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  • 15 fabulous responsive sites for your inspiration

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    15 fabulous responsive sites for your inspiration

    Antony and Jerome Ribot present 15 of their favourite responsive sites

    26 Apr 2012

    By Antony and Jerome Ribot on | 11 comments
    Antony and Jerome Ribot present 15 of the best responsive sites featured in our mag's Gallery over the last six months
  • Build a responsive site in a week: media queries (part 4)

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    Build a responsive site in a week: media queries (part 4)

    Clearleft's Paul Robert Lloyd explains how media queries work

    26 Apr 2012

    By Paul Robert Lloyd on | 5 comments
    In the penultimate part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft's Paul Robert Lloyd explains how media queries work, and describes a device-agnostic approach to breakpoints.
  • The state of responsive images

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    The state of responsive images

    Mat Marquis explains where we're at in the responsive images saga

    25 Apr 2012

    Designer/developer Mat “Wilto” Marquis takes a look at the img tag, explains why a largest-size-fits-all approach to images is untenable and discusses different solutions in this ongoing saga
  • Ethan Marcotte answers your questions on responsive web design

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    Ethan Marcotte answers your responsive web design questions

    Ethan Marcotte answers your questions on RWD

    25 Apr 2012

    By Oliver Lindberg on | 2 comments
    Ethan Marcotte, author of A Book Apart's Responsive Web Design and the man who coined and kickstarted the whole concept, takes on your questions and covers responsive advertising, images and more
  • Build a responsive website in a week: responsive images and video (part 3)

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    Build a responsive site in a week: images and video (part 3)

    Paul Lloyd on incorporating images and videos into responive layouts

    25 Apr 2012

    By Paul Robert Lloyd on | 6 comments
    In the third part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft’s Paul Robert Lloyd looks at incorporating images and video into responsive layouts, and describes some of the problems in this area that still need solving.
  • Handling typography for responsive design

    Tutorial

    Handling typography for responsive design

    Your layout is scaling, but you need to have your type following along

    24 Apr 2012

    You've got your layout and images scaling, but you need to have your type following along as well. One size of type does not fit all line lengths or screen widths!
  • Andy Clarke on the new 320 and Up

    Interview

    Andy Clarke on the new 320 and Up

    Behind the scenes of the mobile-first RWD boilerplate

    24 Apr 2012

    By Craig Grannell on | 8 comments
    Behind the scenes of the mobile-first responsive web design boilerplate
  • 50 fantastic tools for responsive web design

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    50 fantastic tools for responsive web design

    Denise Jacobs and Peter Gasston compile the best RWD tools

    24 Apr 2012

    By Denise Jacobs and Peter Gasston on | 74 comments
    To get started with building a responsive site, having a strong toolkit can make a world of difference. Here Denise Jacobs and Peter Gasston round up 50 great tools to aid the process of making your sites responsive
  • Build a responsive site in a week: typography and grids (part 2)

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    Build a responsive site in a week: typography and grids (part 2)

    How to translate static page designs into adaptable, fluid websites

    24 Apr 2012

    By Paul Robert Lloyd on | 8 comments
    In the second part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft’s Paul Robert Lloyd will tell us how to translate static page designs into adaptable, fluid websites. So let go of those pixels and learn to love proportions!
  • Create a responsive Drupal theme

    Tutorial

    Create a responsive Drupal theme

    Tim Millwood explains how to use media queries in Drupal

    23 Apr 2012

    Drupal themes enable you to change the look and feel of your site. Tim Millwood explains how to create a theme that makes it appear differently on different screen sizes
  • Responsive design or a native app?

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    Responsive design or a native app?

    Craig Lockwood discusses the pros and cons of both approaches

    23 Apr 2012

    By Craig Lockwood on | 7 comments
    iOS programmer Craig Lockwood acknowledges that the majority of app ideas proposed to him would be far better suited to a well designed responsive website and discusses the pros and cons of both
  • Build a responsive website in a week: designing responsively (part 1)

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    Build a responsive site in a week: designing responsively (part 1)

    Paul Robert Lloyd talks us through the responsive design process

    23 Apr 2012

    By Paul Robert Lloyd on | 5 comments
    Interested in responsive web design but not sure how to get started? Don't fret, help is at hand! As part of Responsive Week, we've asked Clearleft's Paul Robert Lloyd to talk us through the responsive design process, soup to nuts
  • RIP Hillman Curtis

    Interview

    RIP Hillman Curtis

    We pay tribute to legendary designer and filmmaker Hillman Curtis

    20 Apr 2012

    By Oliver Lindberg on | 3 comments
    We pay tribute to legendary designer and filmmaker Hillman Curtis, who passed away yesterday, with this inspirational interview we conducted in 2007
  • Building fast and responsive websites

    Tutorial

    Building fast and responsive websites

    An exlusive excerpt of Shi Chuan's HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook

    17 Apr 2012

    In this exclusive excerpt from his HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook web developer Shi Chuan, co-creator of the HTML5 Boilerplate, explains how to build pages with semantic markup, use dynamic loading, make buttons with instant response and more
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