Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox (pageblox.com)

This is neat, but I think these days if you're going to use a grid it might as well be responsive. For example this is a good responsive grid generator: http://gridpak.com/

Or you could always use Bootstrap.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox (pageblox.com)

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Post by sajithdilshan » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 9:59 AM UTC

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Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox (pageblox.com)

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Post by DeepDuh » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 10:10 AM UTC

Kinda neat, I don't see yet any added benefit over Bootstrap however - the problem it solves in a visual way is not really a problem for a mildly experience web developer and for the beginners it's not enough functionality IMO. As a thought experiment it's cool, as a viable product it would need some work.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox (pageblox.com)

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Post by ecesena » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 11:03 AM UTC

I'd reconsider using blueprint, AFAIK it's no longer maintained. I'd go for bootstrap or foundation.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox (pageblox.com)

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Post by ctek » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 11:21 AM UTC

DeepDuh wrote: post #6

Kinda neat, I don't see yet any added benefit over Bootstrap however - the problem it solves in a visual way is not really a problem for a mildly experience web developer and for the beginners it's not enough functionality IMO. As a thought experiment it's cool, as a viable product it would need some work.

Thanks for the feedback, PageBlox is not meant to be a tool for professional or even novice web developers. It allows someone who has no experience with html/css to create a functioning cross-browser compatible layout and build on top of that with their own css, which is trivial to learn.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox (pageblox.com)

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Post by aarondf » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 12:24 PM UTC

ctek wrote: post #8

DeepDuh wrote: post #6

Kinda neat, I don't see yet any added benefit over Bootstrap however - the problem it solves in a visual way is not really a problem for a mildly experience web developer and for the beginners it's not enough functionality IMO. As a thought experiment it's cool, as a viable product it would need some work.

Thanks for the feedback, PageBlox is not meant to be a tool for professional or even novice web developers. It allows someone who has no experience with html/css to create a functioning cross-browser compatible layout and build on top of that with their own css, which is trivial to learn.

I don't think someone that has "no experience with html/css" would care or understand what a "functioning cross-browser compatible layout" is. Just my opinion though, I've been wrong before!

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox (pageblox.com)

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Post by damncabbage » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 12:51 PM UTC

I remember seeing this before, and for curiosity's sake went for a look: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3546149 (Posted six months ago.)

Was this, umm, the same weekend?