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- Fluid Layouts vs. Fixed Layouts
- Benefits of a Fluid Layout
- Implementing Fluid Design in CSS
- Scaling Font Sizes and Images
- How to Convert Fixed Widths to Fluid Widths
- How to Use Other Units of Measure with Responsive Design
- Practical Use Cases
- Benefits of Using Viewport Units
- How to Size Fonts in Responsive Web Design
- Implementing a Fluid Design Quiz 5 questions
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Fluid Layouts vs. Fixed Layouts
To understand fluid layouts, let’s compare them to fixed layouts.
Fixed Layout:
Fixed layouts use absolute widths (in pixels) for the page and its elements.
If a screen is 960 pixels wide, a fixed layout would have a page width of 960 pixels, filling the entire screen.
Each structural element on the page, like the main content and sidebar, has a fixed width, such as 600 pixels for the ma...