Hello readers,
Today, I am feeling like an old school teacher. So, let’s
wear our imagination goggles and picture me as an old time school teacher standing
in front of your class at the start of winter. I am wearing a short-sleeve
shirt with a tie properly knotted, my pants are short with starched creases in
front, and my socks reach to the knee well tucked in my shiny brown shoes – so reflective
you could see your face in it – okay, only if you bent that low!
That was back in the day, when computers were locked in a
room with a big sign screaming – Out Of
Bounds! Right, I know none of you remembered those days. That is how far it
seemed since web developers had to design for only one platform – the computer
screen or do different designs for every different platform.
Today, information is shared across platforms such that the
same message is passed from desktop to laptop, iPad to iPod, and everywhere
else to mobile phones.
So, what did we ever do without these things? Well, let’s
turn the question round and ask how difficult it is for people to design for
all these platforms?
Well, it’s really not that difficult – there are various
design templates that allows us to think multi-dimensionally (pardon my French)
as we design. What more, it is easier because once we design using these
templates, we set the foundation for better and easier content management. How?
Well, when you design multi-dimensionally, you only need to use one template.
Once that template is completed, you simply save and hit publish or whatever
you do and it is available on all platforms - pronto.
This means that web managers have more time to do other
things. They save precious time (remember time means money), and yet reach more
clients simultaneously. So how is this possible? Well, one popular way to do
this is the Zen Garden web design template – which allows you to design for all
platforms at once. Google has that capacity too and several others.
In the age of podcasts/downloads, responsive web design
makes work available on or offline without losing the resolution or the
aesthetic beauty of the work. As a web developer/administrator, you are king of
the pack if you are able to design responsively. You save time, save money and
you are regarded as modern in your approach. This means you can take a lot of
work off dinosaurs who have no clue what responsive design means.
Any questions? Please send them to tundeasaju@gmail.com
Heh, I thought I just heard the bell ring. This means it’s
time to go. You should be happy that I did not come with my cane. Hope you
learnt something. Till we see again – tara!
Tunde Asaju
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