Blueprint (CSS framework)
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Blueprint is a CSS framework designed to reduce development time and ensure cross-browser compatibility when working with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). It also serves as a foundation for many tools designed to make CSS development easier and more accessible to beginners.
History
Blueprint was first created by Olav Bjørkøy and released on August 3, 2007.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516223431/http://bjorkoy.com/past/2007/8/3/launch_blueprint_a_css_framework/ Launch: Blueprint, a CSS framework]. bjorkoy.com (2007-8-3). By August 11, Blueprint included work based on ideas from Jeff Croft, Nathan Borror, Christian Metts, and Eric A. Meyer.[http://www.byteswire.com/15-css-frameworks-for-front-end-developers/ CSS Frameworks for Front-end Developers]. byteswire.com. Retrieved on 2014-09-01. Version 0.8 was released on November 11, and included various bugfixes as well as a new "tabs" plugin.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081225043346/http://www.christianmontoya.com/2008/11/11/blueprint-version-08/ Blueprint version 0.8]. (Archived) Christianmontoya.com. Retrieved on 2012-09-11.
Purpose
One of the goals stated by the core team is to facilitate the development of new tools for working with CSS.[http://www.christianmontoya.com/2007/11/10/semantify-and-css-tools-based-on-blueprint/ Semantify, and CSS tools based on Blueprint] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116225648/http://www.christianmontoya.com/2007/11/10/semantify-and-css-tools-based-on-blueprint/ |date=January 16, 2009 }}. Christianmontoya.com. Retrieved on 2012-09-11. A variety of CSS generators, visual editors, themes, and frameworks are based on Blueprint, many of which can be found on the [https://github.com/joshuaclayton/blueprint-css/wikis/home Blueprint Wiki].[https://wiki.github.com/joshuaclayton/blueprint-css/mods-forks-and-alternatives Mods, Forks and Alternatives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330194724/http://wiki.github.com/joshuaclayton/blueprint-css/mods-forks-and-alternatives |date=2010-03-30 }}. Wiki.github.com (2012-03-31). Retrieved on 2012-09-11.
Blueprint is released under a modified version of the MIT License, making it free software. It can be either used as is, or further adapted for use via a compression tool that is written in Ruby.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Features
Blueprint's README file lists the following features as being provided out-of-the-box:
- A typographic baseline
- A stylesheet for printing
- An easily customizable grid
- Sensible default typography
- Perfected browser CSS reset
- Powerful scripts for customization[https://streamvi.com/resources/impact-of-video-size-on-website-load-times Impact of video size on website load times] Video Compressor. Retrieved on 2023-03-07.
- Bloat Minimized as much as possible
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828031438/http://www.blueprintcss.org/ Blueprint Webpage]
- [https://supfort.com/ Web Development]
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