Once you get comfortable developing flexible layouts and moving around the big boxes of a responsive design, your attention will turn inwards toward the smaller boxes inside the big picture containers. First among those will likely be navigational systems.
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Category: Web Design
5 Patterns To Rearrange Responsive Layouts
The most obvious way a responsive design changes is in its layout. Multiple columns become a single column. A sidebar drops below the main content. One block of design elements becomes integrated with another.
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12 Designs That Inspire Me To Do Better
I come across a lot of different designs as I wander my way through the web. When a design inspires me in some way I take a moment or two longer than usual to enjoy it and then record the URL somewhere so I can go back again. I thought I’d share a few of these sites with some thoughts about why I like them.
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Why Responsive Design?
Responsive design has grown from an idea and a buzzword to a new approach to designing websites. As it’s gained attention, challenges in building responsive sites have emerged, solutions to some of those problems have been proposed, and patterns for how designs adapt have been observed.
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Design Critique: La Tapisserie Au Point
Just when you think you’re out, they pull you back in. I had thought last week’s design critique would be the last I’d do for awhile. However, at the end of that post I again made the offer to review more and late last week I received a request.
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