March 23, 201412 yr Hi I'm currently working on a website at http://proofing.yorkcreative.co.uk which I've taken from a different designer and converted to use Modx CMS (which I often use). This site has already had a few others work on it before me! But I've got everything working nicely. The problem now is my client wants to keep the design and go mobile responsive. Although I explained this is messy and can't really be done without a rebuild, he doesn't want to lose all the previous work he's paid for and it's all already taken months - he wants to launch. Here's the site: http://proofing.yorkcreative.co.uk I've started using HTML Kickstart to work on putting all the content into a responsive framework but I'm encountering a few issues along the way such as the slider with the van moving in and straplines etc. I've got the responding here: http://proofing.yorkcreative.co.uk/test.html Can anyone please help or advise how I can get the slider to stay how it is and animate nicely with the van driving across etc, but if I make the browser window small either hide this completely or make the animation all smaller? Thanks very any help with this.
March 24, 201412 yr Sliders are so 2013 You probably won't be able to do the whole slider on small screens, there's simply not enough room. I would look at CSS3 animations instead, and use a "static" fallback fro older versions of IE. If you can, try to reduce the number of animated elements, then for small screens you can disable the animation and provide a simple text message. I'd also look at the document size, currently it's sitting at 3mb (uncompressed), of which 1.6mb is Javascript - that's not going to play nicely on 3G!
March 24, 201412 yr that's not going to play nicely on 3G! 3G is so 2013. Sorry couldn't resist. OP, there are some responsive sliders that can handle the animation for you. A quick Google search will bring the up.
March 24, 201412 yr What do you propose as an alternative? Basically a "static" hero area, maybe spiced up with a bit of CSS animation.
March 25, 201412 yr Basically a "static" hero area, maybe spiced up with a bit of CSS animation. Hmm... I'm not completely convinced. I think they're a great way to display key content in limited spaces. Especially useful for feedback, news, etc!
March 25, 201412 yr Hmm... I'm not completely convinced. I think they're a great way to display key content in limited spaces. Especially useful for feedback, news, etc! Go on then throw an idea into the pot
March 26, 201412 yr Go on then throw an idea into the pot I've no idea - you suggested that sliders were effectively redundant (or 'out of fashion')
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