Responsive Layout

A basic responsive layout example.

by Andreas Scheidmeir

HTML

<body>
    <div class="page">
        <header>
            <div class="logo"> <span>Logo</span>

            </div>
            <nav class="main"> <span>Hauptnavigation</span>

            </nav>
            <div class="banner"> <span>Banner</span>

            </div>
        </header>
        <main>
            <div class="main-content">
                <section class="welcome-text">
                     <h1>Willkommen</h1>

                </section>
                <article class="loesungen">
                    	<h2>Lösungen</h2>

                    <div class="loesung-1"> <span>1</span>

                    </div>
                    <div class="loesung-2"> <span>2</span>

                    </div>
                    <div class="loesung-3"> <span>3</span>

                    </div>
                    <div class="loesung-4"> <span>4</span>

                    </div>
                </article>
                <article class="aktuelles"> <span>Aktuelles</span>

                </article>
                <article class="blog"> <span>Blog</span>

                </article>
                <article class="tweets"> <span>Tweets</span>

                </article>
            </div>
            <aside>
                <nav class="side"> <span>Sidenav</span>

                </nav>
            </aside>
            <article class="mitgliedschaften"> <span>Mitgliedschaften</span>

            </article>
            <footer> <span>Footer</span>

            </footer>
        </main>
    </div>
</body>

CSS

/*
 * Fonts
 */
 @import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat:700);
 * {
    box-sizing: border-box;
}
/*
 * Base styling.
 */
 body {
    font-size: 24px;
    font-family:'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #75042F;
    text-align: center;
}
h1 {
    font-size: 1em;
    margin: 0;
}
h2 {
    font-size: 1em;
    margin: 0;
}
.page {
    border-left: 5px solid #75042F;
    max-width: 960px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}
.logo, nav.main, .banner, aside, article.mitgliedschaften, footer, section.welcome-text, .main-content article {
    vertical-align: middle;
    background-color: #8d8d8d;
    border: 5px solid white;
    border-top: none;
}
/*
 * Responsive Layout
 */
 @media (min-width: 650px) {
    .loesungen div, .aktuelles, .blog {
        float: left;
        width: 50%;
    }
    .loesung-3 {
        clear: both;
    }
    .loesungen:after, .blog:after {
        content:".";
        clear: both;
        display: block;
        visibility: hidden;
        height: 0px;
    }
    .tweets, .aktueles {
        clear: both;
    }
}
@media (min-width: 960px) {
    .main-content {
        float: left;
        width: 75%;
    }
    aside {
        float: right;
        width: 25%;
    }
    aside:after {
        content:".";
        clear: both;
        display: block;
        visibility: hidden;
        height: 0px;
    }
    .mitgliedschaften {
        clear: both;
    }
}
/*
 * Heights to simulate content.
 */
 header .logo {
    height: 90px;
    line-height: 90px;
}
header nav.main {
    height: 50px;
    line-height: 50px;
}
header .banner {
    height: 270px;
    line-height: 270px;
}
main div.main-content .loesung-1, main div.main-content .loesung-2, main div.main-content .loesung-3, main div.main-content .loesung-4 {
    vertical-align: middle;
    background-color: #8d8d8d;
    border: 10px solid white;
}
main div.main-content section.welcome-text {
    height: 250px;
    line-height: 250px;
}
main div.main-content...