CSS Frameworks, or grid systems, such as 960 and Blueprint, bring a structured print-based approach to web page layout and deliver aesthetically pleasing results. If, for some reason, we are unable, or unwilling to implement a CSS framework (they are not for the faint-hearted), how can we take advantage of a grid-based approach to build visually pleasing layouts?

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Diehard fan of premium themes chooses free theme for his site! Read on to find out why I fell in love with Derek Punsalan’s wonderfully barebones grid-style theme, Grid Focus, and have used it as the basis of the Studiograsshopper site.

How to create aesthetically pleasing page layouts by matching image dimensions to the typography line-height. This article shows you how to do it.

Magazine themes for Wordpress. Don’t you just love them? Well, I certainly do, and having spent a few weeks endlessly googling for some design ideas, I stumbled upon the Monochrome series of magazine themes by Thad Allendar of GraphPaperPress.