![]() ![]() Responsive web pages in EverWeb use a ‘Responsive’ page layout asindicated in the Page Layout section of the Page Settings tab of the Inspector Window. In the Theme Template Chooser you can select the ‘Home’ page of the Blank Responsive Theme Template or use the ‘Responsive’ page style in the Blank Theme Template. To create your own design from scratch, use a blank responsive page. Next, click on the Responsive Theme that you want to use from the left column and then the page style you want from the right side of the Theme Template Chooser. When adding a responsive page to your EverWeb project, you can choose to see only Responsive Theme Templates by selecting ‘Responsive’ from the dropdown menu in the top right hand corner of the Theme Template Chooser. To build responsive websites in EverWeb you will need version 2.8 or higher installed on your computer. This will save you time, effort and potential frustration and will make your website planning, design and building tasks easier. Page loading times can be slower than for ‘Traditional’ websites.īefore you start building your first responsive website, it is important to get to know EverWeb’s Responsive design features.May increase development and maintenance time, cost and effort.Typically, responsive website design is not a good for creating free form websites. Responsive website design is conceptually difficult and difficult to learn.May reduce development and maintenance time, cost and effort.Requires only one website that caters for all devices.Responsive design promotes website design unity across devices.Google likes responsive websites and ranks Responsive websites higher in Search Engine Results Page rankings pages.Your website design is automatically scaleable on any device.The following lists some of the advantages, and disadvantages, of responsive website design compared to traditional website design: Responsive website design is more structured than traditional website design which is more free form in approach. Do not expect your responsive design to look and/or functionin exactly the same way as your traditional website design. If you want to redevelop an existing 'traditional' style website in to a responsive website design, this will probably require some design compromise in the process. Investing some time and effort in experimenting with responsive design will help you learn about how it works in EverWeb. If you are unfamiliar with responsive design it is recommended that you build a test website first. ![]() However, there may be times when a responsive website may not be the best approach. Responsive Website Design was created to make development of fully scaleable websites quick and easy. However, it is always important to test your design across different types of device to make sure it always displays correctly. As such, your content will need to be consistent across devices and EverWeb makes this easy and flexible to do. Content can be text, or an image, shape or media such as audio and video and so on.Ĭontent automatically rescales to suit the device it is being viewed on from wide desktop computers down to mobile phones and everything in between. ![]() In Responsive Web Design your page content is of primary importance. Your visitor will be ‘directed' to the appropriate page, desktop or mobile, depending on which device the website is being viewed upon. This approach differs from ‘Traditional’ website design which is where you develop separate desktop and mobile web pages, then link them together with a built in redirect. Responsive Web Design is an approach whereby web pages automatically scale to suit the device on which they being viewed upon using one only page design. It is recommended that you review the previous chapters before starting your first responsive website if you are not familiar with EverWeb. Most of these features and functions can also be applied to a responsive website design. The previous chapters describe EverWeb’s features and functions in detail and how to build a ‘traditional’ website. If you are new to creating responsive websites in EverWeb you will need to learn about responsive design concepts and how they work within EverWeb.īefore starting your first responsive website, it is advantageous to have an understanding of EverWeb itself. This chapter introduces you to Responsive Website Design (RWD) in EverWeb and how to create your first responsive website. ![]()
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