Thanks webwiz, just got

caffinephil — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:58:42 +0000

Thanks webwiz, just got myself a caffine fix to sit down and have a read. If I get confused i'll be back.

@caffinephil: Here is an

webwiz — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:48:32 +0000

@caffinephil: Here is an article that covers hybrid liquid / elastic design techniques you may find useful: The Incredible EM and Elastic Layouts.

Design is subjective...

demonhale — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:33:41 +0000

Design is subjective... However I agree on using some percentage adjustments for your images, or the safest bet would be to use thumbnails. But to get the desired blow-up, blow-down of images, you can use percentage values.

@webwiz, on the last note, it's not about designing on a hig-res setting to get someone to use the site on a mobile device, there is always the alternate stylesheet solution. You can assign a specific stylesheet for mobile devices, that's why css and semantic markup is so useful in this aspect.

@phil, depending on your experience making such layouts, it is rather simple, what takes time is to perfect the little details. Design as I've said is subjective, making your site centered with fixed width is your own discretion, a well-designed site is much of a visual treat as much as what's underneath the skin (html and css)... imo.

How much work goes into a

caffinephil — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:22:53 +0000

How much work goes into a fluiq/liquid design? Is it a simple process or does the working out of images sizes take up time? I'm playing with the idea of just creating a centered site, would this be classed as poor design?

webwiz — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:59:05 +0000

Well, yes, there are many ways of getting web pages to fit on today's highly variable width displays. Perhaps the easiest is to use a percentage sized width, constrained to your design limitations by using min-width and max-width. Or google for "fluid or liquid css design layouts".

With millions using iPhones and Blackberrys to surf the 'Net these days, 1024 pixels may be a tad too large.