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Thank you both for such quick replies, it's much appreciated. Robert, what width would you recommend for the container? Would 1024px be best or would you recommend going bigger still?

Hello, I'm trying to get started with coding a responsive website, and learning a lot from some useful blog posts online. But I wondered if someone could help me with (a possibly very basic!) query. I've created a container grid which I want to hold a 2 column layout. One blog I'm using to help me get started walks through using a container div with a width of 980px. I've then arranged a <section> and <aside> within the container with both of their widths specified in %. When I try to minimize the browser with the above code, the container isn't scaling down - I'm assuming because it's specified in px? If I change the container to 75% instead of 960px the container and elements within minimize which is great. However - is it valid/safe to do this? When looking for help online, a lot of places seem to mention the same again with regards to using the container as 960px - but it doesn't respond when I try to resize the browser, so where am I going wrong? Apologies if this is a simple question, but I'm just getting started with the basics.