Friday, 25 March 2011

Icon holder

I'm starting to get into iconography and it's use in my websites. In the example below I have created an icon holder. This is sort of case which all navigation icons would sit.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Icons</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
{
width:100%;
margin:4em;
}
.iconOuterSquare, .iconInnerCircle
{
position:relative;
behavior:url('scripts/PIE.htc');
}
.iconOuterSquare
{
background:#87B7D6;
width:10em;
height:9em;
border-radius:0.62em;
-moz-border-radius:1em;
-webkit-border-radius:1em;
padding-top:1em;
}
.iconInnerCircle
{
margin:auto;
background:#FFFFFF;
width:8em;
height:6.5em;
border-radius:4em;
-moz-border-radius:4em;
-webkit-border-radius:4em;
text-align:center;
padding-top:1.5em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<figure class="iconOuterSquare">
<figure class="iconInnerCircle">
<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5558426054_a79fb5bffe_t.jpg" />
</figure>
</figure>
</body>
</html>

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Two by Two Layout

In this example I deliver to the user a browser divided by 4 sections of equal height and width. As the user resizes the browser, the page is refreshed so that the dimensions can be recalculated. You can also see how this would work with my previous blog post on font resizing. See http://effectivewebdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/03/resize-chosen-fonts-dynamically.html
I just chose not to include both entries because I like to keep my blog entries small.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Two by Two Layout</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;
line-height:1.5em;
}
#topLeft, #topRight, #bottomLeft, #bottomRight
{
color:#FFFFFF;
float:left;
padding:1em;
}
#topLeft
{
background:#000000;
text-align:right;
}
#topRight
{
background:#9CB82E;
}
#bottomLeft
{
background:#A69A00;
text-align:right;
}
#bottomRight
{
background:#B1009B;
}
</style>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
 google.load("jquery", "1");
 google.load("jqueryui", "1");
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function()
{
$('section').each(function()
  {
   $(this).height(($(window).height()*0.5)-32);
$(this).width(($(window).width()*0.5)-32);
  });
$("#topLeft p").position(
{
my: "right bottom",
at: "right bottom",
of: "#topLeft",
offset:"-20 -20"
});
$("#topRight p").position(
{
my: "left bottom",
at: "left bottom",
of: "#topRight",
offset:"20 -20"
});
$(window).resize(function() {
location.reload();
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<section id="topLeft">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique 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. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</section>
<section id="topRight">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique 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. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</section>
<section id="bottomLeft">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique 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. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</section>
<section id="bottomRight">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique 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. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</section>
</body>
</html>

Resize chosen fonts dynamically

Again, I can't take much credit for this. The real credit goes to the author of this blog entry http://www.pukkared.com/2010/10/resizing-text-with-jquery-and-window-resize/. I have just made a few changes and calls for my own purposes. Namely, passing which fonts I would like to resize, what the original size should be and what size the page should be before resizing begins. Enjoy!

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Dynamic font resize</title>
<style>
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
}
</style>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
 google.load("jquery", "1");
 google.load("jqueryui", "1");
</script>
<script>
$.fn.resizeFonts = function(fontName, originalFontSize)
{
var originalWinWidth = $(window).width();
var ratioOfChange = 50;
$(fontName).css('font-size', originalFontSize);
$(window).resize(function()
{
var winWidth = $(window).width();
var widthDiff = winWidth - originalWinWidth;
if(widthDiff > 0)
{
var pixelsToIncrease = Math.round(widthDiff / ratioOfChange);
var newFontSize = originalFontSize + pixelsToIncrease;
$(fontName).css('font-size', newFontSize);
}
else
{
var pixelsToDecrease = Math.round(Math.abs(widthDiff) / ratioOfChange);
var newFontSize = originalFontSize - pixelsToDecrease;
$(fontName).css('font-size', newFontSize);
}
})
}
$(document).ready(function()
{
$(window).resize(function() {
if($(this).width() < 800)
{
$(this).resizeFonts('h1',20);
$(this).resizeFonts('p',10);
}
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Big Mick's Recipe Book</h1>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique 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. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</body>
</html>

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Big fonts for header

This is another small post. All  I have done is stretched the h2 to match the length of the h1. The effect works very well.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Stretch Fonts to Selector</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;
}
header
{
margin:4em;
width:20em;
text-align:center;
}
h1, h2
{
font-weight:bold;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
h1
{
color:#A5A5A5;
font-size:11em;
}
h2
{
color:#464646;
font-size:6.5em;
margin-top:-0.3em;
}
.i
{
color:#FF0000;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>B<span class="i">i</span>g</h1>
<h2>T<span class="i">i</span>tle</h2>
</header>
</body>
</html>

Friday, 18 March 2011

Example of good Typography Using the Magic number Principle

I've taken much of this example from the excellent article here from Harry Roberts for Smashing Magazine.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Using the Magic number Principle</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;
margin:1em;
}
h1, h2, h3, p, ul, ol
{
margin-bottom:1.5em;
}
h1
{
font-size:1.5em;
line-height:1em;
}
h2
{
font-size:1.38em;
line-height:1.09em;
}
h3
{
font-size:1.25em;
line-height:1.2em;
}
p
{
font-size:1em;
line-height:1.5em;
}
body > p:first-of-type
{
font-size:1.13em;
line-height:1.33em;
}
strong, code
{
font-variant:small-caps;
}
em, code
{
font-weight:bold;
}
ul
{
list-style:square outside;
}
ul ul, ol ol
{
margin: 0 0 0 3.75em;
}
blockquote
{
    margin:1.25em;
    padding:1.25em
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML Ipsum Presents</h1>    
<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>
<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>
</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>