I mobilizing a website and would like to know if I can use one or more rather simple css rules to shrink a main div that has many nested divs and still have everything look proportonate in the smaller screen. The page is... http://www.junkyardzombiez.com/choose-a-zombie/ and the container is Any help is appreciated.
There is no magical way to to do as it's something that needs to be built into the site initially. If you had written the CSS to use % rather than PX then you would have more scope to work with but hard coded PX values mean it's built to stay at that size.
As it stands at the moment, you will need to change a number of classes to scale in width based on screen size.
It's worth looking at some frameworks like bootstrap that can help with this.
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Everytime i work on a responsive design I wonder why all media queries are fixed on the screens width/height. Why not the width/height of an element? Is this possible?
When making reusable html elements in a somewhat modular way, it seems logical to 'scale/design' it relative to it's own width and not the screens width. This way you only have to design the HTML/CSS once and you can use it in different sections of your page without needing to add extra media queries.
Obviously there are workarounds, but is there a css-only way to add css rules depending on it's own or parents width/height?
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Pedro
ContainerQueries A.K.A. ElementQueries are still waiting to be implemented natively in CSS. I think this is very sad, but it doesn't look like that it does any progress for years now.
I have to make a checkerboard homepage with several div's containing pictures and text.
I made something like this :
In the CSS, all blocks are placed with an absolute position and some top, left properties (in px).
The design is correct, but I want to make all this responsive, but in 2 different ways :
1 - Adapt all the body to the screen and eventually increase the font-size property.
2 - Simply align all the blocks in two or one column(s) (for smartphones for example)
I don't want an answer with a ready-made code, just help to realize the responsive version of my homepage.
You should really look into using a CSS framework rather than relying on absolute positioning, which is difficult to adapt for use with multiple screen sizes and make responsive.
Although there is a learning curve when first attempting to use a CSS framework, it quickly pays dividends, especially when taking into account cross-browser and responsive-design considerations.
Probably the most popular CSS framework is Bootstrap, which is responsive by default, and would make producing your layout relatively simple.
Another good option for a CSS framework is Foundation.
There are countless others. Here's a list: http://usablica.github.io/front-end-frameworks/compare.html
I used to realize the responsive with the float columns and change the columns' width through media query. But in your job, you should change the hope wrapper's width and reset the columns' left and top through js. You can consult the plugin 'Masonry', which may help you.
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.
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.