Responsive Web Design Template #402

Single Column Layout

We can use this single column layout to learn a little about Responsive Web Design.

RWD came along about 10 years ago when surfing the internet with cell phones began to be an every day habit. A need for web design that allowed the same web site to be viewed on a desk top , laptop, tablet or cell phone was a must. What was then Liquid web design evolved further into what today is the norm as RWD.

Easy HTML5 Construction

I've tried to construct these templates with as little HTML code as possible. I advise novice web developers to spend more time studying CSS and Responsive Web Design techniques. Learn to manipulate page structure and images with what we call Media Queries.

Media Queries

Media Queries allow the developer to change font sizes, alter navigation devices and resize images or actully swap them out at different screen sizes. Let's stay away from words like resolution that just confuse the issue for now. .

To demonstrate grab the right edge of the browser and squeeze it to the left. As the width of the screen decreases five different size images will be displayed using the Media Queries in the style sheet. When you've squeezed as far as you can open Web Developer Tools beside it to get to the smallest size screen width.

Drop down Menu

The CSS for the drop down menus is a bit verbose, but it's easier than learning javascript. There are a lot of sites out there that offer free menu codes, but most are heavy on the JS and will pose problems for beginners when trying to troubleshoot problems that arise.

It actually continues to function to a width of 141 pixels. The narrowest cell is about 260.

 

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