Would 100% width on a Fluid Grid Layout be bad for any reason?

I was thinking of setting 100% width on my Fluid Grid Layout (for all media queries) so I wouldn't have to go outside the fluid container for my header and footer bar. Would this be bad for any reason? I feel like they probably preset sizes below 100% for a reason.

If you are talking about desktop version then NO provided you assign margins, paddings and borders to html tags rather than the Divs. This is because borders, margins and paddings are all part of the box model and so the overall width could possibly exceed 100%.
Hope this helps for you to search for box model and how it works on W3C website.
Good luck.

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How to increase the width of the Fluid Grid Layout from 1008px to 1080px?

Good day all, I'm experiencing a slight problem with Fluid Grid Layout in Dreamweaver CS6. I want to increase it's width so that it could be one with my Photoshop CS6 design (which is 1080px), the problem is that I can't as I am limited to 1008px. How do I increase the width? I ultimately am re-coding my design as my client demanded a responsive design but I'm clueless in that avenue which is why I resorted to re-doing everything under the set & safe default (Fluid Grid Layout) that doesn't require me to udnderstand media queries at an expert level.

While Fluid Grid Layout can save you some production time, you still need a good understanding of CSS Media Queries to use it.
Introduction to CSS Media Queries
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/introducing-media-que ries.html
CS6 Fluid Grid Layouts (6 min video)
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/digital-design-cs6/creating-adaptive-designs -using-fluid-grid-layouts-in-dreamweaver-cs6/
CS6 Fluid Grid layouts (17 min video)
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-dreamweaver-cs6/using-fluid-grid-layou ts/
Step-by-Step tutorial -- Building Fluid Grid Layouts in DW CS6
http://www.adobe.com/inspire/2012/08/fluid-grid-layouts-dreamweaver-cs 6.html
Instead of fixed-widths in pixels, FLG code is all % based. It starts with the mobile layout and cascades to tablet, then desktop. If you want to use fixed-widths in pixels, you must manually change the CSS code for all three devices.
Nancy O.

Background Images in Fluid Grid Layouts

How can I get the background image that I assign to a fluid grid layout div to fill up 100% of the grid space and at the same time size the background to the fluid boundaries of the div the same way as if I had placed an image into the div? Currently, the background image lays in the grid at the pixal size of the background picture with only the portion of the background showing commenserate withthe size of the div contents. I use CS6.
Thank you.

In your CSS Styles menu, if you double click on the layout div you are working on or the grid container, you will find that the image will show if you hit the return key. If you create a table bigger than the div tag or grid container, it will automatically resize and you be able to see your image. Thats a couple of cheat ways so you can see your image when you work and when you publish.
It just means you will have several of this code: <p> </p>
The image will only show the width and the height of layout div that you are working in.
I have been able to place one fluid grid layout div tag inside on another, although I find that if I make this a template file, the template tends to break over time. Not sure it that's because I am giving Dreamweaver a headache with multiple fluid grid layout div tags inside each other.
The most I have done: 1st level grid container, 2nd level inside grid container were layout div for spry collapse panel menus, 3rd level inside layout div for spry collapse panel menus were sub menus.
I have tried placing one image in the background of the grid container and then another image over the top in a fluid grid layout div tag. The reason why they move is because of the fixed/scroll option inside the CSS style. I found that when publishing, certain browsers shift both images either up or down. This can be a problem, especially if you create an image with a white box and try to align the second image up inside.
It probably can be done, and I spent months hand coding and playing with the file. IE8 is a problem and I have added extra code which I found online. Firefox tends to move things on Windows platform, but MAC is not as bad. Safari and Chrome tends to work better with fluid grid layouts. There is an option for the early versions of browsers so they can recognise things.
To resize everything when in tablet and mobile, I found tablet grid container/layout div tage size 80-90% and mobile to 40-50% grid container/layout div tage size.
Hope this helps

100% Width on Fluid Grid layout?

I am working on a site for a school project and my mockup looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/DLz1T3S.jpg
Each section is 100% width and with varying images/patterns in the background.
I have searched a lot about this and it seems what I found was that fluid leaves a small margin on the sides even when set at 100%.
The only solution I've found is to put my div OUTSIDE of the fluid div, which would work fine for my header and maybe my top picture, but since basically my whole site is divs of 100%
I know this has been aswered through my searches but I wanted to check if Adobe had made any updates on this or if I should just ditch the whole fluid grid layout workflow because of this?
Any enlightenment on this or any suggestions of an alternate way to make this work would be appreciated.
Thank you,
J

If you think about it, 100% width takes up the entire viewport which can look pretty bad in mobile devices when content butts up too close to the browser's edges or chrome. You need some wiggle room so readers don't feel like they're being wedged into a submarine.
I custom coded something similar to your mockup a while back. View source to see the code.
Responsive example: Alt-Web :: Sectioned CSS Layout
Nancy O.

How to get 100% width in fluid grid layout CC

I'm currently getting to grips with dreamweaver's fluid grid layout and cant seem to get a div to go the full 100% width across the screen. Ive created a div outside of the grid container as a non fluid div, and entered in the CSS myself in code view since Dreamweaver doesnt seem to allow you to add a class or ID to non fluid elements in design view. I have done this and all though i thought i had achieved success i noticed when looking closely in live view and when previewed in chrome that there is still a tiny gap between the div and the edge of the screen. Its very small, but its definitely there. Ive enetered width to be 100% and its definitely not simply 100% width of the grid container as its wider. I just cant account for the tiny gap which seems to be about 1 pixel wide. Any ideas whats causing this gap?

Depending on your project goals, there are plenty of other Responsive Frameworks you can use.
Foundation Zurb
http://foundation.zurb.com/templates.php
Skeleton Boilerplate
http://www.getskeleton.com/
Initializr (HTML5 Boilerplate, Responsive or Bootstrap)
http://www.initializr.com/
DMX Zone's FREE Bootstrap extension for DW
http://www.dmxzone.com/go/21759/dmxzone-bootstrap/
Project Seven's Page Packs (Commercial CSS Templates)
http://www.projectseven.com/products/templates/index.htm
Adobe Edge Reflow
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-edge-reflow/introduction-to-reflow/
PS. I don't work for Adobe. I'm just a product user like you.
Nancy O.

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.

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

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.

How can I make a part of the body of my content full width of the screen with a fluid grid layout in CSS? (In dreamweaver program)

How can I make a part of the body of my content full width of the screen with a fluid grid layout in CSS? (In dreamweaver program)
and I know it is being over-ridden by
.gridContainer {
width: 88.5%;
max-width: 1232px;
padding-left: 0.75%;
padding-right: 0.75%;
margin: auto;
clear: none;
float: none;

Abdelqader Alnobani wrote:
How can I make a part of the body of my content full width of the screen with a fluid grid layout in CSS? (In dreamweaver program)
and I know it is being over-ridden by
.gridContainer {
width: 88.5%;
max-width: 1232px;
padding-left: 0.75%;
padding-right: 0.75%;
margin: auto;
clear: none;
float: none;
Logically a structure something like below should work BUT whether or not it will upset the FG I don't know as I wouldn't ever use it.
<div class="gridContainer">
Top Code Section Goes Here
</div>

<div id="fullWidth">
Full width section goes here
</div>

<div class="gridContainer">
Bottom Code Section Goes Here
</div>

How do I get my Fluid Grid Layout page to resizes from portrait to landscape for iPhones?

Starting in portrait on my iPhone 4, the fluid grid layout page does not resize when I turn to landscape. After I refresh / resize to fit the page on landscape and then turn the iPhone to portrait, the page resizes just fine. Everything seems to be working just fine on the desktop, ignoring IE. Could it be my media query tags?
If anyone knows a solution, it would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Here is my test page: http://www.bedroomandmore.com/1_b_fluidGrid.html
Here are my media query tags (the first set of rules does not have the media query tag and becomes the default):
@media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) and (orientation : landscape) {
@media only screen and (min-width: 481px) {
@media only screen and (min-width: 769px) {
Here is most of my media query 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%;
/* Mobile Layout: 480px and below.(smartphone portrait) */
.gridContainer {
          width: 95.4184%;
          padding-left: 0.5907%;
          padding-right: 0.5907%;
#header {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          display: block;
          margin-left: 0%;
          width: 72%;
          max-height: 0%;
          display: -moz-box; /* Firefox */
          display: -webkit-box; /* Safari and Chrome */
          display: box;
          border: none;
          top: auto;
          padding-top: 0.25em;
#menuHorizontal {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          width: 118%;
          height:100%;
          margin-left: auto;
          position:relative;
          top:-1em;
          display: block;
#slides {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0.1em;
          width: 119%;
          position: relative;
          top: -1em;
          display: block;
                    /*Slides container: Important: Use position:relative; with top:-1em; together to position div.
                              Set the width of your slides container
                              Set to    display: none     to prevent content flash*/
.slides_container {
          clear: both;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
                    /*Each slide: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides
                              If height not specified height will be set by the slide content
                              Set to     display: block     for original setting
                              slide_container is container size
                              slides_container div set the size of the image inside--adjust to fit image in it so it is not cropped*/
.slides_container div {
          clear: both;
          width: 69%;
          display: block;
          /* Mobile Layout: 480px. (smartphone landscape)
                              Inherits styles from Mobile Layout 480px.
                              Set to clear:none; to allow div to shift up
                              Or set to clear:both; to take a whole row of the screen*/
@media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) and (orientation : landscape) {
.gridContainer {
          width: 95.4184%;
          padding-left: 0.7907%;
          padding-right: 0.7907%;
#header {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          display: block;
          margin-left: auto;
          width:100%;
          display: -moz-box; /* Firefox */
          display: -webkit-box; /* Safari and Chrome */
          display: box;
          border: none;
#menuHorizontal {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          width: 110%;
          margin-left:auto;
          display: block;
#slides {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0%;
          width: 68%;
          display: block;
                    /*Slides container: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides container
                              Set to    display: none     to prevent content flash*/
.slides_container {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
                    /*Each slide: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides
                              If height not specified height will be set by the slide content
                              Set to     display: block     for original setting*/
.slides_container div {
          clear:both;
          width:69%;
          display: block;
                    /* Tablet Layout: 481px to 768px. Inherits styles from: Mobile Layout.
                              Set to clear:none; to allow div to shift up
                              Or set to clear:both; to take a whole row of the screen*/
@media only screen and (min-width: 481px) {
.gridContainer {
          width: 95.9456%;
          padding-left: 0.5271%;
          padding-right: 0.5271%;
#header {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          display: block;
          margin-left: auto;
          width: 100%;
          display: -moz-box; /* Firefox */
          display: -webkit-box; /* Safari and Chrome */
          display: box;
          border: none;
#menuHorizontal {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          margin-left:auto;
          display: block;
#slides {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0%;
          width: 70%;
          display: block;
                    /*Slides container: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides container
                              Set to    display: none     to prevent content flash*/
.slides_container {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
                    /*Each slide: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides
                              If height not specified height will be set by the slide content
                              Set to     display: block     for original setting*/
.slides_container div {
          width: 100%;
          display: block;

I found the problem. There is a bug in Safari for iPhone 4. Use code to fix found at http://stackoverflow.com/a/6379407

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://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_website_pt1.html
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Here is a picture:
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Also, it is possible to change the number of columns you want for each design view after creating the page? For example, I have 20 columns in desktop view, it is possible to change to 16 if I wanted to?
Currently its not possible to change the number of columns on the fly. We already have couple of feature request to support the same.
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http://savcp.com/index-fluid-05.html

Line 177 & 189, change:
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I am using Dreamweaver cs6 fluid grid layout. Is there a way to change the text size for the different layouts? For example I would like the header text to be 16px on the desktop but only 12px on the mobile.
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