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Recently I was looking around for what web developers and designers refer to as "css frameworks". Basically, as Wikipedia describes it, a CSS framework is a library that is meant to allow for easier, more standards-compliant styling of a webpage using the Cascading Style Sheets language. Just like programming and scripting language libraries, CSS frameworks package a number of ready-made options for designing and outlaying a webpage.

Now, I don't know about you, but that sounds very useful to a web developer like myself.

Now after alot of research I learned quite a bit about best practices in web page styling, grids, and typography. After checking out many 960 grid based frameworks, I decided that Blueprint CSS was the one best suited for my needs. Dropping a css framework in before you start developing a page can dramatically cut down development time and on top of that it gives you a solid foundation and base for designing multi column (or single) web pages that should work across all browsers in the same way you intended it to. The grid approach used which other css gurus and frameworks have dubbed as the '960 grid' is great for compatibilty sake and also allows complex layouts, so you don't feel restricted in any way. Blueprint css also supports plugins and offers nice and nifty css libraries already loaded that even make print styles for your pages so they are ready for paper too!

Also, just to add, if you're wonder, YES this site is made on top of blueprint css, so you can see that it's quite versatile and allows plenty of freedom to be creative. If you're a web developer, I strongly urge you to check out Blueprint CSS or any other css framework that fits your needs.