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Harsh Vardhan
1,072 PointsHow are all the elements of the webpage getting sized as per the browser/device width?
The html files doesn't include a viewport tag, yet the "paragraph text" are getting wrapped up, to fit the width. The css files also lacks a property to resize the elements. Why is "this" line missing
< meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
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rydavim
18,814 PointsParagraphs are block-level elements, and will fill the width of their containing element. In this case, your paragraphs are either contained in the link elements with your images, or in the footer element.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
This is a responsive meta tag, designed to let you optimize your website for mobile viewing. Frequently mobile devices will report their width as that of their virtual viewport. This is often a much higher resolution than the physical hardware of the device.
This tag makes it so your website is getting the actual width of the device, allowing you to effectively use things like media queries to improve the look and feel of your website.
Later on you'll add this, once you've started working on your responsive.css file and using media queries. Right now, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Edit - If you'd like to read more about it, CSS Tricks has a pretty good article on the responsive meta tag.