Posts Tagged: flexible

Media queries presentation at indieconf

Posted November 19th, 2011 by Zoe Gillenwater & filed under Articles, Inspiration.

Download the slides for my presentation on CSS3: Using Media Queries to Improve the Web Site Experience for indieconf, as well as get links to related resources on media query techniques, tools, and inspiration.

70+ essential resources for creating liquid and elastic layouts

Posted January 25th, 2010 by Zoe Gillenwater & filed under Articles.

Check out these great online resources on creating liquid/fluid and elastic layouts, including sources for design inspiration, downloadable templates, frameworks, articles and tutorials.

Me at The CSS Summit online conference

Posted July 18th, 2009 by Zoe Gillenwater & filed under Announcements.

Download the slides from my presentation at The CSS Summit online conference, as well as get links to related tutorials on designing flexible images.

The liquid web site motherload

Posted July 16th, 2009 by Zoe Gillenwater & filed under Articles, Inspiration.

Check out Nomensa’s portfolio for great examples of liquid site designs.

CSS effect: space images out to match text height

Posted June 30th, 2009 by Zoe Gillenwater & filed under Tutorials.

Make several fixed-width images change their spacing to stay lined up with accompanying text, no matter the window size or text size.

Why browser zoom shouldn’t kill flexible layouts

Posted June 16th, 2009 by Zoe Gillenwater & filed under Articles.

All the major browsers now have zoom functions built in, which may make it seem like there’s no longer any need for liquid or elastic layouts. Not so.

Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference 2009

Posted April 28th, 2009 by Zoe Gillenwater & filed under Announcements.

Download the slides from my presentation at Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference 2009, as well as get links to related tutorials on designing flexible images.

Creating sliding composite images

Posted April 27th, 2009 by Zoe Gillenwater & filed under Tutorials.

Create the appearance of a single image by layering multiple images on top of each other. The pieces can slide around the page as its width is changed, making it a perfect technique for liquid layouts.

Hiding and revealing portions of images

Posted April 25th, 2009 by Zoe Gillenwater & filed under Tutorials.

It’s possible to dynamically “crop” both background and foreground images as the layout changes in width, solving the problem of overflowing fixed-width images in a flexible page.

Foreground images that scale with the layout

Posted April 24th, 2009 by Zoe Gillenwater & filed under Tutorials.

Simple CSS techniques can make the content images inside your liquid or elastic pages scale with the layout.

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