How long should I budget for an experienced designer to design a responsive ecommerce store?

2013-08-13T15:00:00+00:00

My answer to How long should I budget for an experienced designer to design a responsive ecommerce store? on Quora

There's no single answer to this - it depends on the scope of the project. A one-page store selling 3 items is quicker to design than a thousand page store with dozens of category homepages etc.

I suggest putting together a brief and getting estimates from a number of different designers - that should give you a pretty good idea of how long it should take.

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Is there an alternative to media queries for responsive design?

2013-07-20T14:09:00+00:00

My answer to Is there an alternative to media queries for responsive design? on Quora

Yes: use percentage measurements for your layout components. That way you can build a website that works on a much larger range of screen sizes. You can combine this approach with media queries - for example, you could specify that your site has a 25% wide navigation menu and a 75% wide content area on devices that are wider than 400px, but any smaller than that and it collapses to a single column layout with the menu hidden and accessible only through a menu bar icon.

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How long should I budget for an experienced designer to design a responsive ecommerce store?

Is there an alternative to media queries for responsive design?