Tag Archive: Responsive Web Design
After a couple of month’s hard graft, I’m pleased to announce the re-launch of the Music Centre’s website. What started out as a responsive design retrofitting project turned into something much more – a comprehensive rebuild including a complete code refactor right the way through the purchase and checkout process! The site now sports a much cleaner presentation, loads faster, and is mobile-friendly throughout to boot.
Well it’s always nice to be doing things, but this month ‘things’ have happened with such frequency that I’ve not had chance to post about any of them! The month started off with The Piano & Cello Duo recording three tracks live as part of the SoundARC Sessions, the results of which can be seen (and heard) below. Next up came news of a new exciting web development commission for a brand-new start-up, who wish to sell their goods through a couple of online channels. I’ll be able to share more info once the project kicks off proper. Mid-month I …
I love Flexbox. It really is the perfect solution to all those pesky layout problems of yesteryear. It’s been a welcome member of my web development arsenal for some time now (with appropriate fall-backs in place for those less well-endowed browsers of course), but I’m still frequently amazed by both the power and simplicity at which it goes about its business. Flexbox (or ‘Flexible Box Layout Module’ if you’re a fan of syllables) is a method for laying out content on a web page, whereby items can be grouped or distributed within a container much more easily than previous layout …
Please note: This post relates to an ealier website build. The age of Responsive Web Design (RWD) is most definitely upon us. Gone are the days of designing strictly for 960px; the modern web is viewed on everything from feature phones to games consoles. With this influx in device screen sizes comes compromise, and so the day has finally come to wave off pixel-perfect page layouts with a fond farewell. But while pixel-perfection may be a thing of the past, it’s still nice to try and achieve as close to a perfect layout as humanly possible. When developing the new …