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HTML Responsive Web Design


Your web page should look good, and be easy to use, regardless of the device.


What is Responsive Web Design?

Responsive Web Design makes your web page look good on all devices (desktops, tablets, and phones).

Responsive Web Design is about using CSS and HTML to resize, hide, shrink, enlarge, or move the content to make it look good on any screen:

 

Create Your Own Responsive Design

One way to create a responsive design, is to create it yourself:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-us">
<head>
<style>
.city {
    float: left;
    margin: 5px;
    padding: 15px;
    width: 300px;
    height: 300px;
    border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Responsive Web Design Demo</h1>

<div class="city">
  <h2>London</h2>
  <p>London is the capital city of England.</p>
  <p>It is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
  with a metropolitan area of over 13 million inhabitants.</p>
</div>

<div class="city">
  <h2>Paris</h2>
  <p>Paris is the capital of France.</p>
  <p>The Paris area is one of the largest population centers in Europe,
  with more than 12 million inhabitants.</p>
</div>

<div class="city">
  <h2>Tokyo</h2>
  <p>Tokyo is the capital of Japan.</p>
  <p>It is the center of the Greater Tokyo Area,
  and the most populous metropolitan area in the world.</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>
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Using W3.CSS

Another way to create a responsive design, is to use a responsive style sheet, like W3.CSS

W3.CSS makes it easy to develop sites that look nice at any size; desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone:

W3.CSS Demo

Resize this responsive page!

London

London is the capital city of England.

It is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 13 million inhabitants.

Paris

Paris is the capital of France.

The Paris area is one of the largest population centers in Europe, with more than 12 million inhabitants.

Tokyo

Tokyo is the capital of Japan.

It is the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the most populous metropolitan area in the world.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.w3ii.com/lib/w3.css">
<body>

<div class="w3-container w3-orange">
  <h1>W3.CSS Demo</h1>
  <p>Resize this responsive page!</p>
</div>

<div class="w3-row-padding">

<div class="w3-third">
  <h2>London</h2>
  <p>London is the capital city of England.</p>
  <p>It is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
  with a metropolitan area of over 13 million inhabitants.</p>
</div>

<div class="w3-third">
  <h2>Paris</h2>
  <p>Paris is the capital of France.</p>
  <p>The Paris area is one of the largest population centers in Europe,
  with more than 12 million inhabitants.</p>
</div>

<div class="w3-third">
  <h2>Tokyo</h2>
  <p>Tokyo is the capital of Japan.</p>
  <p>It is the center of the Greater Tokyo Area,
  and the most populous metropolitan area in the world.</p>
</div>

</div>

</body>
</html>
Try it Yourself »

To learn more about W3.CSS, read our W3.CSS Tutorial.