Hello loyal viewers! Responsive Web Design is an approach to web design aimed at creating an optimal viewing experience. Things like a page adjusting to fit a phone size when looking it up on your phone. This approach has grown in recent years due to the exponential increase in smartphones and tablets, making it necessary to have responsive web design to fit the smaller screens. This is done using a media query, a CSS rule that adjusts the site given the screen size. Breakpoints are also used. These breakpoints are a means of acquiring knowledge about a program during execution.
I did a search for best responsive websites, the one I found was accroachcode.com. It was drastically different given certain width while still maintaining a charming look.

This is a screenshot of the website at desktop view. At the top it has a menu, banner, and a link to a project list. Below that is the main home page graphic. Below that is two text columns detailing the site's information.

Not much is different down on tablet size except the complete exclusion of the header area. The menu, banner, etc. have all vanished. All that remains of the header is the logo.

The mobile phone size is drastically different. The header has now completely disappeared, and the main home image has moved below the main text. The area below that is now down to only one column.

Hello loyal viewers! I have a question for you all. When you access the internet and visit a website, do you use a desktop or smartphone? The number of mobile users has been increasing almost exponentially over the past several years. In 2014, the number of mobile users overtook the number of desktop users. For my school's website alone, mobile viewings have more than doubled over the past two years. Desktop viewings of the school website have fallen by over 30% over those past two years. The interesting thing comes from the times that each spends on the school site. According to this year's statistics, desktop viewers spent an average of two minutes and nineteen seconds on the site, with a 41.53% Bounce Rate (Possibility of viewing only one page before exiting site). Mobile viewers, on the other hand, spent an average of one minute and twenty eight seconds on the site with a 56.68% Bounce Rate. This information points to the fact that mobile users most likely go to a site to retrieve only a little information, while desktop viewers actually take more time to view the site.


Sources: http://www.cnbc.com
http://www.smartinsights.com
http://www.onwravens.net

Hello loyal viewers! I've been very busy over the past week working on this blog. Among the new features and edits are the favicon, view counter, translation software, labels ,font, and new style overall. Each of these new additions is explained more in depth below.

 The first new addition is the creation of a new favicon for the search bar. This allows the blog to appear more professional, as well as provide a slight idea of the site's content.

I also made some big additions to the sidebar. First, I added a translate button for all those nonexistent international viewers. I then added a view counter, so all of my loyal viewers can see how many other loyal viewers have checked out the blog. A description of the blog was added below that. Finally, I added some labels to several posts, so that my projects can be sorted through, and viewed with relative ease.

I made some serious changes to the blog's look overall, most notably, a change in the background color from white to blue. I also changed the font color to better fit with the background. I added a new Quotation of Power (They change every once in a while, so stay tuned for occasional Josh knowledge). And finally, I added a new banner image to match the favicon. I hope you all enjoy the new additions and I keep you coming back.