Page Layout: Overall Design Strategies Reading Guide

1. Why is CSS better than table layout?

2. What is one positive and one negative of a fixed width design?

3. What is one positive and one negative of a fluid or liquid design?

4. What code can we add to our CSS to stop our page width from getting narrower than a certain point?

5. What is responsive design?

6. What does mobile first mean?

7. Make sure to look at each of the examples of the Boston Globe site. Describe how they change over time.

8. Read through this site about responsive design. What does the site say are things to consider?

9. After learning about design strategies, what type of design would you use? Explain your answer.