How to spread divs containing images horizontally with even spacing? - html

Question

The header of my site is some text and a logo. The font used isnt standard so the text is image based.
I want the elements of the site to change with the size of the browser window. I believe this is called fluid design?
So I want the text and logo in the header to scale and be evenly spaced horizontally. There are 5 letters, then the logo, then 5 more letters. One more curveball, I want the logo to be dead center of the page at all times.
I've looked around and it seems there are multiple ways out there to do this. And all have their own caveats based on ever evolving functionality of html and css, I'm guessing more css than html.
So what would be the best way to do this as of June 8 2014? =P Obviously I want it to work in as many browsers as possible.

Answer 1

There are basically two ways to change your content depending on the screen size:
1. Use percents
If you have some elements which should change their size whenever the user changes the screensize, I would recommend using percents.
.content {
width: 90%;
height: 50%;
}
In this example the class .content will have always a height of 50% and a width of 90% - it will change its pixel-size whenever the user changes the screensize. You can create a very flexible layout with that.
2. #media-querys
If you want to change something more than sizes, you have a static layout or want to create something like a mobile version, css has a #media-query:
#media (min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1000px) {
.content {
background-color: red;
}
}
If the screen-width is between 600px and 1000px the background-color of .content will change to red. Just put the changes you want the header to do into a #media-query like this and it will work perfectly.
You'll find a very good noob-tutorial for #media-queries at css-tricks.com

Answer 2

Okay I hope this is what you meant with your description of having your logo/type in center of page. Here's the jsfiddle I made for the solution.
here's the code
HTML:
<header>
<div id="wrap">
<div id="container">
<div id="logo"><img src="http://mattfrey.ca/img/springfarm/sf-preview2.jpg" alt="sample image"></div>
<div id="fiveLets">F I V E R</div>
<div class="clearFix"></div>
</div>
</div>
</header>
CSS
header { width:100%; padding:0; margin:0; }
img { height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0;}
#wrap { width:80%; margin:0 auto; outline: solid 1px red; background-color:#ccc;}
#container { margin: 0 auto; width:50%; background-color:#fff; outline: solid 1px blue;}
#logo { width:49%;}
#logo img { background-color: blue; float: left; }
#fiveLets { font-size: 2em; margin-top: 1.35em; float: right; margin-left: 1%; width:49%; }
.clearFix {clear:both}
/*responsive changes*/
#media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
#fiveLets { font-size: 1em; } /*shrink text*/
#wrap { background-color: #666; }
}
}
#media screen and (max-width: 300px) { /*doesn't seem to respond--jsfiddle*/
#fiveLets { font-size: 0.75em; }
#wrap { background-color: #333; }
}
}
1) You have your header, logo and type.
2) the #container brings both elements (logo and type, both of which are floated) closer together, and is also centered to solve that issue.
3) when you adjust the browser width, the css for the #logo img will adjust automatically, but the type, you need to add some responsive css, using media queries.
The jsfiddle doesn't seem to shrink down to 300px, so you will have to test in your own browser.
Hope this helps!