Showing posts with label liquid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liquid. Show all posts

Friday, 10 June 2011

Simple liquid grid layout

I was reading this blog post earlier today, in which it recommends to "Use liquid layouts" and "Roll your own grids". The example below does just this, so with jQuery mobile, fttext etc. I may just be in a good place to develop responsive web designs.

See demo.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Liquid Grid</title>
<!--[if IE]>
 <script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:sans-serif;
}
.oneCol, .twoCol, .threeCol, .goldenRatioLeft, .goldenRatioRight
{
clear:left;
}
.oneCol
{
width:100%;
}
.twoCol section
{
width:50%;
}
.threeCol section, .goldenRatioLeft section.first, .goldenRatioRight section.last
{
width:33.3%;
}
.oneCol, .twoCol section, .threeCol section, .goldenRatioLeft section, .goldenRatioRight section
{
background:#EEEEFE;
float:left;
}
.goldenRatioLeft section.double, .goldenRatioRight section.double
{
width:66.6%;
}
h1, p
{
margin:0.5em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<section class="oneCol">
<h1>Header 1</h1>
</section>

<section class="twoCol">
<section class="first"><p>Column 1 of 2 columns.</p></section>
<section><p>Column 2 of 2 columns.</p></section>
</section>

<section class="threeCol">
<section class="first"><p>Column 1 of 3 columns.</p></section>
<section class="second"><p>Column 2 of 3 columns.</p></section>
<section><p>Column 3 of 3 columns.</p></section>
</section>

<section class="goldenRatioLeft">
<section class="first"><p>Golden ratio left column 1.</p></section>
<section class="double"><p>Golden ratio left column 2.</p></section>
</section>

<section class="goldenRatioRight">
<section class="double"><p>Golden ratio right column 1.</p></section>
<section class="last"><p>Golden ratio right column 2.</p></section>
</section>

</body>
</html>

Monday, 16 May 2011

Mobile friendly liquid layout #7

This example combines a tiled background texture, with a radial gradient over the top. This provides the effect of lighting.

See demo.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Mobile friendly liquid layout #7</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css">
<style>
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
width:100%;
background:url(images/patch.gif);
}
body, a, a:active, a:hover, a:link, a:visited
{
color:#FFFFFF;
}
header, #text, footer, nav a
{
padding:1em;
}
nav
{
height:3em;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
width:3em;
text-decoration:none;
float:right;
text-align:center;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:#0000FF;
}
header, footer
{
height:8em;
}
header
{
clear:right;
float:left;
width:33%;
min-width:26em;
}
#text
{
overflow:hidden;
line-height:1.5em;
}
footer
{
clear:left;
}
h1
{
font-weight:900;
font-size:4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
#background
{
position:absolute;
z-index:-1;
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img id="background" src="images/radialGradientBackground.png" alt="windFarm" />
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
<header>
<h1>Headline 1</h1>
<h1>Headline 2</h1>
<h2>Sub-Header</h2>
</header>
<aside id="text">
<p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href="http://www.effectivewebdesigns.co.uk/demo/mobile-friendly-liquid-layout-5.html#">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p>

<h2>Header Level 2</h2>    
<ol>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>

<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote>

<h3>Header Level 3</h3>

<ul>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>
#header h1 a {
display: block;
width: 300px;
height: 80px;
}
</code></pre>
</aside>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</body>
</html>

Thursday, 17 March 2011

Mobile friendly liquid layout #6

Another take on Mobile friendly liquid layout #5.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Mobile friendly liquid layout #5</title>
<!--[if IE]>
 <script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#FFFFFF;
width:100%;
color:#525252;
}
header, #text, footer, #tasters
{
padding:1em;
}
header, footer
{
height:8em;
}
header
{
float:right;
width:33%;
min-width:26em;
}
#text
{
overflow:hidden;
line-height:1.5em;
}
footer
{
clear:left;
}
h1, h2, h3
{
font-weight:900;
text-transform:uppercase;
color:#FFBC40;
}
h1
{
font-size:4em;
}
h3
{
font-size:2em;
}
#tasters article
{
display:block;
float:left;
width:20%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>Headline 1</h1>
<h1>Headline 2</h1>
<h2>Sub-Header</h2>
</header>
<article id="text">
<p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href="#">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p>

<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
      
<ol>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>
<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote>
</article>
<section id="tasters">
<article><h3>services</h3><p>Introductory text about services</p><p><a href="#">more...</a></p></article>
<article><h3>portfolio</h3><p>Introductory text about portfolio</p><p><a href="#">more...</a></p></article>
<article><h3>contact</h3><p>Introductory text about contact</p><p><a href="#">more...</a></p></article>
</section>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</body>
</html>

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Mobile friendly liquid layout #5

Haven't done one of these in a while so here goes.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Mobile friendly liquid layout #5</title>
<!--[if IE]>
 <script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#000000;
width:100%;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
header, #text, footer, nav a
{
padding:1em;
}
nav
{
height:3em;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
width:3em;
text-decoration:none;
float:right;
text-align:center;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:#0000FF;
}
header, footer
{
height:8em;
}
header
{
clear:right;
float:left;
width:33%;
min-width:26em;
}
#text
{
overflow:hidden;
line-height:1.5em;
}
footer
{
clear:left;
}
h1
{
font-weight:900;
font-size:4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
h1:nth-child(2), h3
{
color:#FFBC40;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
<header>
<h1>Headline 1</h1>
<h1>Headline 2</h1>
<h2>Sub-Header</h2>
</header>
<aside id="text">
<p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href="#">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p>

<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
   
<ol>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>

<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote>

<h3>Header Level 3</h3>

<ul>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>
#header h1 a {
display: block;
width: 300px;
height: 80px;
}
</code></pre>
</aside>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</body>
</html>

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Mobile friendly liquid layout #4

Needs no introduction.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Design Template 24</title>
<!--[if IE]>
 <script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#F2F2F2;
}
body, #picture img
{
width:100%;
}
header, #picture, #text, footer, nav a
{
padding:1em;
}
nav
{
background:#000000;
height:3em;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
width:3em;
text-decoration:none;
float:right;
text-align:center;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:#0000FF;
}
header, footer
{
height:8em;
}
header
{
clear:right;
}
#content
{
min-height:8em;

}
#content, #picture, #text
{
background:#FFFFFF;
}
#picture
{
float:left;
width:33%;
min-height:8em;
text-align:center;
}
#text
{
overflow:hidden;
}
footer
{
clear:left;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>Header</h1>
</header>
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
<section id="content">
<article id="picture">
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2215968391_ebc1b2941b.jpg" alt="Pretty picture" />
</article>
<aside id="text">
<p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href="#">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p>

<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
   
<ol>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>

<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote>

<h3>Header Level 3</h3>

<ul>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>
#header h1 a {
display: block;
width: 300px;
height: 80px;
}
</code></pre>
</aside>
</section>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</body>
</html>

Mobile friendly liquid layout #3

Needs no introduction.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Design Template 23</title>
<!--[if IE]>
 <script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#F2F2F2;
}
body, #picture img, nav a:hover
{
width:100%;
}
header, #picture, #text, footer, nav a
{
padding:1em;
}
header
{
padding-top:2em;
background:#000000;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
width:4em;
width:3em;
text-decoration:none;
text-align:left;
color:#000000;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:#0000FF;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
footer, header
{
height:8em;
}
#content, #picture, #text, nav
{
background:#FFFFFF;
}
#picture, nav
{
float:left;
width:20%;
}
#picture
{
min-height:10em;
text-align:center;
}
#text
{
overflow:hidden;
}
footer
{
clear:left;
}
header h1, header h2, header h3
{
color:#FFFFFF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>Header</h1>
<h2>Sub header</h2>
<h2>Sub sub header</h2>
</header>
<section id="content">
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
<article id="picture">
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2215968391_ebc1b2941b.jpg" alt="Pretty picture" />
</article>
<aside id="text">
<p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href="#">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p>

<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
   
<ol>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>

<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote>

<h3>Header Level 3</h3>

<ul>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>
#header h1 a {
display: block;
width: 300px;
height: 80px;
}
</code></pre>
</aside>
</section>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</body>
</html>

Mobile friendly liquid layout #2

Needs no introduction.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Design Template 22</title>
<!--[if IE]>
 <script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#F2F2F2;
}
body, #picture img
{
width:100%;
}
header, #picture, #text, footer, nav a
{
padding:1em;
}
header, nav
{
padding-top:2em;
}
#top
{
background:#000000;
}
nav
{
height:3em;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
width:3em;
text-decoration:none;
float:left;
text-align:center;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:#0000FF;
}
#top, footer
{
height:8em;
}
header
{
float:left;
width:50%;
}
#content
{
min-height:8em;
}
#content, #picture, #text
{
background:#FFFFFF;
}
#picture
{
float:left;
width:33%;
min-height:8em;
text-align:center;
}
#text
{
overflow:hidden;
}
footer, #content
{
clear:left;
}
header h1, header h2, header h3, nav a
{
color:#FFFFFF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section id="top">
<header>
<h1>Header</h1>
<h2>Sub header</h2>
<h2>Sub sub header</h2>
</header>
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
</section>
<section id="content">
<article id="picture">
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2215968391_ebc1b2941b.jpg" alt="Pretty picture" />
</article>
<aside id="text">
<p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href="#">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p>

<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
   
<ol>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>

<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote>

<h3>Header Level 3</h3>

<ul>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>
#header h1 a {
display: block;
width: 300px;
height: 80px;
}
</code></pre>
</aside>
</section>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</body>
</html>

Monday, 14 February 2011

Mobile friendly liquid layout

This layout works well on most devices. I think it's fair to say that you can do a lot with it. I also discovered a small, but annoying, technical anomaly with webkit browsers while creating it. Using the example below, If I had set the #text element to 'float:left;', this element would have shifted beneath the #picture element. Given the webkit browser is used in many mobile browsers, this becomes more important.

One thing you'll notice from this layout is that I haven't done much with the fonts, but that's just to keep the code slim.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Design Template 21</title>
<!--[if IE]>
 <script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#F2F2F2;
}
body, #picture img
{
width:100%;
}
header, #picture, #text, footer, nav a
{
padding:1em;
}
nav
{
background:#000000;
height:3em;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
width:3em;
text-decoration:none;
float:right;
text-align:center;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:#0000FF;
}
header, footer
{
height:8em;
}
header
{
clear:right;
}
#content
{
min-height:8em;
}
#content, #picture, #text
{
background:#FFFFFF;
}
#picture
{
float:left;
width:33%;
min-height:8em;
text-align:center;
}
#text
{
overflow:hidden;
}
footer
{
clear:left;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
<header>
<h1>Header</h1>
</header>
<section id="content">
<article id="picture">
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2215968391_ebc1b2941b.jpg" alt="Pretty picture" />
</article>
<aside id="text">
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<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
   
<ol>
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  <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>

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<h3>Header Level 3</h3>

<ul>
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</ul>

<pre><code>
#header h1 a {
display: block;
width: 300px;
height: 80px;
}
</code></pre>
</aside>
</section>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</body>
</html>

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Semi-liquid Layout

The layout below offers 2 things. A liquid layout for the main content and a sticky header and footer. It works well across multiple screen resolutions including phones.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Semi-liquid Layout</title>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style type="text/css">
*
{
 margin:0;
 padding:0;
 border:0;
}
body
{
background:#C23F67;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
hgroup, nav, footer
{
font-family:Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
}
h1,h2
{
font-weight:lighter;
margin-left:0.2em;
}
h1
{
font-size:4em;
margin-top:0.5em;
}
h2
{
font-size:3em;
}
nav
{
    text-transform:lowercase;
    text-align:right;
border-bottom:0.1em solid #FFFFFF;
    position:fixed;
    right:0;
    top:0;
    width: 100%;
    _position: absolute;    
    height:2em;
background:#000000;
}
nav a
{
    margin-left:0.25em;
    margin-right:0.25em;
    text-decoration:none;
}
#mainContent
{
    height:auto;
    padding-bottom:2em;
    clear:both;
}
#mainContent p
{
font-family: 'Droid Serif', arial, serif;
font-size:0.95em;
line-spacing:0.5em;
padding:0.5em;
text-align:justify;
}
img
{
margin:0.5em;
width:11em;
min-height:11em;
border-top:0.1em solid #FFFFFF;
float:right;
}
footer
{
    border-top:0.1em solid #FFFFFF;
    position:fixed;
    right:0;
    bottom:0;
    width: 100%;
    _position: absolute;    
    height:2em;
background:#000000;
}
nav p, footer p
{
margin:0.25em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section id="container">
<nav>
<p>
   <a>Home</a>
   <a>Help</a>
   <a>About</a>
</p>
</nav>
     <hgroup>  
<h1 >header</h1>  
         <h2>sub-header</h2>
</hgroup>      
<section id="mainContent"><img />
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</section>
</section>
<footer><p>Contact information</p></footer>
</body>
</html>