after spending some time on reading about yui i was able to write a grid for it.
here is the code,
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<grids>
<grid name="try1" auxheader="0" auxfooter="0" addcolumn="1" addcolumnsnap="1" addcolumnsize="3" columns="0"><![CDATA[
<div id="doc3" class="yui-t6">
<div id="bd">
<div id="yui-main">
<div class="yui-b">
<div class="yui-g">
<ul class="list_no_decoration widget_list" id="widgetlist_column1">$column[1]</ul>
</div>
<div class="yui-g">
<div class="yui-u first yui-panel">
<ul class="list_no_decoration widget_list" id="widgetlist_column2">$column[2]</ul>
</div>
<div class="yui-u yui-panel">
<ul class="list_no_decoration widget_list" id="widgetlist_column3">$column[3]</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="yui-b yui-sidebar">
<ul class="list_no_decoration widget_list" id="widgetlist_column4">$column[4]</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>]]></grid>
</grids>