Websites are all about content. People can access your content many different ways and formats with mobile devices, iPads, phones, etc. The questions are: how can we maintain control over the display of our content and keep our brand consistent?

1. RESPONSIVE DESIGN

2. SARA CANNON
Artist, Designer, & WordPress
Developer In Birmingham, AL
Co-founder / Creative Director
Range
sara-cannon.com @saracannon

3. THE FUTURE OF MOBILE

4. THE FUTURE OF MOBILE
THE WEB

5. IN THE YEAR
2015
2015

6. The total number of
people using the web on
mobile devices is set to
surpass desktops by 2015.
INTERNATIONAL DATA CORPORATION (IDC)
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23028711

7. 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
DESKTOP MOBILE

8. 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
DESKTOP MOBILE

9. THE MOBILE WEB

10. THE WEB

11. WHAT IS THE MOBILE WEB?

12. ILLUSTRATION INSPIRED BY BRAD FROST http://sar.ac/IJF7Rf

13. MOBILE SHOULD
NEVER BE AN
AFTERTHOUGHT

15. CONTENT

16. WHAT ABOUT SEPARATE MOBILE SITES?

17. m.facebook.com

18. WHAT ABOUT MOBILE APPS?

20. WHAT ABOUT MOBILE THEMES?

22. “ Rather than tailoring
disconnected designs to each of
an ever-increasing number of
web devices, we can treat them
as facets of the same experience.
- ETHAN MARCOTTE
alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design

23. RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN

24. HicksDesign.co.uk

25. hicksdesign.co.uk

26. hicksdesign.co.uk

27. hicksdesign.co.uk

28. hicksdesign.co.uk

29. bostonglobe.com

30. bostonglobe.com

31. bostonglobe.com

32. bostonglobe.com

33. pelicanfly.co.uk

34. pelicanfly.co.uk

35. pelicanfly.co.uk

36. pelicanfly.co.uk

37. morehazards.com

38. morehazards.com

39. morehazards.com

40. morehazards.com

41. foodsense.is

42. foodsense.is

43. foodsense.is

44. foodsense.is

45. HOW DO WE BECOME RESPONSIVE?

46. 1. ADAPTIVE GRIDS, IMAGES, & MEDIA
2. MEDIA QUERIES
3. TESTING / CRYING TWEAKING
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!

47. 1. ADAPTIVE GRIDS,
IMAGES, & MEDIA

48. FLEXIBLE GRIDS
alistapart.com/articlesfluidgrids
by Ethan Marcotte

49. GRID FRAMEWORKS
lessframework.com columnal.com

50. GRID FRAMEWORKS
cssgrid.net getskeleton.com

52. %

55. TARGET ÷ CONTEXT = RESULT
940
720 220

56. TARGET ÷ CONTEXT = RESULT
940
100%
720 220
76.5957447% 23.40425535%

59. FLEXIBLE MEDIA

61. “ The toughest challenge in
implementing the responsive
bits was fluid media.
- LANCE WILLETT, WORDPRESS.COM

62. MEDIA SOLUTIONS
netmagazine.com/tutorials/ fitvidjs.com
create-fluid-width-videos
by Chris Coyier

63. MEDIA SOLUTIONS
flex.madebymufffin.com fittext.js

64. FLEXIBLE IMAGES

65. MAX WIDTH: 100%

67. ADAPTIVE IMAGES

68. filamentgroup.com/lab/responsive_images_experimenting
_with_context_aware_image_sizing

69. adaptive-images.com

70. viewportindustries.com/blog/automatic-responsive-images-in-wordpress

71. 2G IS THE NEW DIAL-UP

72. 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
DESKTOP MOBILE

73. THE MOBILE WEB

74. CONNECTION SPEED
IMAGE SIZE

75. CONNECTION SPEED
IMAGE SIZE

76. image by Geoff Teehan

77. EVERYTHING IS A
TRADEOFF

78. retina.js

79. NETWORK LINK CONDITIONER

80. 2. MEDIA QUERIES

82. CSS3-MEDIAQUERIES.JS
code.google.com/p/css3-mediaqueries-js
css3-mediaqueries.js is a JavaScript library to make
IE 5+, Firefox 1+ and Safari 2 transparently parse, test
and apply CSS3 Media Queries

83. MOBILE FIRST

84. 3. TESTING / CRYING /
TWEAKING

90. LIMIT YOUR RESOURCES

91. EVERYTHING IS A
TRADEOFF

92. RESOURCES

93. alistapart.com/articles/fluidgrids

94. alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design

95. alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design

96. unstoppablerobotninja.com/entry/fluid-images/

97. mediaqueri.es

98. smashingmagazine.com/2011/07/22/responsive-web-design-
techniques-tools-and-design-strategies

99. zomigi.com/blog/essential-considerations-for-crafting-
quality-media-queries/

100. palantir.net/blog/scalable-navigation-patterns-
responsive-web-design

101. designshack.net/articles/css/sass-and-media-queries-
what-you-can-and-cant-do

102. responsive.is

103. ILLUSTRATION INSPIRED BY BRAD FROST http://sar.ac/IJF7Rf

104. “ Our work is never over.
- DAFT PUNK