ilstyle

= Ilstyle

This project allows static assets to be shared between Rails projects.

== Sharing assets using gems

To share assets using a gem, the files-to-be-shared must be placed inside the folder as if this gem is a rails project. This means in must be put into "ilstyle/app/assets/XX/"

= Fluid Grid

To understand what a Fluid grid is, read the following: http://alistapart.com/article/fluidgrids

Changes in our implementation is using em sizes instead of percentages. This allows grid classes to be used within columns.

http://www.responsivegridsystem.com This was used to get the foundation for a grid system. We changed percentages to em sizes to create a fluid responsive grid.

To understand how to use mediaqueries to load a different CSS depending on screen-size or orientation, read: http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/ipad-layout-with-landscape-portrait-modes

Responsive, Fluid, Grid, Media Queries, the explanation on http://www.adamkaplan.me/grid/ shows how it all can be combined to create a modern web app.