how to create three colum layout on home page (with intro)

[what2use]

I am using the protostar template that came with Joomla 3 and I thought it was supposed to be responsive. It works fine on the PC but I am having problems getting it to work on mobile.

I was using a three column table but this does not work on mobile and gets cutoff on the right.

What I need to do is on the home page:
have one full width intro article
(This will be part welcome message and part news)
then a three column layout below
(This will have upcoming events(left), text(middle), notices(right))

Something like this:

[Webdongle]

You need to mark up the html to make use of the bootstrap css in Joomla
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f ... 0#p3296565

[Per Yngve Berg]

http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/scaffoldi ... gridSystem

[what2use]

That may work and I may be able to setup the code. After I get the site setup it will be maintained by non-coders and the idea behind using something like joomla or whatever, is for them to use a system that is wysiwyg and does not require coding.
They will definitely not be able to do this

[Per Yngve Berg]

Create a css file for the editor so the writer can select the class from the style drop down in the editor.

[what2use]

I only have a little experience with css.

[Webdongle]

Why not just use Featured blog and have 3 separate Articles ?

[what2use]

I experimented with that and could not get it to display in the format I wanted.
I made two article, which I set to featured, called News and Events.

But no matter what template I used the text would display with a transparent background. I wanted the articles to be in a box with colored background and lined border

[Webdongle]

If you understand html/css a little you can edit the css to create the borders or perhaps create a Template override and add a <div class="myclass"></div> to create the box https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:How_to_use ... te_Manager

[what2use]

I have to rethink Joomla. It is turning out to be way more complicated to create a layout that we want and I have doubts that our web person will be able to use it

[Webdongle]

If your web master wont be able to manage content in Joomla then he/she will not be able to manage a static flat file site. Joomla is a Content Management Sytem which makes it easy to manage content. It is not a magical panacea to enable people to instantly be able to design and create a website.

Out of the box Joomla provides a platform to create a website and display the imputed data in various ways. There are various Templates and extensions that enhance the look 'n' feel of the output. If anyone needs to style the output beyond that then they need to understand (or learn) html/css/php.

Once Joomla is set up correctly then content can be entered and managed with little or no html/css/php knowledge. Any website creator who is unsatisfied with the look 'n' feel but is unable to change it ... will have great difficulty creating a static html site. Any webmaster/user who can not enter/manage content in Joomla (once it has been set up correctly) will almost certainly not be able to change the content of a static html site.

Bottom line is ... a bad workman blames his tools but a good workman learns how to use the tool.

[what2use]

May be true. But a good workman knows if the tool does not work, he gets one that does

[Webdongle]

... But a good workman knows if the tool does not work, he gets one that does

That is not the case here because hundreds of people have got Joomla to work. If the look 'n' feel (even with a 3rd party Template and extensions) is not to your liking then there are many volunteers who will help you by giving advice. There are several extensions that can achieve what you require. If you decide to give up using Joomla and want to create a static html site then you will need to see http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/scaffoldi ... gridSystem that Per Yngve Berg posted.