This document discusses responsive design and whether it is suitable for SharePoint sites. It begins with an introduction to responsive design, including how it uses fluid grids and CSS media queries to adapt layouts based on screen width. It then covers approaches like progressive enhancement and adaptive design. The document provides examples of breakpoints and media queries that can be used. It also addresses challenges of using responsive design for legacy browsers and how to get started with responsive solutions for SharePoint.

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Responsive Design & SharePoint
Is it right for you?
SharePoint Saturday St. Louis 1/11/2014 #SPSSTL

2. The Test
1 .Back_Row{
2 move to front
3}
@darcehess

3. For Coders
1 $(“tr:last”).each(function () {
2 moveForward();
3 });
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4. Who am I?
D’arce Hess
Developer, Athlete and Musician
PixelMill
Blog: www.thebrandingbutterfly.com
Website: www.pixelmill.com
Email: dhess@pixelmill.com
@darcehess
www.linkedin.com/in/darcehess/
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7. Developing
SharePoint
solutions since
2004
SharePoint
Branding and UI
Specialists
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Your
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Experts

8. The
Dilemma
Have you looked up a
website on your mobile
device and had to pinch the
screen to expand the
content to reach the
information you need?
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9. Mobile Users
Anonymous
1. Is this you?
2. Admit you have a
UI/UX problem
3. Seek help
4. Have better
experience
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10. Why
Consider
Mobile?

11. Users accessed information
using a single device.
Used Keyboard and a mouse
to deliver user experience.
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12. Device Channels
•
Allowed for individual master
pages to target specific devices.
•
Allowed for a unique viewing
experience
•
Required users to maintain multiple
master pages in order to provide
unified experience for users.
•
Only available in SharePoint 2013
Publishing Sites.
•
Can have a maximum of 10 device
channels.
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13. Progressive
Enhancement

14. Named by Steve Champeon in
2003.
Focuses on Content first
A difficult fit for SharePoint
since SharePoint starts with a
desktop view first.
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15. Responsive Design

16.  Ethan Marcotte coined the term responsive web design (RWD) in a May 2010
article in A List Apart.
 Uses fluid grids and CSS3 Media Queries to adjust layout as screen width
decreases.
 The fluid grid concept calls for page element sizing to be in relative units like
percentages, but can also use pixels or points.
 All content remains and adjusts to the screen width
@darcehess

17. Fluid Grids
The fluid grid system uses percentages
instead of pixels for column widths
ensuring proper proportions for key screen
resolutions and devices.
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18. Desktop View
Phone View
Tablet View

19. Demo
http://www.calguard.ca.gov/

20. What it looks like

21. In Practice

22. Break Points
Here are some common break points to use for your RWD
sites
320 px — Mobile portrait
480 px — Mobile landscape
600 px — Small tablet
768 px — Tablet portrait
1024 px — Tablet landscape/Netbook
1280 px & greater — Desktop
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23. Media Queries
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24. Adaptive Design

25. Definition:
Adaptive – “Serving
or Able to adapt, like
the coloring of a
chameleon.”
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26. Focuses more on presentation
than on content.
Items may selected to be hidden
or not presented as screen width
decreases. i.e. Banner images or
columns.
@darcehess

27. Desktop
Tablet
Mobile

28. Dealing with
legacy browsers

29. IE8:
• CSS3 – not supported
automatically.
• Solution:
http://modernizr.com/
• Respond.js does not work
fully.
• System Masterpages
• Last-child selector is not
supported.

30. Where can I start?
www.codeplex.com/responsivesharepoint

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