Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Instant Responsive Web Design
    Instant Responsive Web Design
    Instant Responsive Web Design
    Ebook111 pages48 minutes

    Instant Responsive Web Design

    By Cory Simmons

    5/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    In Detail

    Making your sites responsive is an easy enough skill to learn, and really pays dividends when you're selling your product to potential clients or just trying to impress your boss for that promotion you want, but understanding all your options will help you develop a workflow that really works for you.

    Instant Responsive Web Design makes learning mobile-friendly web design a piece of cake with site-builds imploring various approaches using a very easy-to-follow format where you'll actually be creating sites using each approach. Expand your web repertoire in a few, easy hours.

    Instant Responsive Web Design takes the guesswork out of responsive web design, by teaching readers the most relevant approaches and leaves it up to them to develop a workflow that works best for their style of coding.

    We'll help you to develop several websites from scratch using different philosophies such as the Goldilocks Approach, make your websites Fluid, understand desktop and mobile-first approaches, and master some of the tricky stuff such as making your images and video responsive.

    In this step-by-step guide, you'll learn everything you could ever need to become an above-average responsive web designer in a matter of hours.

    Approach

    Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. A step-by-step tutorial approach which will teach the readers what responsive web design is and how it is used in designing a responsive web page.

    Who this book is for

    If you are a web-designer looking to expand your skill set by learning the quickly growing industry standard of responsive web design, this book is ideal for you. Knowledge of CSS is assumed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateSep 25, 2013
    ISBN9781849699266
    Instant Responsive Web Design
    Author

    Cory Simmons

    "Cory Simmons is a web designer/developer with over 17 years of experience. He currently works at Pressed Web, where he has maintained a tutorial blog for years covering everything from basic HTML/CSS to Django and Meteor. He has worked for companies such as Scholastic and World Vision Charities. Cory has written for CSS Tricks and is an author at TutsPlus. He created and maintains the Jeet Framework."

    Related to Instant Responsive Web Design

    Related ebooks

    Internet & Web For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Bringing Better Ux To Life

      Sep 11, 2020

      Bringing Better Ux To Life
      3 min read

    • Article

      There Is No Better Time To Be A Designer

      Oct 24, 2019

      Most Singaporeans know who JJ Lin is and many can probably sing his songs. Yet, few will have heard about the singer’s vision of shaping a creative and healing space that transcends the boundaries of art, design and music – and the fact that it was S

      3 min read

    • Article

      Build Your Own Website

      May 26, 2020

      Build Your Own Website
      7 min read

    • Article

      Create A Webpage Or Blog

      Mar 26, 2020

      Create A Webpage Or Blog
      12 min read

    • Article

      WordPress vs Wix

      Nov 14, 2023

      WordPress vs Wix
      9 min read

    • Article

      Seven Ways To Future-proof Your SEO Strategy

      Apr 8, 2018

      Search engine optimisation (SEO) is always changing. To stay ahead of your competitors you need to be able to shift your SEO strategy. Expect to see mobile devices, artificial intelligence (AI) and voice search dominating the news. But what practical

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Cost Of Creativity Crisis

      Oct 6, 2022

      With inflation at a forty-year high, we’re surrounded by rising prices. And when it comes to the business of writing, the cost of creativity is increasing, too. There’s also a growing trend in the software industry to move away from one-time purchase

      6 min read

    • Article

      Ditch the MONTHLY PAYMENTS

      Dec 9, 2021

      Ditch the MONTHLY PAYMENTS
      7 min read

    • Article

      Stay Safe Online!

      Jan 9, 2024

      Stay Safe Online!
      19 min read

    • Article

      “Since Covid, Aren’t We All Bedroom Workers To A Greater Or Lesser Extent?”

      Jan 6, 2022

      If you’ve read this column over the past year or so, you’d be forgiven for thinking that I just spend all my time playing with phones, home automation and various gadgets. But if you cast your eyes over to the right for a moment, you’ll notice that u

      9 min read

    • Article

      Building a Better Website

      Nov 1, 2017

      Your site is your front door for many of your customers. If old-school web design is holding yours back, follow these tips to make it inviting again

      3 min read

    • Article

      Search Engine Success

      Dec 24, 2020

      Search Engine Success
      4 min read

    • Article

      Wix

      Jan 10, 2023

      Wix
      2 min read

    • Article

      How To Build A Website

      Apr 29, 2019

      Whether you're running a small business, promoting your professional work or showcasing a hobby, your online presence can be crucial to reaching an audience. But building that presence can be daunting. Social media accounts, such as Facebook, LinkedI

      2 min read

    • Article

      Scroll Media

      Sep 16, 2018

      You have been in the digital advertising industry since 2001, what changes have you seen and what’s your view on it today? It seems we have come a long way from faxing order forms across town and fixed weekly rates, so any automation is a good thing.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Design Your Own Logo

      Nov 29, 2022

      Design Your Own Logo
      2 min read

    • Article

      Photo Website Builders

      Oct 22, 2020

      Photo Website Builders
      5 min read

    • Article

      Jasper vs Writesonic

      Apr 6, 2023

      Jasper vs Writesonic
      5 min read

    • Article

      Vivaldi

      Sep 7, 2023

      With a full-blown email client, calendar with offline access, RSS reader, task manager, notes app and lots more available through extensions, it’s tempting to ask whether Vivaldi is more of an operating system than a web browser. The company isn’t bl

      4 min read

    • Article

      Hatch

      Feb 6, 2024

      Hatch
      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Instant Responsive Web Design

    5/5

    1 rating1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      made a tricky to fully understand subject
      suddenly all come together
      and be fully understandable.........excellent

      1 person found this helpful

    Book preview

    Instant Responsive Web Design - Cory Simmons

    Table of Contents

    Instant Responsive Web Design

    Credits

    About the Author

    About the Reviewers

    www.packtpub.com

    Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more

    packtlib.packtpub.com

    Why Subscribe?

    Free Access for Packt account holders

    1. Instant Responsive Web Design

    So, what is Responsive web design (RWD)?

    Getting started

    Quick start – making your first responsive web page

    Step 1 – creating an HTML page

    Step 2 – adding a stylesheet

    Step 3 – making it responsive

    Top 5 features you need to know about

    The power of CSS Media Queries

    Media types

    Logical operators

    Different strategies to make responsive websites

    The Goldilocks approach

    The Fluid approach

    Desktop-first versus Mobile-first

    Desktop-first

    Mobile-first

    Gotchas and best practices

    Putting it all together

    People and places you should get to know

    Instant Responsive Web Design

    Instant Responsive Web Design

    Copyright © 2013 Packt Publishing

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews.

    Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book.

    Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information.

    First published: September 2013

    Production Reference: 1230913

    Published by Packt Publishing Ltd.

    Livery Place

    35 Livery Street

    Birmingham B3 2PB, UK.

    ISBN 978-1-84969-925-9

    www.packtpub.com

    Credits

    Author

    Cory Simmons

    Reviewers

    Dario Calonaci

    Matt Rheault

    Acquisition Editor

    Kevin M. Colaco

    Commissioning Editor

    Priyanka Shah

    Technical Editor

    Vivek Pillai

    Project Coordinator

    Michelle Quadros

    Proofreader

    Hardip Sidhu

    Production Coordinator

    Kyle Albuquerque

    Cover Work

    Kyle Albuquerque

    Cover Image

    Ronak Dhruv

    About the Author

    Cory Simmons is a web designer/developer with over 17 years of experience. He currently works at Pressed Web, where he has maintained a tutorial blog for years covering everything from basic HTML/CSS to Django and Meteor. He has worked for companies such as Scholastic and World Vision Charities. Cory has written for CSS Tricks and is an author at TutsPlus. He created and maintains the Jeet Framework.

    About the Reviewers

    Dario Calonaci is a Graphic Designer who has specialized in Typography and Logo Design.

    He has worked for the United Nations conference Rio+20, selected for Obama for America and Node.js. His name and work appears on a book presentation inside the Senate's Library in Rome. He has been teaching Web Design since he was 23 years old. He is also a member of FacultyRow, a NY based association as a valuable Teacher and Academic figure.

    He has been invited to talk at two seminars and run one workshop; his works have also been published internationally. He has also studied in a couple of thesis.

    You may know more about him in his website http://dariocalonaci.com.

    Matt Rheault likes to design and create things on the web. He enjoys his morning cup of coffee and the satisfaction of getting the job done. He specializes in full website, e-commerce, blog, and responsive web app development. His roots are in graphic and UI design, however he has extensive back and front-end development experience to ensure that he can create a full-fledged product from start to finish. When he is not at his desk working, you can usually find him cooking up some bacon or hanging out with his vegetarian girlfriend—oh the irony!

    Check out his personal website at mattrheault.com, and his company website at fueled4.com.

    www.packtpub.com

    Support files, eBooks, discount offers and

    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1