As the time goes, browsing websites from desktop computers decreasing and using Laptops, Tablets and Mobile devices increasing day by day. So why not to create our website design custom for each type of devices, that fits and looks more attractive for those devices to acquire the visitors entered from those devices. Although you may hire the professionals from the number of web development companies such as digital marketing agency, 10clouds, orange country web design etc. for creating responsive websites. In this post, we are going to provide the basic idea on how to create your website or blog responsive.
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Responsive web design is the approach that suggests in which design and development should respond user behavior and environment based on the size of the browser screen, platform and orientation.
Step1: Add meta tags for responsiveness
Add the following meta tags on your blogger template using the following steps.
- Go to blogger dashboard and click on the template
- Backup your template for the risk while editing template codes.
- Paste the following codes between and <head> and </head> tags.
- Save your blogger template.
For website also, paste the following codes between <head> and </head> tags.
Add the following codes to size the contents of blog equal to the device width.
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width/”>
Add the following codes to size the contents of blog equal to the device width and device height.
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, height=device-height/”>
Add the following codes to size the contents of blog equal to the device width and initial zoom size.
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=2″/>
Add the following codes to size the contents of blog equal to the device width, initial zoom size and maximum zoom size.
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1/”>
Instead or writing meta tags, you can do the same with the following codes in CSS.
@-moz-viewport {
width: device-width;
}
@-moz-viewport {
width: device-width;
height:device-height;
}
@-moz-viewport {
width: device-width;
initial-scale:2;
}
@-moz-viewport {
width: device-width;
initial-scale:1;
maximum-scale:1;
}
This works only for Mozilla browser, for other browsers you can use -o-, -webkit- and -ms- as prefixed properties.
Step2:Add media queries for each screen size
Add the following media queries between <![CDATA[*/ and ]]> tags.
@media screen and (max-width:320px){
/*For Small Screen Moblies*/
}
@media screen and (max-width:480px){
/*For Smart Phones and iPhones*/
}
@media screen and (max-width:768px){
/*For Small Tables*/
}
@media screen and (max-width:1024px){
/*For Notebooks*/
}
You can add more media queries according to your need for different screen sizes and orientations and can also use min-width: to specify minimum width of screen.
To specify the screen orientations landscape or portrait use
@media screen and (max-width:480px) and (orientation:landscape) { }
Step3: Write custom CSS code for media queries
#wrapper {
width:85%;
}
#content{
width:100%;
}
#sidebar-left{
width:100%;
clear:both;
}
#sidebar-right{
width: 100%;
clear:both;
}
Alternate method for adding CSS code with media queries
<link rel=”stylesheet” media=”screen” href=”screen.css”/>
You have to give the full path for “screen.css”, where the file is placed.
You can also link different style sheet files for different screen sizes as below.
<link rel=”stylesheet” media=”screen and (max-width:1280px)” href=”large.css”/>
<link rel=”stylesheet” media=”screen and (max-width:480px)” href=”small.css”/>
