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Create responsive layouts with Flexbox - WordPress Tutorial
From the course: Learning Responsive Web Design in the Browser
Create responsive layouts with Flexbox
- [Voiceover] We're moving into a new era where web layouts are concerned, and new technologies like Flexbox and CSS Grid makes design in the browser much easier and more exciting. To see what I mean, let's look at how we can use Flexbox to change the layout of some of our content. Right now, these three boxes at the top and the three levels below display vertically across all screen widths. That means as I widen the screen here you'll see the boxes always stack one on top of another. I want them to appear horizontally on wider screens as three buckets with equal heights. Now, I could do that using the good old float and clear techniques, but that would result in clunky CSS and boxes with different heights because the contents are different for each box, so instead I'll use Flexbox, it's way easier, way more efficient, and we can do a lot more with it, so let's see how that works. Now, both these areas are actually pretty much identical, we have three boxes next to another, so I'm…
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Tools and setup2m 55s
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Start with a core setup3m 5s
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Create a baseline document with HTML51m 53s
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Sidebar: A simple RWD principle1m 1s
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Apply fonts and responsive typography8m 8s
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Work on one module at a time8m 30s
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A practical approach to responsive web design6m 39s
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Use modern technologies to simplify the design process9m 18s
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Create responsive layouts with Flexbox9m 44s
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Color tools in the browser4m 33s
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Color experimentation and the value of HSLA5m 21s
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✓ Challenge: Design the article page in the browser1m 24s
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✓ Solution: Design the article page in the browser8m 21s
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