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60+ Best Responsive WordPress Themes A responsive WordPress theme is a theme build to adapt with the purpose of giving tablet and smartphone users a great experience. This without maintaining multiple websites and multiple sets of content! For some time dedicated WordPress mobile themes was the best option, but recently responsive WordPress themes have been all over the place. There is no doubt that responsive web design is the new hot trend and so it is to use responsive CSS frameworks to implement the responsive layouts. With the rapid growth in number of smartphones and Internet enabled gadgets being sold world wide, it is time to take mobile web design serioust and ensure that your blog or business website is ready. Having a responsive web design allows your website content to be displayed correctly to all users by adjusting the layout to accommodate screens of different sizes and orientation. The trend now seems to be either creating custom fit for purpose responsive layouts or using Twitter Bootstrap. Advertisement
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The State Of Responsive Web Design Responsive Web Design: An Ultimate Guide 2012 is known to be the year of smartphones. As per a recent survey the share of smartphones has reached around 50% in US. This is indeed a great time to invest in mobile user experience. Responsive web design Before anything else, it is important to understand what responsive web design actually is. Substitute to Responsive Design Advertisement Ever since the mobiles have become an alternative for desktop browsing, responsive web design has gained immense popularity. - A completely separate mobile version of your website If you think that responsive web designing cannot be implemented on your current web design, you can get a new mobile version designed of your website. - Mobile App Developing a mobile App is the best way to go if you do not want to get into the hassle of designing a responsive website. Tip : 7 Tips to Create The Mobile Version of a Website Advantages and disadvantages of Responsive Web Design Advantages of Responsive web design User Friendly Mobile Segment Accumulated Sharing
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CSS Flexible Box Layout Module Abstract The specification describes a CSS box model optimized for user interface design. In the flex layout model, the children of a flex container can be laid out in any direction, and can “flex” their sizes, either growing to fill unused space or shrinking to avoid overflowing the parent. Both horizontal and vertical alignment of the children can be easily manipulated. Nesting of these boxes (horizontal inside vertical, or vertical inside horizontal) can be used to build layouts in two dimensions. CSS is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, in speech, etc. Status of this document This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Publication as a Last Call Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. The (archived) public mailing list www-style@w3.org (see instructions) is preferred for discussion of this specification. Table of Contents 1 Introduction flex layout . The
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Responsive web design: key tips and approaches Some time ago, designers knew the exact dimensions of work they were commissioned to do whether it be a book cover, poster, newspaper, etc. However, with the emergence of smart phones, iPads and other monitors with different sizes, aspect ratios and resolutions, we’ve lost control of our visual borders. It’s not surprising that responsive web design (RWD) has become the new buzz. This emerging trend is not about fashion or aesthetics; it is rather an attempt to solve usability problems that arise due to the various devices used to browse the Internet. In this article, I’ll describe the approaches used when designing for different devices, what screen sizes and resolutions should be taken into account, and how RWD works from a designer’s point of view. Responsive web design approaches When creating a website that is fit for all monitor screens, the most common approach is designing within the standard screen width and height. There are dozens of graphics display resolutions. In conclusion
Responsive design – harnessing the power of media queries Webmaster Level: Intermediate / Advanced We love data, and spend a lot of time monitoring the analytics on our websites. Any web developer doing the same will have noticed the increase in traffic from mobile devices of late. Over the past year we’ve seen many key sites garner a significant percentage of pageviews from smartphones and tablets. Our commitment to accessibility means we strive to provide a good browsing experience for all our users. Our pages should render legibly at any screen resolutionWe mark up one set of content, making it viewable on any deviceWe should never show a horizontal scrollbar, whatever the window size Stacked content, tweaked navigation and rescaled images – Chromebooks Implementation As a starting point, simple, semantic markup gives us pages which are more flexible and easier to reflow if the layout needs to be changed. Liquid layout is a good start, but can lack a certain finesse. Viewports When is a pixel not a pixel? A media queries example Conclusion
Fix the RSS update time on the WordPress RSS widget One of the most common complaints on the WordPress support forum is that the content of the RSS widget doesn't update, or doesn't update frequently enough. Here's the scoop, each widget instance checks the feed once every 12 hours. Twice a day — that's it. And that aint much. If you are using WordPress 2.8.3, the most current version as of this writing (and you should be), you can change this setting by adding the following to your current theme's function.php: add_filter( 'wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime', create_function('$a', 'return 1800;') ); The above code will cause the feeds to be checked every 30 minutes. 1800 = 1800 seconds == 30 minutes. August 4th, 2009 · tech-talk · whoo · Comments (12)