So I just finished watching this video about setting up a responsive grid for designing a webpage in figma
In this video it is suggested that you could use a vertical grid with each row being 8px high for making your vertical alignment more structured and consistent.
That means that the different elements in your grid will all have a height that is divisible by 8
Now I am just a bit confused because I usually just have the default height:auto set on my elements which as far as I know is the recommended way (since it is more responsive), but in order to make this work properly I would need to set fixed heights on my elements? Or am I misunderstanding something?
It certainly seems like that's what the video is showing. Designing with strict control over element heights isn't realistic though. A user could increase their font size (vision impaired) or even overwrite the font (dyslexic). Plus, there aren't just 3 screen sizes - there are potentially thousands. There's no way to be pixel-perfect in the element heights.
Rather, concern yourself with consistent padding & margins, and ensuring sibling components are sized the same. That will create visual consistency.
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I make use of percentages by specifying the width of elements I want to stretch and percentages when specifying "left" "left:40%;" for example and a relative position. This allows elements to move with the page when it's resized and stretch but at certain resolutions sizes the elements don't entirely stay in place. Am I stuck using media queries for this issue or is there another way? I'm still using media queries but I also don't want my design breaking so early before reaching breakpoints, I want it to be as flexible/elastic as possible before having to have media queries kick in.
I think instead of worrying about those wacky sizes where your page looks funky, you should think about the most common screen sizes that are actually used.
I know exactly what you mean about those breakpoints. That's why I use screenfly to test my site on the most common screen sizes and work from there.
And if your site elements aren't maintaining your desired positions, then you are probably calculating the percentages wrongly. Here is a great article that helped me with fluid layouts and how to set up the percentages and what-not: http://www.creativebloq.com/css3/create-fluid-layouts-html5-and-css3-9122768
Use float: left with a percentage width instead, and that should accomplish what you need. If you're using left: 40% for an offset (gap or spacing), try using margin-left.
I have created my website as a fixed layout, with a width of 1600px,
but the webpage on a smaller resolution looks too big.
What am I supposed to do to make it looks good in every resolution?
Thanks for help
Use relative measures, like width: 100%. You can constrain this even more by using min-width and max-width.
Apart from that, you can use CSS media queries to make styles that only apply if certain conditions are met, like a minimum or maximum width. If you use that, you can change the whole look and feel of your website, for instance by hiding parts on smaller devices or change from a 2 column to a 1 column text presentation on smaller devices.
A percentage-based width would change the width depending on the screen size, but you should also use min-width to ensure the page doesn't become too thin that it ruins your content.
Your options:
Use a narrower fixed width. Staying under 1,000 pixels is fairly safe though not perfect
Use percentages for page width instead, though this is difficult if you need to have a set width for child elements to look right
Do a combination of the above and use media queries in your CSS to make your site responsive. It'll fit every screen width you specify AND you'll have full control over your layout at each trigger point.
Here is a great resource for learning about responsive sites - this is the way to build a modern website, so though it might seem confusing it's worth every minute you spend on it.
http://bradfrost.github.com/this-is-responsive/resources.html
Good luck.
I am trying to create a sleek re-sizable website. After doing a bit of reading I found that the way to achieve this is having a parent node with a rigidly defined size, and children with % sizes. On the w3schools website it says that in 2012 85% of monitors has a resolution greater than 1024.
My question is, in order to implement a re-sizeable website the preserves its layout, what is the best size for the fixed-size parent node in order for it to be compatible and consistent on all monitors?
Why don't you forget about setting a fixed size on the parent and set the parent's width to 100% which would give you what you are looking for.
There are many types of display that people use, so it is hard to expect what resolutions will your user use to view your site. To avoid this problem, I am thinking using percentage instead of pixels, em and pt to define the web layout. However, is this a good practice to do this? Including using the percentage, eg 80% for the main wrapper ?
I know it is hard to do it when it come to determine the width of the inner element. I'll have to calculate the percentages based on the each div's parent. How do you guys cope with this problem when it come to different browser's resolution?
Css media query is best solution for this check this http://css-tricks.com/css-media-queries/
There's obviously debate between fluid and fixed layouts, but fluid layouts can work very well as well.
An example is smashing magazine (try resizing your window with the site loaded).
I believe that it would be a lot easier if you use a framework of some sort. If you have used any grids CSS framework before, you can have a look at Liquid Blueprint. This allows you to work in a grid based manner, but have the page fluidly resize according to the browser's size.
I use percentages for every width within the outer container but have min-width: and max-width: for the container itself, so it scales a small amount. Say 960px for min width and 1160px for the max width. This way it works larger screen sizes better and if I want to I can go back and make it responsive because its already all in percentages.
I had to redo a website from flash to html/jquery.
Everything looked great. Until I tested the site on a netbook where the screen resolution is much smaller. All the elements were misaligned or didn't stretch as I wanted it to. Or there were scroll bars everywhere.
So, How would do I make it stretch or resize properly,
Is there a property which I can set somewhere that would resize everything proportionately?
You should use heigh / width in percentage(%) rather px / em. change the css file.
Is there a property which I can set somewhere that would resize everything proportionately?
No, I wish :P You'll need to redo the layout to make it liquid or use media queries to make it responsive to different resolutions. I'm afraid both solutions could be pretty complex.
Is there a property which I can set somewhere that would resize everything proportionately?
Everything? No. Font sizes won't adjust based on window size (at least not without JS).
You can set the widths of most things using percentage units in your stylesheets, but even then there will be a point where things will break down.
The current buzzword is responsive web design (I can't comment on the quality of the links from that page) in which media queries are used to provide different designs for different sized browsers.
The property called Media Query we mostly use this property with Responsible Web Design. In which we tell browsers change the specific css property at that particular screen size.
Check this article for more http://css-tricks.com/6206-resolution-specific-stylesheets/
& for Responsible Web Design mostly use value in Percentage instead of Pixels .
Check THIS website for more reference.
unfortunately there is no "magic" which scales things up/down. i can think of some guidelines:
Use relative widths for things (percentages) instead of absolute value
no hardwired sizes, keep them in separate CSS documents
work your way up: choose a minimum resolution, work upwards from it. it makes sizing things much easier.
The question was to RESIZE not to REALIGN. Using percentiles will only change WHERE the HTML elements show up on the page. It will not change their SIZE.
you can use with and height in percentage to set your screen for all resoulation..Give the 100% width to the body and the div you want give 100% width.