First take at responsive web design

It is been a year since LSNC got stalled on redesigning its advocate-oriented websites, the last reporting here being about a rebuild of the Race Equity Project site. The process of rebuilding our sites got seriously sidetracked while working on the LSNC Google API Project.

So much time has since passed that we have decided to reboot the whole site rebuilding thing and work purposefully toward a new, better designed set of WordPress templates based on current responsive web design. So, out of the box, here is our initial take: LSNC’s RCFE Field Guide:

The guide is a modest but useful online checklist, with citations, for ombudsman investigators in California who need quick reference to the regulatory requirements affecting the rights of residents of long-term care facilities for the elderly.

This site design is our first attempt to come up with a re-usable flexible grid design that scales and repositions page elements smoothly to accomodate varied viewports, from the desktop down to a 7″ form factor and down further to a typical smartphone display. The design relies on core code from the very clean, minimalist Origin WordPress theme. Lovin’ it.