browse its dependencies. First, you’ll find its three compressed files called “screen.css,” “print.css” and “ie.css” respectively, which will be using mostly for building your layouts.
Other than the above files, there are the core source dependencies, which at the time of writing this article are as follows:
- reset.css (resets styles for most common web page elements).
- grid.css (builds the web page grid).
- typography.css (sets different styles for text).
- forms.css (sets a few basic styles for web forms).
- print.css (establishes styles for printer-friendly web page versions).
- ie.css (implements all the hacks for IE-based browsers).
In addition to the core files listed above, you’ll find a few extra scripts and plug-ins. Most of these have been coded with Ruby on Rails, but in any case, they won't be covered in this article series.
Okay, now that you have a clearer idea of the functionality given by each of the source files included with the Blueprint CSS framework, it’s time to start coding some examples aimed at illustrating how to use them for constructing several web page layouts.
This topic will be covered in detail in the section to come. Therefore, to learn more, click on the link that appears below and keep reading.
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