Best practice for Classic and Fluid - is it ok to mix sections?

Hi all,

I'm wondering what the best practice is around a site that is already built in Classic editor – is it ok to start using Fluid engine on new sections, or best just to stick to Classic? 

I know it can cause some code to need adjustment so I'm happy to keep sites all one (either Classic of Fluid), but this is for a client site and they work with another freelancer who is keen to use Fluid. I guess I just want to be able to say best practice is to stick to one, and stop messing with it 😂 

Thanks

Thanks so much @paul2009 .

That's good to know, and I'd never considered the collection items etc.  My issue is mainly that they think it's "so much easier" (which it can be), but they're not looking at different devices and some of the spacing makes my eyes water. 

Good to know there aren't any technical issues in mixing, though.

Thanks!

5 minutes ago, LouiseDrever said:

they're not looking at different devices and some of the spacing makes my eyes water. 

I hear you! It's an ongoing challenge to layout FE pages so they look great on tablets and smaller notebooks. It can be done but, in my experience, it often requires the client to compromise on some page designs, and it is also very time-consuming.

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I've been experimenting with mixing -everything @paul2009 said. Also, little things like buttons cannot be made to match, no matter the sizing in settings, they just render differently in FE.
These little details really bother my thing for symmetry and consistency  (and of course the BIG details like spacing) 

19 minutes ago, ilseS said:

little things like buttons cannot be made to match, no matter the sizing in settings, they just render differently in FE.

Are you talking about they way that spacing changes according to the viewport width (which is normal for FE sections) or are you experiencing other style issues with buttons?

As an example of what I see, here's a screenshot of a single page that I created. It includes a Classic section and a FE section with each section containing a heading and a line of paragraph text followed by a primary, secondary and tertiary button:

Im experiencing other issues. Meaning a primary button (or any other) in FE with same styling, no matter how I fit/fill etc, is still bigger (or smaller) than a primary button in a CE section. ...maybe its me 😒 If I completely change the row height, I can get the vertical padding of the buttons to be the same, but without a lot of tweaking, same buttons look  obviously different.

@paul2009 I realised what the issue is ...Buttons start out the same in CE and FE, but, if I adjust the vertical padding -as I often do because I find the buttons a bit clunky, it seems they don't render equally in FE and CE. Perhaps to do with cell height? So a button at 0.9em vertical padding looks great in a CE section, but significantly bigger in a FE section, unless I adjust cell padding ...which of course affects everything else.