introduction to responsive web design
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Introduction to
Responsive Web Design
Clarissa Peterson@clarissa
a workshop for theDC Web WomenCode(Her) Series
August 14, 2012
Responsive Web Design:
Responsive Web Design:
A collection of techniques that allow your website to respond to the device that it is being viewed on.
Responsive Web Design:
A collection of techniques that allow your website to respond to the device that it is being viewed on.
This allows all users to have an optimal experience without creating separate sites for different devices.
1. A flexible, grid-based layout
2. Flexible images and media
3. Media queries
1. A flexible, grid-based layout
2. Flexible images and media
3. Media queries
1. A flexible, grid-based layout
2. Flexible images and media
3. Media queries
1. A flexible, grid-based layout
2. Flexible images and media
3. Media queries
HTML
The first website. http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
<p>...</p>
<h1>...</h1>
<a href=””>...</a>
<hp1>...</hp1>
(highlighting)
<blink>...</blink>
Control:
HTML tablesspacer gifs
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
HTML
CSS
Content
Presentation
John Kannenberg via Creative Commons http://flic.kr/p/9E7tqh
Brendan Gates via Creative Commons http://flic.kr/p/dvX1J
Curtis Palmer via Creative Commons http://flic.kr/p/wyPiC
Brad Frost via Creative Commons http://flic.kr/p/cfQwL7
Clarissa Peterson via Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Paulo Fierro via Creative Commons http://flic.kr/p/ae8Nnr
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/
Responsive web design offers us a way forward, finally allowing us to “design for the ebb and flow of things.”
- Ethan Marcotte
Responsive Web Design, 2011 http://www.abookapart.com/products/responsive-web-design/
Responsive Architecture
Tristan Sterk via Creative Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ResponsiveEnvelope1.jpg
Fallingwater © Clarissa Peterson
Fallingwater © Clarissa Peterson
Fallingwater © Clarissa Peterson
A Few Example Sites
Andersson-Wise Architectshttp://www.anderssonwise.com
People (mobile site)http://m.people.com
Grey Goosehttp://www.greygoose.com
Smashing Magazinehttp://www.smashingmagazine.com
Tattlyhttp://tattly.com
AIDS.govhttp://aids.gov
Two Approaches
1. Start from scratch
2. Make an existing designmore responsive
1. Start from scratch
2. Make an existing designmore responsive
1. Start from scratch
2. Make an existing designmore responsive
download files for hands-on exercise here: http://clarissapeterson.com/files/dcww/
open in your text editor: style.css
open in your browser: demo.html
Example 1 in style.css like this
If you’re doing this at home, please note that each section of code is marked at the bottom of the slide with an example number that you can look for in your style.css file.
Older Browsers:
You need to do some extra stuffto make all this work and we won’t
have time to get to it today.
(but make sure you learn it later)
Demo site with streamlined code (so it’s easier to see what you’re doing)
1. A flexible, grid-based layout
2. Flexible images and media
3. Media queries
1. A flexible, grid-based layout
2. Flexible images and media
3. Media queries
Flexible Typesetting
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, b, u, i, center, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td, article, aside, canvas, details, embed, figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary, time, mark, audio, video {! margin: 0;! padding: 0;! border: 0;! font-size: 100%;! font: inherit;! vertical-align: baseline;}
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, b, u, i, center, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td, article, aside, canvas, details, embed, figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary, time, mark, audio, video {! margin: 0;! padding: 0;! border: 0;! font-size: 100%;! font: inherit;! vertical-align: baseline;}
target ÷ context = result
Example 1 in style.css
.nav li a:link { ! color: #2b737a; ! text-decoration:none; ! font-size: 22px;! font-weight:100; }
target ÷ context = result
22px ÷ 16px = 1.375em
Example 1 in style.css
.nav li a:link { ! color: #2b737a; ! text-decoration:none; ! font-size: 1.375em;! font-weight:100; }
Example 1 in style.css
.nav li a:link { ! color: #2b737a; ! text-decoration:none; ! font-size: 1.375em; !! ! ! ! ! ! ! /* 22px / 16px */! font-weight:100; }
Example 2 in style.css
h2 24px ÷ 16px = 1.5emh3 20px ÷ 16px = 1.25emp 14px ÷ 16px = .875em
1. A flexible, grid-based layout
2. Flexible images and media
3. Media queries
target ÷ context = result
___px ÷ 1280px = __%
Example 3 in style.css
<div class="site">! ...</div>
Example 3 in style.css
.site { ! width: 1280px;}
Example 3 in style.css
.site { ! width: 100%; /* 1280px / 1280px */}
Example 3 in style.css
<div id="heading">! ...</div>
Example 3 in style.css
#heading { ! background-color: #fff; ! width: 960px;! margin: 1.5em auto;! text-align:right;}
Example 3 in style.css
#heading { ! background-color: #fff; ! width: 75%;! margin: 1.5em auto;! text-align:right;}
Example 4 in style.css
<div id="promowrapper"><img src="promoimage.jpg" alt="Attend seminars, networking events, and more." />
</div>
Example 4 in style.css
#promowrapper {! margin: 0 auto;! width: 960px;}
Example 4 in style.css
#promowrapper {! margin: 0 auto;! width: 75%;}
Example 4 in style.css
<div id="content"> ...</div>
Example 4 in style.css
#content { ! background-color: #fff; ! width: 960px; ! margin: auto; }
Example 4 in style.css
#content { ! background-color: #fff; ! width: 75%; ! margin: auto; }
Example 4 in style.css
<div class="contentbox"> <h2>Who We Are</h2>
...
</div>
Example 4 in style.css
.contentbox { ! width: 300px;! float:left; ! padding: 2em 30px 2em 0; }
Example 4 in style.css
.contentbox { ! width: 31.25%;! float:left; ! padding: 2em 30px 2em 0; }
Example 4 in style.css
.contentbox { ! width: 31.25%;! float:left; ! padding: 2em 30px 2em 0; }
Example 4 in style.css
.contentbox { ! width: 31.25%;! float:left; ! padding: 2em 3.125% 2em 0; }
Example 5 in style.css
<div id="footercontent"> ...</div>
Example 5 in style.css
#footercontent { ! width: 960px; ! margin: auto; ! color: #fff; }
Example 5 in style.css
#footercontent { ! width: 75%; ! margin: auto; ! color: #fff; }
1. A flexible, grid-based layout
2. Flexible images and media
3. Media queries
Example 4 in style.css
<div id="promowrapper"><img src="promoimage.jpg" alt="..." /></div>
#promowrapper {! margin: 0 auto;! width: 75%;}
Example 4 in style.css
#promo img { ! margin: 2em 0;}
Example 4 in style.css
#promo img { ! margin: 2em 0;! max-width: 100%;}
embed
object
video
1. A flexible, grid-based layout
2. Flexible images and media
3. Media queries
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" media=”print” />
h1 { color: #f00; }p { color: #333; }
@media print {! h1 { color: #0f0; }! p { color: #099; }}
h1 { color: #f00; }p { color: #333; }
@media print {! h1 { color: #0f0; }! p { color: #099; }}
h1 { color: #f00; }p { color: #333; }
@media print {! h1 { color: #0f0; }! p { color: #099; }}
h1 { color: #f00; }p { color: #333; }
@media print {! h1 { color: #0f0; }! p { color: #099; }}
h1 { color: #f00; }p { color: #333; }
@media print {! h1 { color: #0f0; }! p { color: #099; }}
h1 { color: #f00; }p { color: #333; }
@media print {! h1 { color: #0f0; }! p { color: #099; }}
@media screen {! ...}
@media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {! ...}
@media screen and (max-width: 1024px) {! ...}
@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) {! ...}
min-device-width: 1024pxmax-device-width: 1024px
orientation: landscapeorientation: portrait
device-aspect-ratio: 16/9
min-color-index: 256
min-resolution: 300dpi
Example 6 in style.css
@media screen and (max-width: 1100px) { ! #navbox { ! ! clear: left;! ! padding-top: 0;! ! text-align: center;! }}
Example 6 in style.css
@media screen and (max-width: 1100px) { ! #navbox { ! ! clear: left;! ! padding-top: 0;! ! text-align: center;! }}
Example 6 in style.css
@media screen and (max-width: 1100px) { ! #navbox { ! ! clear: left;! ! padding-top: 0;! ! text-align: center;! }}
Example 6 in style.css
@media screen and (max-width: 1100px) { ! #navbox { ! ! clear: left;! ! padding-top: 0;! ! text-align: center;! }}
Example 7 on style.css
@media screen and (max-width: 500px) {
! ...
}
Example 7 on style.css
@media screen and (max-width: 500px) { ! .nav li { ! ! display: block; ! ! margin-left: 0em; ! ! padding-bottom: 5px;! }}
Example 7 on style.css
@media screen and (max-width: 500px) { ! .nav li { ! ! display: block; ! ! margin-left: 0em; ! ! padding-bottom: 5px;! }}
Example 7 on style.css
@media screen and (max-width: 500px) {
! ...
! .logo { ! ! float: none;! ! text-align: center;! }}
Example 7 on style.css
@media screen and (max-width: 500px) {
! ...
! .contentbox { ! ! width: 100%; ! ! float: none; ! ! padding: 1.5em 0 0 0; ! }}
Example 7 on style.css
@media screen and (max-width: 500px) {
! ...
! .contentbox { ! ! width: 100%; ! ! float: none; ! ! padding: 1.5em 0 0 0; ! }}
Some Other Things You Should Know(very briefly)
Breakpoints
Standard Breakpoints
Why to Use Them
Why Not to Use Them
Commonly-Used Breakpoints
Device Type Width
Mobile phones (portrait) 320px
Mobile phones (landscape) 480px
7” tablets (portrait) 600px
10” tablets (portrait) 768px
10” tablets (landscape), Monitors 1024px
Wider monitors 1280px
What’s a Device Lab?
Clarissa Peterson via Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Mobile First
If you’re thinking about mobile:
responsive designisn’t the only thing
you need to think about.
A mobile app should notbe the default choice.
Only do it if it’s the best choice.
Responsive Workflow
Photoshop is for photos
InDesign is for design & typography
We are free of the canvas
Content First
Q & A
Resources
Books
Ethan MarcotteResponsive Web Design (2011)http://www.abookapart.com/products/responsive-web-design/
ArticlesResponsive Web Design - Ethan Marcotte (May 2010)http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/
How to Approach a Responsive Design (The Boston Globe) - Tito Bottitta (Jan. 2012)http://upstatement.com/blog/2012/01/how-to-approach-a-responsive-design/
50 Fantastic Tools for Responsive Web Design - Denise Jacobs, Peter Gasston (Apr. 2012)http://www.netmagazine.com/features/50-fantastic-tools-responsive-web-design
Design Process In The Responsive Age - Drew Clemens (May 2012)http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/05/30/design-process-responsive-age/
Making of: People Magazine's Responsive Mobile Website (July 2012)http://globalmoxie.com/blog/making-of-people-mobile.shtml
The Top Responsive Web Design Problems and How to Avoid Them - James Young (Aug. 2012)http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-responsive-web-design-problems-and-how-avoid-them
Websites@RWDlinks about responsive design (Ethan Marcotte)https://twitter.com/RWD
Future Friendlymaking things that are future-friendlyhttp://futurefriend.ly/
Brad Frostblog that covers responsive designhttp://bradfrostweb.com/blog/
Mediaqueri.esinspirational websites using media queries and responsive web designhttp://mediaqueri.es/
Responsive Design Bookmarkleta handy tool for responsive design testinghttp://responsive.victorcoulon.fr/
Other Things You Asked About
Resources mentioned during Q&A. Thanks for all the great questions!
Kristina HalvorsonContent Strategy for the Web, Second Edition (2012)http://contentstrategy.com/
A List Aparthttp://www.alistapart.com/
PX to EM Conversion Made Simplehttp://pxtoem.com/
Not RWD
DC Web WomenA professional organization of more than 3000 members located in the Washington, DC, area. Members are professional women, students and enthusiasts who specialize in web-related fields.http://www.dcwebwomen.org/
We Are All AwesomeBe a role model: why there should be more female speakers at tech conferences. Resources on creating presentations, getting ideas, writing proposals, and finding conferences with open CFPs.http://weareallaweso.me/
Mount Rainier National Park. Clarissa Peterson via Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Thank You
Clarissa Petersonclarissapeterson.com
cp@clarissapeterson.com@clarissa
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