Version: 0.2.1b
The project is live at Gridpak.com
In your Gridpak you get
- A CSS file with your media queries, and grid points
- A LESS (.less) file that compiles down to CSS
- A SCSS (.scss) file that compiles down to CSS
- A JavaScript (.js) file that will overlay your grids at the touch of a button
- Some PNGs for your baseline backgrounds as well as for use in your designs
Gridpak is a Django application with a frontend controlled mostly by Backbone.js.
We prefer to run our Django projects using virtualenv, and while we won't go into detail on installing it, (you're all clever people: surely you can find a tutuorial that suits you) here's the basic rundown:
- Create the directory to house Gridpak
mkdir gridpak && cd gridpak
- Clone this repo into your directory, careful to use the name gridpak, otherwise Djano will throw a hissy fit
git clone [email protected]:erskinedesign/ed.gridpak.git gridpak
- Start a new virtual virtual environment
virtualenv --distribute env
- Activate that virtual environemtn
source env/bin/activate
you should then see that you're in theenv
environent in your bash - Install all the requisit packages
pip install -r gridpak/packages
- Compile the LESS file so you don't get an error about not being able to find the layout stylesheets
- You should now be able to run the app
cd gridpak && python manage.oy runserver
- Visit the url in your browser (
https://localhost:8000
by default,) and you're away
We'd love feedback on the project, which you can send by email to gridpak [at] erskinedesign.com, or from the issues on this GitHub project.