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Where to find inspiration for a (reactive) personal website?

2•mryingster•15h ago
I've had a personal website since the mid 90's. I used to find making personal sites fun back in the day. Around the time that mobile became a thing, I lost the motivation for updating my design. I found the constraints on size and interactions frustrating, and have let my site stagnate for over a decade. I've recently worked on a project that rejuvenated my desire to update my personal website. I don't know where to draw inspiration from though for a website that is navigable on mobile. I don't feel like I've personally visited many sites where I thought the mobile experience was great. However I realize that in this modern web, it's important to build for mobile first. Any examples you have of good/effective reactive design would be welcomed. I tried doing a search for such resources, but was inundated by AI listicles and I didn't want to give them any views.

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efortis•15h ago
is it for coastalvectors.com ?

if so, I would say start by adding this meta tag, which will prevent the mobile downscaling

  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

also, check out how your site looks like in the reader mode of a mobile browser. That will give you a solid starting point in terms of typography.
mryingster•15h ago
Yep. That's a good starting point for sure. I need to then find a way to make the navigation work better. I made those drop downs with mice in mind...

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