WordCamp Providence - Responsive Web Design

Responsive Design Primer: Want to learn what Responsive Design is? Learn the history of web design, what RWD is, why you should care, how you can get started using it, and some great tips for anyone who uses WordPress.

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1. Responsive
   Design
   Primer
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2. Brad Parbs
   Plugin Developer
   Worked on over 100 WP sites
   C
   ore contributor for 3.5
   wrote the book “How to be Awesome”
   WordPress Designer
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3. @BradParbs
   BradParbs.com
   Brad BradParbs.com
   @
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4. Who are you?
   * Run a WordPress Blog
   * Created a business site
   * Know nothing about WP
   * PHP Guru or CSS Master
   * John Stamos
   I love
   WordPress!
   Someone who needs
   to use responsive design!
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5. Why do we need Responsive Design?
   Over 1.2 billion
   mobile web users
   In the USA, 25%
   only use a mobile
   device
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6. Well, that’s nice.
   But I don’t care
   about stats.
   Responsive design is the future.
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7. What makes up a theme?
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9. the magic of CSS!
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10. A little history on website design
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11. “Building a website with tables
    is like building a website in Excel.
    Using a spreadsheet. It’s dumb.
    Really dumb.”
    -Bill C
    osby (not really)
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12. 100% Flash sites
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13. fluid grid systems
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14. responsive design!
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17. https://status.heroku.com/
    http://www.bostonglobe.com/
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18. http://robot-or-not.com/
    http://colly.com/
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19. http://thinkvitamin.com/
    http://www.pelicanfly.co.uk/
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20. http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/projects/320andup/
    http://hellofisher.com/
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21. So what actually makes up RWD?
    1. Fluid/Flexible Grid System
    2. Responsive/Adaptive media
    3. Media Queries!
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22. flexible grid system
    Breaks the site content in blocks that can be moved around.
    Sized using ‘ems’ or percentages NOT pixel widths.
    pxtoem.com
    Figure out your widths:
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23. adaptive media
    Images and Videos that resize themselves
    wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-fluid-images/
    WP Fluid Images
    Responsive Video Embeds
    wordpress.org/extend/plugins/responsive-video-embeds/
    FitVids for WordPress
    wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fitvids-for-wordpress/
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24. media queries
    CSS that gets applied for specific cases
    C
    an target device widths, rotation, etc
    Reformat sites and move things around
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25. http://brrad.com/queries
    clear your floats
    change font size
    float things left
    change your nav
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30. everything float: none;
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31. everything float: left;
    margins, padding,
    width adjusted
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32. float: right;
    float: left;
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35. how the #%&! do I test on all of these?
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36. Some things to think about...
    * L
    ook at stats, optimize for
    those devices first
    * Simplify your site for all
    devices, desktop, and mobile
    * Don’t be afraid to go test at
    the AT&T store
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37. always strive to make your site
    beautiful, no matter what
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38. Struggling with integrating this?
    Ask for help on WordPress.org
    Talk to people here!
    L
    ook how other themes do it
    Google!
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39. More useful plugins!
    wordpress.org/extend/plugins/responsive-select-menu/
    Responsive Select Menu
    WP Orbit Slider
    wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-orbit-slider/
    Meteor Slides
    wordpress.org/extend/plugins/meteor-slides/
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40. Things to
    think about
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41. So, let’s recap.
    Media queries rock!
    L
    ots of cool plugins out there to help
    Responsive web design is the way to go
    Your site can work anywhere & everywhere
    John Stamos loves WordPress
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42. @BradParbs
    BradParbs.com
    Brad@BradParbs.com
    Go make your site
    responsive
    right meow!
    Slides:
    brrad.com/pvd
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