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LinkedIn Learning

Learning Responsive Web Design in the Browser

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Want to design in the browser? Learn how to use the browser's flexible canvas and a combination of HTML and CSS to build more responsive, interactive websites and WordPress themes.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What to know before you start this course
1. Design Preparation
  • Use the browser as a design canvas
  • Establish a design language for your site
  • Draft layouts with pen and paper
  • Map out containers by drawing boxes
  • Modularize the design
  • ✓ Challenge: Create a container map and modularize the design
  • ✓ Solution: Create a container map and modularize the design
2. Visual Design in the Browser
  • Tools and setup
  • Start with a core setup
  • Create a baseline document with HTML5
  • Sidebar: A simple RWD principle
  • Apply fonts and responsive typography
  • Work on one module at a time
  • A practical approach to responsive web design
  • Use modern technologies to simplify the design process
  • Create responsive layouts with Flexbox
  • Color tools in the browser
  • Color experimentation and the value of HSLA
  • ✓ Challenge: Design the article page in the browser
  • ✓ Solution: Design the article page in the browser
3. Interaction Design in the Browser
  • Interaction design through CSS
  • CSS transforms
  • Experimentation through image filters
4. Designing WordPress Themes in the Browser
  • Design responsive WordPress themes in the browser
Next Steps
  • Thank you!

Taught by

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

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