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bigkid.co.nz

bigkid

This is a really cool design experiment using a non-fixed width site. Using some scripting (jQuery) to fix the site’s grid/width based on the browser width you are currently viewing the site at. It’s a really cool effect. The design of this site is also very nice, the grid layout used here somehow makes the images very scan-able even though there’s a lot of content on the home page. The sub pages begin to break down when you view this site on a wide screen monitor, parts of the layout just get disjointed and you can lose your place easily. Over all though, I find this site a very refreshing one to review.

5 Comments

  1. Harry Roberts

    Only problem being, if you don’t have JS enabled the site just doesn’t work.

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  2. Gene Crawford

    Yeah, some graceful degradation for users without javascript would be a really thorough touch. I get the feeling this site is largely an experiment in layout and javascript too.

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  3. Gene Crawford

    @Dan @Simon Thanks for the insight on this, I’d never heard of that theme before. I think the review still holds, especially on the sub pages the theme begins to come apart in regards to the layout.

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