Making a fluid layout with fixed columns / sections.

 
As you can see the first column is fluid while the others stay fixed. The key to also compensate for padding that you will have inside the columns. You might need to open this example in CodePen and then resize the browser to see it in full glory

See the Pen pjOPKo by Alex (@fabriceleven)

Got questions or comments? Show us how you used it! This also works on all browsers even IE 🙂