Step by Step - Convert Fixed Pixel Layout to Fluid Layout

  1. Start with a fixed pixel layout
  2. Starting with page wrapper, divide wrapper pixel measurement by preferred font size (960/16)
  3. Set wrapper to whatever number you arrive at in em
  4. Add IE fix
  5. For the first children containers inside wrapper use the formula: current pixel width divided by container full size pixel with then multiply result by 100
  6. For the first children OF containers use the formula: current pixel width of current container divided by item width measured in pixels with then multiply result by 100
  7. A List Apart reference for fluid grids
  8. For flexible type use ems. Here is the formula: font size you want in pixels / divided by base font of page = your font size in ems
  9. Example: If you want 32 pixel high type, divide 32/16 and you get 2. set type to em
  10. flexible images with img max-width:100%
  11. fix older versions of IE with img width:100% in conditional style sheet
  12. At this point it works but IE resizing is unusable, use alphaImageLoader script
  13. At real small sizes just scaling down colunms is non-optimat
  14. Media Queries in CSS to change rules depending on device screen or browser window size

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