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Philosophy
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Graphpaper is a lightweight plugin to [Compass][compass_homepage] that 
provides tools for rapidly prototyping fixed-width grid-based HTML layouts. 
Unlike larger, more mature CSS frameworks and Compass extensions, Graphpaper 
makes no design assumptions, but instead provides a highly organized structure
and opinionated defaults to assist an iterative design process.

Recommended Workflow
====================

Graphpaper is used internally at [Policus][policus_url] to prototype all 
HTML-based interfaces. Ideas usually begin as pencil sketches and proceed 
immediately to an HTML prototyping phase. Once the basic grid for each page
has been defined, a full-page screen capture is created using [Paparazzi][], 
and is then handed off to the graphic design team and acts as a guide during 
the visual design stage. The result is a highly iterative approach that allows
disparate teams to focus on their core strengths and promote low turnaround 
times for implementation of visual changes.

Installing
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    $> sudo gem install alexcabrera-graphpaper --source http://gems.github.com/

Creating a New Project Based on GraphPaper
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    $> compass -r graphpaper -f graphpaper my_graphpaper_project

Related Links
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* The GraphPaper project is hosted on [GitHub][project_url].
* The [GraphPaper Wiki][wiki].
* The [Compass Stylesheet Authoring Framework][compass_homepage].

[project_url]: http://github.com/alexcabrera/graphpaper
[wiki]: http://wiki.github.com/alexcabrera/graphpaper
[compass_homepage]: http://compass-style.org/
[policus_url]: http://policus.com
[paparazzi]: http://derailer.org/paparazzi/

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