Margins, Padding, no effect in "multiple columns" Fluid Grid Layout

Mac Pro
Adobe DW CS6
Testing URL: http://0343be5.netsolhost.com/satgraphics_02/index.html
First time using multiple columns in fluid grid layout----------------------------------------
<style>
.newspaper
          column-count: 2;
          column-gap: normal;
          column-rule: 2px outset #000000;
          /* Firefox */
          -moz-column-count: 2;
          -moz-column-gap: normal;
          -moz-column-rule: 2px outset #000000;
          /* Safari and Chrome */
          -webkit-column-count: 2;
          -webkit-column-gap: normal;
          -webkit-column-rule: 2px outset #000000;
Text goes to border of container, and I've run out of ideas on margins and padding options on not only the .newspaper <style> but using its container, LayOutDiv1. All appears good in "Live" view, text easily readable, but Safari, FireFox, Opera ignores css. When viewed with padding/margins input, it just shifts the div to right, outside grid.
Indent first line in paragraph works well, wrapping image properly, and column flow smooth.
Set padding in p,h2, h3 at 10px but no results visable. (Retset to "0" padding.)
On laptop PC…can't seem to access live testing URL so unsure of IE 10 operational functionality.
Thank You...

Testing URL: http://0343be5.netsolhost.com/satgraphics_02/index.htmlYes, very helpful in furthering my overall understanding; however, I remain perplexed at being unable to keep div#column.newspaper from moving to right, thus negating the padding and text abuts right margin viewed in browsers.
(Appearance when viewing in "layout backgrounds' shows equal padding shift to right to edge of div.gridContainer.clearfix box.)
Base problem is that the borders on outside of layoutDiv1 (or the column itself) continues to be pusher right, thus misaligning outside borders of three seperate divs; header, menu, and LayoutDiv1.
Am i missing something in how to contain without borders (full width) being overrun. Or, maybe improper insertion of padding rules?
Testing URL: http://0343be5.netsolhost.com/satgraphics_02/index.html
Thank You.

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h2, h3 { page-break-after: avoid; }
style.css
@charset "utf-8";
/* Simple fluid media
   Note: Fluid media requires that you remove the media's height and width attributes from the HTML
   http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fluid-images/
img, object, embed, video {
          max-width: 100%;
/* IE 6 does not support max-width so default to width 100% */
.ie6 img {
          width:100%;
          Dreamweaver Fluid Grid Properties
          dw-num-cols-mobile:                    4;
          dw-num-cols-tablet:                    8;
          dw-num-cols-desktop:          10;
          dw-gutter-percentage:          25;
          Inspiration from "Responsive Web Design" by Ethan Marcotte
          http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design
          and Golden Grid System by Joni Korpi
          http://goldengridsystem.com/
/* Mobile Layout: 480px and below. */
.gridContainer {
          margin-left: auto;
          margin-right: auto;
          width: 85.5%;
          padding-left: 2.25%;
          padding-right: 2.25%;
#LayoutDiv1 {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0;
          width: 100%;
          height:5px;
          display: block;
/* Tablet Layout: 481px to 768px. Inherits styles from: Mobile Layout. */
@media only screen and (min-width: 481px) {
.gridContainer {
          width: 97.5%;
          padding-left: 1.25%;
          padding-right: 1.25%;
#LayoutDiv1 {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0;
          width: 100%;
          height:5px;
          display: block;
/* Desktop Layout: 769px to a max of 1232px. Inherits styles from: Mobile Layout and Tablet Layout. */
@media only screen and (min-width: 769px) {
.gridContainer {
          width: 98%;
          max-width: 1232px;
          padding-left: 1%;
          padding-right: 1%;
          margin: auto;
#LayoutDiv1 {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
          height:5px;
          background-color:#FBB829;
respond.min.js
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I really do appreciate your efforts to help me solve this problem... Thank you in advance

Height is determined by content. I can't think of a single reason to have a div height of 5px because almost nothing will fit inside that small a space without problems.
As to why it doesn't show up in other devices, you must have put that style into the Tablet CSS code instead of the default Mobile CSS code.
Fluid Grids build up from Mobile (applied to everything) with specific rules for Tablets, then Desktops.
Best advice, use Fluid Grids for layout only. Use a separate CSS file for content styles.
Hope this helps,
Nancy O.

Dreamweaver CS6 Fluid Grid Layout

I fear there may not be a solution to this issue! I have placed several hotspots on an image in a Fluid Grid Layout div in DW CS6 and the problem is quite straightforward. Whilst the "image" reduces perfectly when viewed in Tablet and Smartphone screens the "hotspots" remain in the same position they were at in the Desktop view! The result is the same irrespective of which view you set the hotspots in. Is there a solution to this problem or is it insurmountable?

OK. Let's just paste the script into your HTML page and see if that works.
Open your page in code view.
Replace this:

<script src="fancybox/maphighlight.js"></script>

With all of this:

<script>
// map highlight JavaScript Document
(function(F){var B,C,I,L,K,H,E,G,A,J;B=document.namespaces;has_canvas=!!document.createElement("canvas").getContext;if(!(has_canvas||B)){F.fn.maphilight=function(){return this};return }if(has_canvas){E=function(M){return Math.max(0,Math.min(parseInt(M,16),255))};G=function(M,N){return"rgba("+E(M.substr(0,2))+","+E(M.substr(2,2))+","+E(M.substr(4,2))+","+N+")"};C=function(M){var N=F('<canvas style="width:'+M.width+"px;height:"+M.height+'px;"></canvas>').get(0);N.getContext("2d").clearRect(0,0,N.width,N.height);return N};I=function(P,M,S,O,N){var R,Q=P.getContext("2d");Q.beginPath();if(M=="rect"){Q.rect(S[0],S[1],S[2]-S[0],S[3]-S[1])}else{if(M=="poly"){Q.moveTo(S[0],S[1]);for(R=2;R<S.length;R+=2){Q.lineTo(S[R],S[R+1])}}else{if(M=="circ"){Q.arc(S[0],S[1],S[2],0,Math.PI*2,false)}}}Q.closePath();if(O.fill){Q.fillStyle=G(O.fillColor,O.fillOpacity);Q.fill()}if(O.stroke){Q.strokeStyle=G(O.strokeColor,O.strokeOpacity);Q.lineWidth=O.strokeWidth;Q.stroke()}if(O.fade){F(P).css("opacity",0).animate({opacity:1},100)}};L=function(M){M.getContext("2d").clearRect(0,0,M.width,M.height)}}else{C=function(M){return F('<var style="zoom:1;overflow:hidden;display:block;width:'+M.width+"px;height:"+M.height+'px;"></var>').get(0)};I=function(N,Q,R,U,M){var S,T,O,P;S='<v:fill color="#'+U.fillColor+'" opacity="'+(U.fill?U.fillOpacity:0)+'" />';T=(U.stroke?'strokeweight="'+U.strokeWidth+'" stroked="t" strokecolor="#'+U.strokeColor+'"':'stroked="f"');O='<v:stroke opacity="'+U.strokeOpacity+'"/>';if(Q=="rect"){P=F('<v:rect name="'+M+'" filled="t" '+T+' style="zoom:1;margin:0;padding:0;display:block;position:absolute;left:'+R[0]+"px;top:"+R[1]+"px;width:"+(R[2]-R[0])+"px;height:"+(R[3]-R[1])+'px;"></v:rect>')}else{if(Q=="poly"){P=F('<v:shape name="'+M+'" filled="t" '+T+' coordorigin="0,0" coordsize="'+N.width+","+N.height+'" path="m '+R[0]+","+R[1]+" l "+R.join(",")+' x e" style="zoom:1;margin:0;padding:0;display:block;position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;width:'+N.width+"px;height:"+N.height+'px;"></v:shape>')}else{if(Q=="circ"){P=F('<v:oval name="'+M+'" filled="t" '+T+' style="zoom:1;margin:0;padding:0;display:block;position:absolute;left:'+(R[0]-R[2])+"px;top:"+(R[1]-R[2])+"px;width:"+(R[2]*2)+"px;height:"+(R[2]*2)+'px;"></v:oval>')}}}P.get(0).innerHTML=S+O;F(N).append(P)};L=function(M){F(M).find("[name=highlighted]").remove()}}K=function(N){var M,O=N.getAttribute("coords").split(",");for(M=0;M<O.length;M++){O[M]=parseFloat(O[M])}return[N.getAttribute("shape").toLowerCase().substr(0,4),O]};J=function(O,N){var M=F(O);return F.extend({},N,F.metadata?M.metadata():false,M.data("maphilight"))};A=function(M){if(!M.complete){return false}if(typeof M.naturalWidth!="undefined"&&M.naturalWidth==0){return false}return true};H={position:"absolute",left:0,top:0,padding:0,border:0};var D=false;F.fn.maphilight=function(O){O=F.extend({},F.fn.maphilight.defaults,O);if(!has_canvas&&F.browser.msie&&!D){document.namespaces.add("v","urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml");var N=document.createStyleSheet();var M=["shape","rect","oval","circ","fill","stroke","imagedata","group","textbox"];F.each(M,function(){N.addRule("v\\:"+this,"behavior: url(#default#VML); 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</script>

Save. Upload to server.
Nancy O.

Dw6 fluid grid layout

trying to make sense of the fluid grid layout.
can you use <div class> in fluid grid layout?
is it best to only insert divs using the fluid grid layout div?
when you insert a new fluid grid div what is the difference between entering a new line or not?
the html structure seems to be the same regardless of if you start a new line or not, am i wrong?
any help would be appreciated!

Ben Pleysier wrote:
It's not my code, just rubbish I pulled out of the Bootstrap example sites....plenty more like that........ how about this beauty:
<div class="spb-row-container spb-row-full-width spb_parallax_asset sf-parallax parallax-window-height parallax-fixed spb_content_element bg-type-cover col-sm-12 no-shadow hidden-xs remove-element-spacing col-natural" data-v-center="true" data-top-style="" data-bottom-style="" data-midnight="dark" style="background-color:#009fc2;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;background-image: url(http://www.thesign.pt/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/FM.jpg);">
I thought we were talking about Bootstrap. No Bootstrap in the above.
<body class="html not-front not-logged-in no-sidebars page-node page-node- page-node-1172 node-type-static-page not-mobile region-content navbar-is-fixed-top" onunload="">
No Bootstrap here either.
<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-md-offset-1 col-sm-4 col-sm-offset-1 col-xs-22 col-xs-offset-2 col-lg-offset-0">
Please allow me to explain. Bootstrap is based on 12 columns regardless of screen size. Translating the above we get the following for each of the screen sizes
large 3 cols offset 0
medium 4 cols offset 1
small 4 cols offset 1
extra small 22 cols offset 2
Our attention immediately falls on the extra small device with 22 columns that are 2 columns offset, total 24 columns. How can this be when there are only 12 columns available. Why would one have offset columns on the smallest screen size when we are already battling for real-estate. I think that if we make the classes believable we can safely ignore the classes for the extra small device. Continuing, we see the same number of columns for medium and small and the same offset. Being a mobile first approach, the classes that we assign to small will filter through to larger screen sizes making the classes for medium screen sizes ineffective. Looking at the 0 offset for large screen sizes?? Why do that when it is the default value. In other words, had Bootstrap been applied properly, the tag would look like
<div class="col-sm-4 col-sm-offset-1 col-lg-3">
The other two examples are even more ridiculous. Once again, I implore you to start learning Bootstrap and you will come to the conclusion that you are supplying us with gibberish.
I'm not supplying the gibberish it's the many websites that rely on frameworks, be they Bootstrap/Foundation/Wordpress - whatever rubbish they are using that I'm lifting this code from that are supplying it.
Take the Bootstrap form - every form input field I observe is wrapped in a <div> tag, why - it's bloated and redundant coding. Bootstrap, much like Wordpress was never invented to be used to build websites.
That IS my whole point - there are numerous examples of where Bootstrap IS NOT being used properly because people rely on something they no nothing about and end up with verbose class names splattered around all over their pages, bloated js and css scripts because they are the default files which come with Bootstrap.
<div class="col-sm-4 col-sm-offset-1 col-lg-3"> to me this is still nasty and overly complex 'class' mark-up. A page full of this tripe would drive me insane.
The very worst people you could advise to use Bootstrap are the people in this forum because most will have little knowledge of coding (that's why they turn to a framework) and end up with a page full of crap.
And I'm not verbalising you - you said it yourself. People use lots of 'short cuts' - it doesnt mean it's a good approach to take. No ones re-inventing the wheel apart from Bootstrap, who are obviously trying too. Media queries already exist to produce responsive design, learn how to implement them and free yourself from being entrapped by frameworks where you have to use their naming convention, their break points by default, their over bloated js and css files and somethimes rubbish html mark-up.

Full width slider in a fluid grid layout ???

I'm fairly fluent in Dreamweaver building fixed pixel sites, but cannot seem to grasp fluid grid layouts. At least with what I'm trying to accomplish. mostly all of the tutorials Ive seen dont address anything complicated.
Question:
I'm trying to achieve a 100% nivo slider at the top of a page, with a main body area below it that only uses 960px or what ever the equivalent would be as a percentage. How do I do this?
Initially for testing purposes, I tried to experiment by simply creating two divs. One full screen and one less than that. What I am seeing first is that after creating two divs, and placing color in the divs, when viewed in browser, it does not fill the screen and leaves a small margin on either both side. Looking into the css properties, there's padding in the grid container and the percentage is less than 100%. Why If 100% is selected when setting the new document properties.
Maybe this is the wrong way to achieve what I'm trying to achieve, but I did attempt to get started here. I'm totally lost here guys and girls. Are there any advanced tuts out there that address this?
Thanks in advance!
Bob
<body>
<div class="gridContainer clearfix">
<div id="LayoutDiv1">Use Insert Panel for additional Fluid Grid Layout Div tags. Note: All Layout Div tags must be inserted directly inside the "gridContainer" div tag. Nested Layout Div tags are not currently supported. </div>
<div id="LayoutDiv2">This is the content for Layout Div Tag "LayoutDiv2"</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
@media only screen and (min-width: 769px) {
.gridContainer {
    width: 98.5507%;
    max-width: 1232px; (I deleted this)
    padding-left: 0.7246%;
    padding-right: 0.7246%;
    margin: auto;
#LayoutDiv1 {
    clear: both;
    float: left;
    margin-left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    display: block;
#LayoutDiv2 {
    clear: both;
    float: left;
    margin-left: 22.549%;
    width: 54.9019%;
    display: block;

Thanks for the input. I have the slider working now. Placing it before the grid container worked. Also setting the desk top grid to 81-88% answered my other question. That renders the gutters I'm looking for. But I have a question. I asked this above. If I select 100% on the mobile, 100% for tablet, and 88% for desktop, why does DW produce padding in the css files? I keep hearing references to not mess with the css file, and create a new file to perform styling. Can I safely delete this padding and change this percentage to 100%? Confusing to me. If it's mobile first, and all calculations are based on these numbers, then.... Well you understand what I'm saying.
/* Mobile Layout: 480px and below. */
.gridContainer {
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    width: 96%;
    padding-left: 2%;
    padding-right: 2%;
So secondly, do we create a separate css file for styling?
And third, how do you create subsequent pages. Does this work with dwt files?
Thanks in advance. I will get my head around this soon, I promise.
B

Fluid Grid Layout with Sidebar

I am fairly new to dreamweaver and trying to build a fluid grid layout with a sidebar which needs to span the full height of the website and I am having trouble. I cant get the sidebar to span multiple columns using the fluid grids. I know I can do it with pure css using display options but wanted to know if. Can do it visually using dreamweaver's built in tools and UI.
Can someone point out if I am going about this correctly? I can provide more info if needed.
Thanks.

I started using FGL when first introduced. In the meantime they have improved quite a bit, but I was so taken aback that I decided not to go down that path again.
I have used Foundation and am now using Bootstrap. Although I would prefer to use the former as I think that it is better, the general trend is towards Bootstrap.
You can start with the free of charge Bootstrap extension.

Fluid grid layout problem

I am trying to create a fluid grid layout. In fact it is why I purchased Dreamweaver CS6. Problem is after I create the first div which I named header it works fine. However, on inserting the next div Dreamweaver inserts the following text in my index.html:
@charset "utf-8"; /* Simple fluid media Note: Fluid media requires that you remove the media's height and width attributes from the HTML http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fluid-images/ */ img, object, embed, video { max-width: 100%; } /* IE 6 does not support max-width so default to width 100% */ .ie6 img { width:100%; } /* Dreamweaver Fluid Grid Properties ---------------------------------- dw-num-cols-mobile:3; dw-num-cols-tablet 8; dw-num-cols-desktop: 12; dw-gutter-percentage 20; Inspiration from "Responsive Web Design" by Ethan Marcotte http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design and Golden Grid System by Joni Korpi http://goldengridsystem.com/ */ /* Mobile Layout: 480px and below. */ .gridContainer { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 85.9444%; padding-left: 2.5277%; padding-right: 2.5277%; } #LayoutDiv1 { clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 0; width: 100%; display: block; } #header { clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 0; width: 100%; display: block; } #nav { clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 0; width: 100%; display: block; } /* Tablet Layout: 481px to 768px. Inherits styles from: Mobile Layout. */ @media only screen and (min-width: 481px) { .gridContainer { width: 91.0625%; padding-left: 0.9687%; padding-right: 0.9687%; } #LayoutDiv1 { clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 0; width: 100%; display: block; } #header { clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 0; width: 100%; display: block; } #nav { clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 0; width: 100%; display: block; } } /* Desktop Layout: 769px to a max of 1232px. Inherits styles from: Mobile Layout and Tablet Layout. */ @media only screen and (min-width: 769px) { .gridContainer { width: 88.75%; max-width: 1232px; padding-left: 0.625%; padding-right: 0.625%; margin: auto; } #LayoutDiv1 { clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 0; width: 100%; display: block; } #header { clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 0; width: 100%; display: block; } #nav { clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 0; width: 100%; display: block; } }
I suspected the respond.min.js file was causing the problem so I downloaded an update but it didn't help. At this point I am not able to use this feature of Dreamweaver. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks for the help. I am using version 12.0 build 5861.
I was trying to follow the example in a book I have called Dreamweaver CS6 – The Missing Manual. When I got to the section discussing Fluid Grid Layout, I attempted to follow the example step by step. I was able to insert the first div which I named header. I looked at my css file and it had placed the #header.
I knew that I had to remain within the container div. I went into the code view and placed the cursor to the right of the header div. I then clicked the insert Fluid Grid Layout Div Tag button. That’s when it automatically inserted all of the code I indicated in my post.
I then started to follow the example in http://www.adobe.com/inspire/2012/08/fluid-grid-layouts-dreamweaver-cs6.html . I got the same results.
I’m beginning to wonder if there is an error in the Dreamweaver software itself.
Any help you can give will be appreciated.
Sheridan

Fluid Grid Layout Alignment Issue

I'm using Dreamweaver CC Fluid Grid Layout. This is my first time using Dreamweaver, (and first time posting to Adobe Community) so I don't have a ton of experience. Somehow, the whole body of all my pages has been aligned left and I can't find anywhere in the CSS or the HTML of the individual pages that would make it do so. I even tried inserting a body: align: center in the CSS and also in the HTML of each page and it just won't respond. Does anyone have any ideas? I'd really REALLY appeciate some help with this because I'm totally at a loss. Below is my CSS and the HTML for my index.html .
CSS
@charset "UTF-8";
/* Simple fluid media
   Note: Fluid media requires that you remove the media's height and width attributes from the HTML
   http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fluid-images/
img, object, embed, video {
          max-width: 100%;
/* IE 6 does not support max-width so default to width 100% */
.ie6 img {
          width:100%;
          Dreamweaver Fluid Grid Properties
          dw-num-cols-mobile:                    4;
          dw-num-cols-tablet:                    8;
          dw-num-cols-desktop:          12;
          dw-gutter-percentage:          25;
          Inspiration from "Responsive Web Design" by Ethan Marcotte
          http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design
          and Golden Grid System by Joni Korpi
          http://goldengridsystem.com/
.fluid {
          clear: both;
          margin-left: 0;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
          color: #FFFFFF;
          font-family: source-sans-pro;
          font-style: normal;
          font-weight: 200;
          float: left;
.fluidList {
    list-style:none;
    list-style-image:none;
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
/* Mobile Layout: 480px and below. */
.gridContainer {
          margin-left: auto;
          margin-right: auto;
          width: 86.45%;
          padding-left: 2.275%;
          padding-right: 2.275%;
          clear: none;
          float: none;
body {align-content:center}
#top {
          margin-left: auto;
          margin-right: auto;
          text-align: center;
          font-family: source-sans-pro;
          font-style: normal;
          font-weight: 600;
#top {
          background-color: #1f1f1f;
#mainnav {
          background-color:#1F1F1F
#menuSystem {
.menuItem {
          margin-top: 9px;
          margin-bottom: 2px;
          padding-top: 2px;
          padding-bottom: 2px;
          text-align: center;
          color: #FFFFFF;
          background-color: #1f1f1f;
          width: 100%;
          clear: both;
          margin-left: 0;
          padding-left: 0px;
          -webkit-box-sizing: content-box;
          -moz-box-sizing: content-box;
          box-sizing: content-box;
          letter-spacing: 2pt;
          text-transform: uppercase;
.gridContainer.clearfix #top h1 {
          color: #FFFFFF;
          font-family: fredericka-the-great;
          font-style: normal;
          font-weight: 400;
          text-align: center;
          text-transform: uppercase;
          letter-spacing: 5pt;
#hero {
h2 {
          font-family: source-sans-pro;
          font-style: normal;
          font-weight: 200;
          text-align: center;
          margin-right: 0%;
          margin-top: 10%;
          text-decoration: overline;
          color: #FFFFFF;
#footer {
          background-color: #1F1F1F;
          color: #FFFFFF;
          text-align: left;
#wrapper {
          background-color: #2D2D2D;
          font-family: source-sans-pro;
          position: static;
          display: inline;
#childpageimage {
          width: 59%;
          padding-top: 0px;
          padding-bottom: 0px;
          padding-right: 2px;
#content2 {
          color: #FFFFFF;
          font-family: source-sans-pro;
          font-style: normal;
          font-weight: 400;
          text-align: left;
          text-indent: 0px;
          padding-left: 10px;
          padding-right: 10px;
          width: 100%;
          clear: both;
          margin-left: 0;
          float: left;
contentgallery {
          color:#FFFFFF;
table {
          color: #FFFFFF;
          font-family:source-sans-pro;
#childpageimage2 img {
          width: 50%;
          float: left;
          top: 0px;
          padding-top: 5px;
#content3 {
          color: #FFFFFF;
          font-family: source-sans-pro;
          font-style: normal;
          font-weight: 200;
          text-align: left;
          padding-left: 10px;
          padding-right: 10px;
#contact {
          width: 100%;
          clear: both;
          margin-left: 0;
          float: right;
#contenttitle {
          width: 100%;
          color: #FFFFFF;
          text-decoration: overline;
body {align-content:center}
#content {
          width: 100%;
          clear: both;
          margin-left: 0;
          color: #FFFFFF;
          font-family: source-sans-pro;
          font-style: normal;
          font-weight: 200;
.zeroMargin_mobile {
margin-left: 0;
.hide_mobile {
display: none;
/* Tablet Layout: 481px to 768px. Inherits styles from: Mobile Layout. */
@media only screen and (min-width: 481px) {
.gridContainer {
          width: 90.675%;
          padding-left: 1.1625%;
          padding-right: 1.1625%;
          clear: none;
          float: none;
          margin-left: auto;
a {
          color:#FFFFFF;
          text-decoration:none;
a:hover {color:#843F93;
#top {
#mainnav {
#menuSystem {
.menuItem {
width: 23.0769%;
clear: none;
margin-left: 2.5641%;
#hero {
#footer {
#wrapper {
position: static;
#childpageimage {
width: 100%;
#content2 {
width: 100%;
clear: both;
margin-left: 0;
#content3 {
#contact {
          width: 10.2564%;
          clear: both;
          margin-left: 0;
#contenttitle {
width: 100%;
#content {
width: 100%;
clear: both;
margin-left: 0;
.hide_tablet {
display: none;
.zeroMargin_tablet {
margin-left: 0;
/* Desktop Layout: 769px to a max of 1232px. Inherits styles from: Mobile Layout and Tablet Layout. */
@media only screen and (min-width: 769px) {
.gridContainer {
          width: 88.5%;
          max-width: 1232px;
          padding-left: 0.75%;
          padding-right: 0.75%;
          margin: auto;
          clear: none;
          float: left;
          margin-left: auto;
#top {
#mainnav {
#menuSystem {
.menuItem {
          width: 23.7288%;
          margin-left: 1.6949%;
          clear: none;
#hero {
#footer {
#wrapper {
          position: relative;
          height: 0%;
#childpageimage {
          width: 49.1525%;
#content2 {
          width: 57.6271%;
          font-size: large;
          margin-left: 1.6949%;
          clear: none;
#content3 {
#contact {
          width: 6.7796%;
          margin-left: 1.6949%;
          clear: none;
#contenttitle {
width: 32.2033%;
#content {
width: 40.6779%;
margin-left: 1.6949%;
clear: none;
.zeroMargin_desktop {
margin-left: 0;
.hide_desktop {
display: none;
index.html
<!doctype html>




<html class="">

<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Kate Farrow</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {background-color:#1F1F1F;} </style>
<link href="boilerplate.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="fluidgrid.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">


<script src="respond.min.js"></script>
<script>var __adobewebfontsappname__="dreamweaver"</script><script src="http://use.edgefonts.net/source-sans-pro:n2,n6,n4:default;fredericka-the-great:n4:default. js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="gridContainer clearfix"><div id="wrapper" class="fluid">
<header id="top" class="fluid"><aside id="contact" class="fluid">
    <div align="center"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/farrowkate" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font: 80% Arial,sans-serif; color:#0783B6;"><img src="http://s.c.lnkd.licdn.com/scds/common/u/img/webpromo/btn_in_20x15.png" width="40" height="30" alt="View Kate Farrow's LinkedIn profile" style="vertical-align:middle" border="0"></span></a></div>
</aside>
    <h1 align="center">Kate Farrow</h1>
    <nav id="mainnav" class="fluid">
      <div align="center">
        <ul id="menuSystem" class="fluid fluidList">
          <li class="fluid menuItem zeroMargin_desktop zeroMargin_tablet"><a href="index1.html">Home</a></li>
          <li class="fluid menuItem"><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li class="fluid menuItem"><a href="work.html">Work</a></li>
          <li class="fluid menuItem"><a href="resume.html">ResumÉ</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </nav>
</header><div id="hero" class="fluid"><img src="140210_Kate_044.jpg" alt=""/></div>
<div id="contenttitle" class="fluid">
    <h2>Who am I?</h2>
</div>
<article id="content2" class="fluid">
    <p>My name is <strong>Kate Farrow</strong>. </p>
    <p>I’m a creative spirit with a great imagination, a passion for writing, and a knack for web strategy. Check out my work to see what I’m talking about.</p>
</article>
<footer id="footer" class="fluid">
    <p> </p>
    <p>© Kate Farrow 2014. Photography © L. Farrow and J. Sandhu</p>
    <p> </p>
</footer>
</div></div>
</body>
</html>

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http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Centering_web_pages_and_other_elements_with_CSS-16640.html
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Go to File > New > Blank page > HTML. Select a layout from the 3rd panel. Hit Create.
Creating your first web site in DW - (5-part tutorial)
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_website_pt1.html
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