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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3

You're reading from   Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Web pages that respond immediately to different screen sizes and devices is one of today's essentials. Packed with screenshots and examples, this book will teach you the professional approach using just HTML5 and CSS3.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849693189
Length 324 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Started with HTML5, CSS3, and Responsive Web Design FREE CHAPTER 2. Media Queries: Supporting Differing Viewports 3. Embracing Fluid Layouts 4. HTML5 for Responsive Designs 5. CSS3: Selectors, Typography, and Color Modes 6. Stunning Aesthetics with CSS3 7. CSS3 Transitions, Transformations, and Animations 8. Conquer Forms with HTML5 and CSS3 9. Solving Cross-browser Responsive Challenges Index

Responsive considerations for CSS3


It's worth remembering that different declarations can be used for different viewports. For example, although I might not mind the way the gradient pattern looks on smaller viewports:

I may choose not to use it for larger viewports (for example 768 px wide and greater). I can therefore just create a specific rule for the background gradient using media queries:

@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
  body {
    background-color:white;
    background-image:
      radial-gradient(hsla(0, 0%, 87%, 0.31) 9px, transparent 10px),
      repeating-radial-gradient(hsla(0, 0%, 87%, 0.31) 0,hsla(0, 0%, 87%, 0.31) 4px, transparent 5px, transparent 20px,hsla(0, 0%, 87%, 0.31) 21px, hsla(0, 0%, 87%, 0.31) 25px,transparent 26px, transparent 50px); 
    background-size: 30px 30px, 90px 90px; 
    background-position: 0 0;
  }
}

Remember that media queries will allow you to specify every element differently for different viewports if you wish. It's all about presenting the...

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