Buttons are used for various purposes on a web page, like submitting a form. And sometimes we want a link to look like a button, and have to figure out how to make that work. Luckily, Bootstrap has given us several classes to make working with buttons and building buttons much easier! This includes both…
Getting a person’s attention is an increasingly difficult task. As a web designer, one of your jobs is to make sure the viewer of your webpage is drawn to the information they need. One way to do it, is with a clear, and simple design. Here’s a link to an Introduction to Visual Design if…
In any website of any reasonable size, you will run into one or more forms to allow the end user to send information to the server. This could be for sending a message to the host, ordering something, etc. Forms can be simple, like a text box to search, or complicated with hundreds of fields….
When building a site, you want consistency. It helps in the design, and makes it easier to communicate with your intended audience. You might call it repetition. The easiest way to do that is via a template. Now different development environments allow you different methods. WordPress has themes, some content management systems (CMS) call them…
Building your navigation is immensely important to any website, whether it is a single page, or a multi-page behemoth. Bootstrap’s navbar is responsive , and supports branding, navigation, search and more. Some basic info from Bootstrap’s site about Navbar, that you might want/need to know. Navbars require a wrapping .navbar with .navbar-expand{-sm|-md|-lg|-xl} for responsive collapsing…
Bootstrap works on the idea of containers and columns for it’s basic layout. Containers are the most basic layout element in Bootstrap and are required when using the default grid system. You can nest containers, but most people don’t find this necessary. You can choose from a responsive, fixed-width container where its max-width changes at each breakpoint (the…
We’ll be looking at Bootstrap, Version 4 as it is the latest, since it gives us several benefits, including being mobile friendly/responsive right out of the box, and comes with several ready to use components. If you go to GetBootstrap.com you are given a couple of options. First, you can click on the Download button….
Responsive Webdesign has been around for a little while, and most modern websites are created using it. The idea is different CSS is used for some, or all, of the website based upon the screen size. This is done through a media query. This way, the exact same webpage can be used – but look…
