Need Fluid Grid Layout to Max Out at 1920 Pixels

When I view my 3 fluid grid layouts, after 1232 px, nothing is centered. I noticed in the "Desktop" gridContainer there was a max-width value of 1232px. I changed it to 1920px but it did nothing. I want my desktop webpage to look centered up to 1920 pixels. How?

Please don't ask for help until you can provide us with a LINK. Fluid Grids are very temperamental to work with. I advise people to keep their hands off the fluidGrid.css and boilerplate.css files. One misstep with either of these files can make the entire layout break.
Having said that, if you don't show us all your code, we can't be expected to make guesses about what you have done and where. Posting all the code into this forum isn't practical. There's just too much to look at. So pleeeeeeze just give us a link.
Nancy O.

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Making my header background image scaleable using fluid grid layout

I'm sorry I dont really know how to post a link to this site (its not online just on my laptop) But really all I have is a blank screen I just started trying to build this responsive site (the site I was building wasn't responsive so i had to start over so thats where I'm at. I started a new fluid grid layout in dreamweaver cc I use 24 collums at 100%. I deleted the the div (but not the grid container one) . First is that I'm trying to build a header using the fluid grid layout (my laptop screen is 1920 px wide so I use the full screen because I want my site to take up a users full screen). The issue is when I use a image thats 1920 px width for a header background it test great in the browers meaning it scales correct but when I check it out in the smartphone and tablet preview options within dreamweaver cc the image is chop off. How do I get the image and really the rest of the site to scale and resize correctly not just in full screen for my pc but for tablets smartphones and anyones computer? I'm baffled please help? I hope I'm being clear if not I'll try again I need your help thank you

Try to keep responses in the original thread, it keeps replies from getting confused.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1430668?tstart=0

Need help with Fluid Grid Layout and variable column balance.

I'm using the fluid grid layout. I have multiple columns that are actually fluid grid layout columns done by Dreamweaver. I'd like them to extend as high as each other (all to the maximum height of each other) within the same section. An added catch is that in the desktop layout, I have three side by side under one that takes the whole width of the page. On tablet size, it's 2x2 in a square grid. On mobile, they're vertically stacked. I'm trying to get it so that background colour and/or borders looks decent and is fully balanced, no matter which layout is hit with the fluid layout. The columns reflow, no problem. But the height of any background and/or border is variable.
Any help on fixing this?
Example at: https://music2help.thoughtburst.net/
The example doesn't have borders or colours, as it looked silly unbalanced. The music2help.css is the only one I'm modifying manually.
Love the fluid grid layout, but I need a way to make it behave decently with backgrounds/borders. Any help would be hugely appreciated!
Thanks!
mark->

I tried the solution Nancy posted. It altered things, but doesn't seem to do the trick.
Just some quick background. I did HTML from 1994 through about five years ago by hand in vi on *nix systems. I learned HTML through 4.01, and never bothered with XHTML at all. I learned CSS through most of CSS2. The CSS3 and HTML5 stuff is all new to me, but it can't be that hard. I'm not exactly a novice in JS (I've done a fair bit of AJAX programming), but it's not even close to my primary language (I'm a Perl guy).
I'm "stuck on" wanting to use Fluid Grid Layouts. It's billed as one of the selling points of DW CS6, and I really like the concept and results. I just want the results embellished a little, namely with sensible identical heights on grid containers set in the same row, so that you can apply background colours, dropshadows, and borders. That's really all I want to do that it doesn't already do.
I have a test page at: http://music2help.thoughtburst.net/ that you can try with your Quick Columns. I'd be interested to know if you can get it to work.
Here's the catch, though... Resize the browser, shrinking it inwards. (I suggest Firefox, as Chrome only shrinks so far, and you won't get to Mobile width.) As you can see, on a Tablet, one of the columns that should be equal height actually moves up a row and should be equal height with the row that, on a desktop, would take the entire width of the page area. So that's like a 4-up output in printing terms. At Mobile size, the entire thing is vertical, so none of the columns should be resized.
If your product works and can accomodate these conditions, I think I would be interested in spending the $35 it costs.
Let me know? Thanks!
EDIT: Changed URL to be non-SSL. The server has multiple vhosts on it, and I keep forgetting that I don't have a cert on this new one. Sorry about that. You can just add anything to one of the the three middle columns, if you're pulling it down to test.

Dreamweaver CC fluid grid divs not stretching out to cover 100% of the screen

Hi there,
I am doing another responsive layout using DW CC and I have come across a problem.
The design has coloured divs stretching across the page at 100% with a coloured background and borders.
I have already done the design up as a fixed width layout to get the colour codes etc and that is working fine, with the colours stretching across the screen.
Now I am putiing the design into DW CC using fluid grid layout and there is a white border outlining the website.
I can't work out how to get rid of this. Below are extracts of my two lots of CSS stylesheets, one for a fixed grid layout and one for a responsive layout
FIXED WIDTH CSS
body,td,th {
    font-family: Calibri;
    font-size: 14px;
    color: #000;
body {
    margin-left: 0px;
    margin-top: 0px;
    margin-right: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
*/This header wrapper stretches across the entire screen no matter what the size and does not have a white border on the left and the right
#headerWrapper {
    background-color: #000;
    height: 101px;
    width: 100%;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-left: auto;
    border-bottom-width: 2px;
    border-bottom-style: solid;
    border-bottom-color: #BDDB6D;
FLUID GRID CSS
The fluid grid layout CSS has the following in it:
.fluid {
    clear: both;
    margin-left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    float: left;
    display: block;
.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;
#div1 {
*/This header wrapper stretches across the grid layout only and has a white border on the left and the right
#headerWrapper {
    max-width: 100%;
    height: 101px;
    background-color: #000;
    border-bottom-width: 2px;
    border-bottom-style: solid;
    border-bottom-color: #BDDB6D;
What do I need to add to the fluid grid layout to make the headerWrapper div stretch across the screen, no matter what the width?
What do I have to put in the fluid grid CSS to get it to do this?
Thanks in advance!

I did it! I can't believe it. The code I used is follow. The bar divs set the colour and border across the entire page and the wrapper divs contain the content in the various bars across the page.
I must say that DW CC fluid grids are much more stable to work with and can take a lot of hand coding now. It is a great improvement on when I tried to use Fluid grids on a project last year.
IN THE PHONE MEDIA QUERY SECTION
.gridContainer {
          margin-left: auto;
          margin-right: auto;
          width: 100%;
          padding-left: 0;
          padding-right: 0;
          clear: none;
          float: none;
#headerBar {
          background-color: #000;
          min-height: 101px;
          border-bottom-width: 2px;
          border-bottom-style: solid;
          border-bottom-color: #BDDB6D;
          padding-top: 2.735px;
#headerWrapper {
          width: 86.45%;
    padding-left: 2.275%;
    padding-right: 2.275%;
          clear: none;
    float: none;
          margin-left: auto;
#menuAnimationBar {
          background-color: #B7B7B7;
          height: 293px;
          border-bottom-width: 2px;
          border-bottom-style: solid;
          border-bottom-color: #BDDB6D;
          background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50.00% 0.00%, 50.00% 100.00%, color-stop( 0% , rgba(153,153,153,1.00)),color-stop( 100% , rgba(192,192,192,1.00)));
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          background-image: linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(153,153,153,1.00) 0%,rgba(192,192,192,1.00) 100%);
display: none;
#contentBar {
          background-color: #F8FCF1;
          min-height: 200px;
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          background-image: linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(245,251,234,1.00) 0%,rgba(251,253,247,1.00) 100%);
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          width: 86.45%;
    padding-left: 2.275%;
    padding-right: 2.275%;
          clear: none;
    float: none;
          margin-left: auto;
#socialMediaBar {
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          border-top-width: 2px;
          border-bottom-width: 2px;
          border-top-style: solid;
          border-bottom-style: solid;
          border-top-color: #BDDB6D;
          border-bottom-color: #BDDB6D;
#socialMediaWrapper {
          color: #FFF;
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          padding-left: 2.275%;
          padding-right: 2.275%;
          clear: none;
          float: none;
          margin-left: auto;
          padding-top: 2.275%;
#footerBar {
          color: #FFF;
          background-color: #AAAAAA;
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          background-image: linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(153,153,153,1.00) 0%,rgba(185,185,185,1.00) 100%);
#footerWrapper {
          width: 86.45%;
    padding-left: 2.275%;
    padding-right: 2.275%;
          clear: none;
    float: none;
          margin-left: auto;
IN THE TABLET MEDIA QUERY SECTION
.gridContainer {
          width: 100%;
          padding-left: 0%;
          padding-right: 0%;
          clear: none;
          float: none;
          margin-left: auto;
#div1 {
#headerBar {
#headerWrapper {
          width: 90.675%;
    padding-left: 1.1625%;
    padding-right: 1.1625%;
          clear: none;
    float: none;
    margin-left: auto;
#menuAnimationBar {
display: none;
#contentBar {
#contentWrapper {
          width: 90.675%;
    padding-left: 1.1625%;
    padding-right: 1.1625%;
          clear: none;
    float: none;
    margin-left: auto;
#socialMediaBar {
#socialMediaWrapper {
          width: 90.675%;
    padding-left: 1.1625%;
    padding-right: 1.1625%;
          clear: none;
    float: none;
    margin-left: auto;
#footerBar {
#footerWrapper {
          width: 90.675%;
    padding-left: 1.1625%;
    padding-right: 1.1625%;
          clear: none;
    float: none;
    margin-left: auto;
#menuAnimationWrapper {
IN THE PC MEDIA QUERY SECTION
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          width: 100%;
          max-width: 1920px;
          padding-left: 0%;
          padding-right: 0%;
          margin: auto;
          clear: none;
          float: none;
          margin-left: auto;
#headerBar {
#headerWrapper {
          width: 88.5%;
    max-width: 1232px;
    padding-left: 0.75%;
    padding-right: 0.75%;
    margin: auto;
    clear: none;
    float: none;
    margin-left: auto;
#menuAnimationBar {
          display: block;
#contentBar {
#contentWrapper {
          width: 88.5%;
    max-width: 1232px;
    padding-left: 0.75%;
    padding-right: 0.75%;
    margin: auto;
    clear: none;
    float: none;
    margin-left: auto;
#socialMediaBar {
#socialMediaWrapper {
          width: 88.5%;
    max-width: 1232px;
    padding-left: 0.75%;
    padding-right: 0.75%;
    margin: auto;
    clear: none;
    float: none;
    margin-left: auto;
#footerBar {
#footerWrapper {
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    max-width: 1232px;
    padding-left: 0.75%;
    padding-right: 0.75%;
    margin: auto;
    clear: none;
    float: none;
    margin-left: auto;
#menuAnimationWrapper {
          width: 88.5%;
          height: 293px;
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    padding-left: 0.75%;
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Tables in Fluid Grid Layouts

I having trouble with tables in fluid grid layouts. They work good in a desktop environment but in tablet and phone views, the table gets cut off past the dimensions of the display giving only part of the table. Any advice on how to make it work like it should?

Thanks a lot everyone. Some good links there. What I need to do, is be able to display tabular data as seen on my current website at www.richardsinkler.net (click on the "tunings" button). One thing I have noticed, is the page I created using a template I made using fluid grid layout, doesn't give me the div ID in my css file 3 times (in phone, tablet and desktop sections) like other pages I created from the same template. I had to not display a div on the phone where I had a pic that would bleed out of the right side of the display. I was able to set the dislplay attribute to "none" and everything was fine. I guess I could hand code the same functionality into the css file for what I need, to stop the display of the tables on smaller screens. Or, could I have 2 divs on my desktop page with my tables in one, and a text version of the tables in the other? Then I could hide the text div on the larger display and use the tables, and hide the tables on the smaller displays and use the text div. Sound feasable?
Also, what is the difference between "width" and "max-width"? I will look it up, but find that real people, and not technical writers (although they are real people also), can explain it better for the average person like me.

How can I convert my web page from a fixed width layout to a fluid grid layout?

I'm taking a web design class (I'm using Dreamweaver CS6, btw) wherein the professor started us out building our websites in a fixed width layout but now I want to change my site into a fluid grid layout. My "site" so far is just one long page, and I've already designed it with fluid grid adjustments in mind (most things are centered in the layout) so it shouldn't need excessive tweaking.
Is there a way to duplicate the site folder that holds my first page, re-open a new document in fluid, then copy the code in and tweak the width parameters for the different layouts?
Did I just answer my own question? Help - I am new at this!!
Thanks all,
KC

Herbert2001 wrote:
A bit off-topic, but Osgood: have you ever used SASS or LESS? When you are building your own grid systems it can save you a tremendous amount of time, and it's a lot of fun.
Take the following simple example - it generates all the 23 css classes automatically for a 12 grid system. And simply changing one variable allows you to create and calculate any number of columns!
//variables
$desktop: 1025px;
$large-columns: 12;
@media only screen and (min-width: $desktop) {
     //regular grid span classes
    @for $i from 1 through $large-columns {
        .span-large-#{$i} {
            width: percentage($i/$large-columns);
     // push classes
    @for $i from 1 through (($large-columns)-1) {
        .push-large-#{$i} {
            margin-left: percentage($i/$large-columns);
No, not explored it yet, and may never....I don't know. I don't really make much money out of web design. It's becoming more and more difficult to find the desire to learn new techniques when the opportunities aren't really there to put them into practice on as regular basis as I would like. I've got a very good handle on css, php, html, jQuery - I'm not sure I want to add another layer at the moment, given I'm never quite sure how long I will continue to 'bang my head against the wall' . I'm getting to the stage where I keep asking myself do I really need the problems associated with learning new stuff to the point of being comfortable with it if the financial rewards at the end don't equate to the efforts of learning it.
I don't really enjoy web development if truth is known. I come from a Graphic Design background which I much prefer but somehow got side tracked and pushed in this direction and there's no way back now, lol. Whilst I concede Web Development is much more exciting its also 100 times more complex/difficult and the skills needed are considerably more.
Your example looks interesting and I should think I could pick it up reasonably easily given I work with php which uses variables on a similar basis.

DW CC Fluid grid layout how to change px width for desktop layout

Hi there,
I have been going through the various tutorials about fluid grid layout and setting up our bureau's website in a responsive layout.
The width of the original design was 960 px and the hero pic and others have been exported at that size.
The first divs in the design look fine, header with the 960 px pic in it, and also the BC menu which is set to 960 wide.
However the body text goes out to the right, past the 960 px and this is because, right at the start, when starting the file in DW the desktop screen width is set to 1232px.
How can you change this setting when starting a new fluid grid layout?
I have tried changing the number of columns, or the percentage, and the width for desktop remains at 1232px.
Why is this?
Not all of our clients want a site 1232px wide on a pc.
Thanks so much.

Hi Ben and Nancy,
Thanks for your replies, but maybe you both don't realise I am asking specifically about DW CC and setting up a responsive design using a fluid grid layout?
I have been following the recent videos from Adobe on this.
As far as the width of 960 goes, Nancy I am only shortchanging myself, as this is the website for our agency. The original design is 960px wide as I did read somewhere that this width is recommended now that responsive is coming, as it is easily divided into a grid layout. I also am quoting for a client at the moment who wants a responsive design for their website, and they have specifically requested that the site have a maximum width of 960 px. So I would like to find out if this is possible in DW CC at the moment when doing a fluid grid layout.
So what I am trying to do here is follow the Adobe tutorials on responsive design, using DW CC and I am using the current design for our agency website as a trial to set this up and try and get it working as a responsive website.
It does not seem to me that many other people are doing this, as most people are recommending that I try Github or Bootstrap.
However, I am not a coder and I am used to using DW, so I would like to get the DW CC responsive design features working if possible.
Ben the CSS you are looking at is being generated by DW CC as I follow the steps in the Adobe demonstration videos to set up a fluid grid layout in DW CC.
One of the things they say in the videos is that you can't program the CSS directly when doing a fluid grid layout, or you break the CSS and it all stops working. So I am using the new panels in DW CC to set up the layout. One thing I cannot get access to is the ability to set a maximum width for the site. It seems to be set in concrete when you start the fluid design up in DW CC.
Here is a pic of the screen I am talking about that sets the maximum width:
I cannot click in the pixel width at the top and change it. Also if I adjust the number of gridlines or the percentage for the pc layout, the default maximum pixel width does not change.
If you click on the preferences button and go into the Window sizes screen, there does not seem to be a way to set the maximum pc width here either, so I am a bit stumped.
Maybe I just have say to my clients that if you want a responsive design then the max width for pc can only be 1232px? It does seem strange to me that this cannot be changed.

Using fluid grid layout in Dreamweaver CC - how do I create a dropdown menu within my main navigation?

I am new to using the responsive fluid grid layouts in Dreamweaver CC - and I am unable to find any information on creating a dropdown menu within my main navigation.
Any ideas?

You'll need to find a menu system that is responsive and mobile friendly for touch screen devices.
If you have a budget to work with, Project Seven's Pop-Menu Magic3 is a commercial extension for DW that works great out of the box.
http://projectseven.com/products/menusystems/pmm3/index.htm
If you don't have a budget, you'll need to create a desktop menu and add a jQuery plugin for mobile devices.
Basic CSS Drop Menu
http://jsfiddle.net/mD4zW/28/
jQuery MeanMenu for mobile/tablet devices
MeanThemes | MeanMenu
This is a working example inside a FluidGrid Layout (resize viewport)
Alt-Web :: Fluid Grid Test
Nancy O.

CSS height property use in Fluid grid layout

Hi, I'm totally new to fluid grid layout and just got started in it. I have a div tag that has 5px height and I sucessfully applied that and seem fine only on Tablet landscape (1024x768) and Small tablet landscape (800x600), nevertheless it isn't even displaying on Mobile portrait (320x480), Mobile landscape (480x320), Small tablet portrait (600x800) and Tablet portrait (768x1024).
My coding is below
index.html
<!doctype html>




<html class="">

<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<link href="fluid.grid.layout/boilerplate.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="fluid.grid.layout/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">


<script src="fluid.grid.layout/respond.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="gridContainer clearfix">
<div id="LayoutDiv1"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
boilerplate.css
@charset "utf-8";
* HTML5 ✰ Boilerplate
* What follows is the result of much research on cross-browser styling.
* Credit left inline and big thanks to Nicolas Gallagher, Jonathan Neal,
* Kroc Camen, and the H5BP dev community and team.
* Detailed information about this CSS: h5bp.com/css
* Dreamweaver modifications:
* 1. Commented out selection highlight
* 2. Removed media queries section (we add our own in a separate file)
* ==|== normalize ==========================================================
/* =============================================================================
   HTML5 display definitions
   ========================================================================== */
article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, nav, section { display: block; }
audio, canvas, video { display: inline-block; *display: inline; *zoom: 1; }
audio:not([controls]) { display: none; }
[hidden] { display: none; }
/* =============================================================================
   Base
   ========================================================================== */
* 1. Correct text resizing oddly in IE6/7 when body font-size is set using em units
* 2. Force vertical scrollbar in non-IE
* 3. Prevent iOS text size adjust on device orientation change, without disabling user zoom: h5bp.com/g
html { font-size: 100%; overflow-y: scroll; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; }
body { margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.231; }
body, button, input, select, textarea { font-family: sans-serif; color: #222; }
* Remove text-shadow in selection highlight: h5bp.com/i
* These selection declarations have to be separate
* Also: hot pink! (or customize the background color to match your design)
/* Dreamweaver: uncomment these if you do want to customize the selection highlight
*::-moz-selection { background: #fe57a1; color: #fff; text-shadow: none; }
*::selection { background: #fe57a1; color: #fff; text-shadow: none; }
/* =============================================================================
   Links
   ========================================================================== */
a { color: #00e; }
a:visited { color: #551a8b; }
a:hover { color: #06e; }
a:focus { outline: thin dotted; }
/* Improve readability when focused and hovered in all browsers: h5bp.com/h */
a:hover, a:active { outline: 0; }
/* =============================================================================
   Typography
   ========================================================================== */
abbr[title] { border-bottom: 1px dotted; }
b, strong { font-weight: bold; }
blockquote { margin: 1em 40px; }
dfn { font-style: italic; }
hr { display: block; height: 1px; border: 0; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 1em 0; padding: 0; }
ins { background: #ff9; color: #000; text-decoration: none; }
mark { background: #ff0; color: #000; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; }
/* Redeclare monospace font family: h5bp.com/j */
pre, code, kbd, samp { font-family: monospace, monospace; _font-family: 'courier new', monospace; font-size: 1em; }
/* Improve readability of pre-formatted text in all browsers */
pre { white-space: pre; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word; }
q { quotes: none; }
q:before, q:after { content: ""; content: none; }
small { font-size: 85%; }
/* Position subscript and superscript content without affecting line-height: h5bp.com/k */
sub, sup { font-size: 75%; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; }
sup { top: -0.5em; }
sub { bottom: -0.25em; }
/* =============================================================================
   Lists
   ========================================================================== */
ul, ol { margin: 1em 0; padding: 0 0 0 40px; }
dd { margin: 0 0 0 40px; }
nav ul, nav ol { list-style: none; list-style-image: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
/* =============================================================================
   Embedded content
   ========================================================================== */
* 1. Improve image quality when scaled in IE7: h5bp.com/d
* 2. Remove the gap between images and borders on image containers: h5bp.com/e
img { border: 0; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; vertical-align: middle; }
* Correct overflow not hidden in IE9
svg:not(:root) { overflow: hidden; }
/* =============================================================================
   Figures
   ========================================================================== */
figure { margin: 0; }
/* =============================================================================
   Forms
   ========================================================================== */
form { margin: 0; }
fieldset { border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
/* Indicate that 'label' will shift focus to the associated form element */
label { cursor: pointer; }
* 1. Correct color not inheriting in IE6/7/8/9
* 2. Correct alignment displayed oddly in IE6/7
legend { border: 0; *margin-left: -7px; padding: 0; }
* 1. Correct font-size not inheriting in all browsers
* 2. Remove margins in FF3/4 S5 Chrome
* 3. Define consistent vertical alignment display in all browsers
button, input, select, textarea { font-size: 100%; margin: 0; vertical-align: baseline; *vertical-align: middle; }
* 1. Define line-height as normal to match FF3/4 (set using !important in the UA stylesheet)
* 2. Correct inner spacing displayed oddly in IE6/7
button, input { line-height: normal; *overflow: visible; }
* Reintroduce inner spacing in 'table' to avoid overlap and whitespace issues in IE6/7
table button, table input { *overflow: auto; }
* 1. Display hand cursor for clickable form elements
* 2. Allow styling of clickable form elements in iOS
button, input[type="button"], input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"] { cursor: pointer; -webkit-appearance: button; }
* Consistent box sizing and appearance
input[type="checkbox"], input[type="radio"] { box-sizing: border-box; }
input[type="search"] { -webkit-appearance: textfield; -moz-box-sizing: content-box; -webkit-box-sizing: content-box; box-sizing: content-box; }
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration { -webkit-appearance: none; }
* Remove inner padding and border in FF3/4: h5bp.com/l
button::-moz-focus-inner, input::-moz-focus-inner { border: 0; padding: 0; }
* 1. Remove default vertical scrollbar in IE6/7/8/9
* 2. Allow only vertical resizing
textarea { overflow: auto; vertical-align: top; resize: vertical; }
/* Colors for form validity */
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/* =============================================================================
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table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; }
td { vertical-align: top; }
/* ==|== primary styles =====================================================
   Author:
   ========================================================================== */
/* ==|== non-semantic helper classes ========================================
   Please define your styles before this section.
   ========================================================================== */
/* For image replacement */
.ir { display: block; border: 0; text-indent: -999em; overflow: hidden; background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-align: left; direction: ltr; }
.ir br { display: none; }
/* Hide from both screenreaders and browsers: h5bp.com/u */
.hidden { display: none !important; visibility: hidden; }
/* Hide only visually, but have it available for screenreaders: h5bp.com/v */
.visuallyhidden { border: 0; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; position: absolute; width: 1px; }
/* Extends the .visuallyhidden class to allow the element to be focusable when navigated to via the keyboard: h5bp.com/p */
.visuallyhidden.focusable:active, .visuallyhidden.focusable:focus { clip: auto; height: auto; margin: 0; overflow: visible; position: static; width: auto; }
/* Hide visually and from screenreaders, but maintain layout */
.invisible { visibility: hidden; }
/* Contain floats: h5bp.com/q */
.clearfix:before, .clearfix:after { content: ""; display: table; }
.clearfix:after { clear: both; }
.clearfix { zoom: 1; }
/* ==|== print styles =======================================================
   Print styles.
   Inlined to avoid required HTTP connection: h5bp.com/r
   ========================================================================== */
@media print {
* { background: transparent !important; color: black !important; text-shadow: none !important; filter:none !important; -ms-filter: none !important; } /* Black prints faster: h5bp.com/s */
a, a:visited { text-decoration: underline; }
a[href]:after { content: " (" attr(href) ")"; }
abbr[title]:after { content: " (" attr(title) ")"; }
.ir a:after, a[href^="javascript:"]:after, a[href^="#"]:after { content: ""; } /* Don't show links for images, or javascript/internal links */
pre, blockquote { border: 1px solid #999; page-break-inside: avoid; }
thead { display: table-header-group; } /* h5bp.com/t */
tr, img { page-break-inside: avoid; }
img { max-width: 100% !important; }
@page { margin: 0.5cm; }
p, h2, h3 { orphans: 3; widows: 3; }
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.

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 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>

The "align" attribute is obsolete. See centering Pages, Images and other elements with CSS
http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Centering_web_pages_and_other_elements_with_CSS-16640.html
FluidGrids are for experienced web designers who already understand the core concepts of HTML, CSS and Advanced CSS Media Queries. Don't bite off more than you can chew for a 1st project. Start with a stable, fixed-width layout. When you become proficient with that, then you can take on more challenges.
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
Nancy O.

CS6 Fluid Grid Layouts - opening CSSTransitions panel crashes program

Hi there, I'm on my second web page and this old problem has come up again.
I've asked about this before but I'm afraid I never got to the end of it, I just worked around it.
After I open the transitions panel, I then press the + button, then it crashes. Here are the error messages:
Does CSS Transitions work in Fluid Grid Layout? Thank you.

This aging mind gets very easily confused, so please bear with me.
In reply #3, I gave you an answer to you not being able to find the file to delete as in reply #2. Ticking the box next to 'Hidden Items' will allow you to find that file. By default it would be hidden. Ticking the box will not delete the cache file. For that to happen, you need to follow the process as set out in the link supplied in reply #1.

Adapt existing web site with fluid grid layout

Hi everyone,
I'm wondering if I could take a exisiting website and using Dreamweaver CS6 (which I don't owned at the moment) "easily" create associated fluid layout for tablets and smartphones.
Or do I have to start a new website "from scratch" to get the fluid layout?
I'm just beginning with website creation (only 2 at the moment) and I tried out Dreamweaver 5.5 at the beginning of 2012... since I didn't find any other tools that could do the job like I feel Dreamweaver can, I'm in the process of convincing myself I should buy Dreamweaver CS6.... I won't hesitate much longer if I could take a existing website and be able to easily adapt it to fluid layout.
Thanks for your help
Sebastien

You would have to start over with a whole new Layout. Once you get that designed, then you would need to insert content. There is no magic button for converting existing sites to Fluid Grid Layouts because it's more complicated (3 CSS layouts instead of one).
In addition, Fluid Grid is a new feature in CS6 that still needs some refinement. In order to build responsive designs that work in all devices, you must understand the technology.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/introducing-media-queries.html
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/01/12/guidelines-for-responsive-web-design/
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/
Nancy O.
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Fluid Grid Layout - Beginner's Questions

First, let me explain once again that I can't reply to my own threads because the "Reply" function isn't working in my browsers for some reason. (Thanks for your tips on my other questions, Ben Pleysier and Nancy O.)
Anyway, I want to modify my websites so they work in mobile devices, and I now have my first Fluid Grid Layout up and running. However, there are some bugs I need to work out.
I experimented with two or three fluid grids and just realized that they're very different for some reason. I think I inserted the wrong elements or inserted them in the wrong location.
Does the HTML code below look OK? I understand that everything is supposed to be inside div.gridContainer, which begs the question why are the last two divs (div.fluid and div#div1) OUTSIDE div.gridContainer? Are these extraneous divs that I can delete?
Am I supposed to have a div#page and div data-role="header"?
It looks like all my actual content - including the footer? - should go inside div data-role="content", right? And am I going to have to apply class="fluid Paragraph" to every paragraph in my database tables?
Some of the confusion may be because some of these unfamiliar elements (e.g. "data-role") may be HTML5, which I'm also just learning about.
If anyone could post a link to a web page(s) using Dreamweaver's Fluid Grid Layout, so I can examine the source code, it would be really helpful. Thanks!
<body>
<div class="gridContainer clearfix">
<div data-role="page" id="page">
    <div data-role="header">
    <?php require_once($BaseINC."/$MyPHP/inc/D/Shared/Body/Header.php"); ?>
    </div>
    <div data-role="content">CONTENT </div>
    <br class="clearfloat">
    <header class="fluid Header">This is the content for Layout Header Tag "Header"</header>
    <p class="fluid Paragraph">This is the content for Layout P Tag "Paragraph"</p>
    <footer class="fluid Footer"><?php require_once($BaseINC."/$MyPHP/inc/D/Shared/Footer.php"); ?></footer>
</div>
</div>

<div class="fluid DivBase">This is the content for Layout Div Tag "DivBase"</div>
<div id="div1" class="fluid">Use Insert Panel for additional Fluid Grid Layout Elements. Note: All Fluid Layout tags must be contained within the "gridContainer" div tag.</div>

</body>
</html>

#1 Success with FGLayouts comes from experience. I built 9 test layouts before I got an acceptable one. A few tips. Build Mobile first because that is what everything else is based on. Then build Tablet & finally Desktop. Do not tamper with code in FluidGrid.css or Boilerplate.css files. Use a separate, external style sheet for your content styles.
#2 Depends on whether or not you want the divs to fall outside your #gridContainer. For example, let's say you want a 100% width header & footer that stretches the entire width of your page in all devices. In that scenario, you would have to move <header> and <footer> tags above and below gridContainer div. Otherwise, everything else needs to be inside the gridContainer in order to respond to the media queries.
#3 APDivs will not work right in FluidGrid Layouts -- or any RWD for that matter -- so don't even go there.
Nancy O.

Need Fluid Grid Layout to Max Out at 1920 Pixels

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