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Responsive Web Design by Example

By : Frahaan Hussain
Book Image

Responsive Web Design by Example

By: Frahaan Hussain

Overview of this book

Desktop-only websites just aren't good enough anymore. As you enter a future of increasingly diverse browsing methods, you need to know how to build websites that are presentable and will work perfectly with the huge volume of different device sizes and resolutions that are now commercially available. Responsive web design is an answer to the problem of modern web development. By following the detailed step-by-step instructions, previews, and examples mentioned in this book, you will learn how to build engaging responsive websites and upgrade your skills as a web designer. With coverage of Responsive Grid System and Bootstrap, you will learn about the most powerful frameworks in responsive web design. In this book, you will learn how to create a crisp blog page, a beautiful portfolio site, a cool social networking page, and a fun photo gallery. Through each of these projects, you'll learn how to build various elements of a modern responsive website, and also find out which framework works best for your project specifications. By the end of the book, you will have gained practical skills you need to build real-world websites that are professional, creative and truly responsive.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

What will our social network timeline consist of?

You're probably wondering what our social media timeline will look like. We will use the Twitter-style layout, which was covered earlier; it will contain the following things:

  • A multiline input field for posting content
  • Bootstrap cards (similar to what we used in the blog homepage)
  • Images
    • User thumbnail
    • Social post
  • A singleline text to show username
  • A singleline text to show the time content was posted
  • A multiline text for post description
  • Responsive design

We have already used cards in the blog, which worked amazingly by the way. We will implement them from the start again, as the layout will be slightly different. As usual, add your own twist to them using HTML elements and CSS to style them. Although Twitter's timeline isn't very responsive, ours will be; the content will simply shrink as the browser size...