Why isn't my 320px media query being applied? - css

I have the following two media queries:
#media (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 359px){
.hero-unit h1 {
margin-bottom: 0;
font-size: 0.2em;
line-height: 0.5em;
letter-spacing: -5px;
color: inherit;
}
.hero-unit p {
font-size: 0.2em;
font-weight: 10;
line-height: 0.5em;
color: inherit;
}
.hero-unit {
background: url("../img/now320.jpg");
height: 5em;
width: 15em;
padding: 0.5em;
margin-bottom: 2em;
background-color: #eeeeee;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
}
h2 {
font-size: 2em;
font-weight: 20;
line-height: 0.5em;
color: inherit;
}
}
#media (min-width: 360px) and (max-width: 479px) {
.hero-unit h1 {
margin-bottom: 0;
font-size: 0.2em;
line-height: 1em;
letter-spacing: -5px;
color: inherit;
}
.hero-unit p {
font-size: 0.2em;
font-weight: 50;
line-height: 1em;
color: inherit;
}
.hero-unit {
background: url("../img/now360b.jpg");
padding: 1em;
margin-bottom: 2em;
height: 10em;
width: 18em;
background-color: #eeeeee;
-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
-moz-border-radius: 6px;
border-radius: 6px;
}
h2 {
font-size: 2em;
font-weight: 20;
line-height: 1em;
color: inherit;
}
}
I'm trying to figure out why the 320 width rule is not being applied at all to my HTML page, even though I've resized it using the responsive design tool in Firefox to have a width of 320px.
I checked the CSS styles using Firebug to see what's going on. I only see the #media (min-width: 360px) and (max-width: 479px) part being applied. That is, its not a case where the CSS rule I think should be applied is being overwritten. What's happening is the rule is never applied at all. Why?

Sometimes browsers just simply don't allow for a viewport to be smaller than a certain size, and I think that line is down around 360, so it may simply not be registering, even with the tool you mention. I can't say, because I'd need to see the live example.
Have you checked the site on an actual mobile device, or at least an emulator? The Opera Mobile Emulator is pretty easy to use.
As an aside, if you want to work mobile first - there is the idea of writing your CSS for 320 devices first, with no media query, as the 'baseline' experience. That is where you specify font families, colors, generally applied styles. Then you add in media queries to work on larger and larger sizes, and that is where you specify changes in layout and text size. The point being - don't wrap your 320-359 styles in a media query as it will be the basic experience for everyone.

If you wish the 320px rule to be applied for all the page you need to write it like this
#media (min-width: 320px)
without any and (min-width....) after it

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Alternatively, you could apply the smaller font size by default without a media query, and then use the min-width query to increase the size at larger widths.

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#media only screen and (max-width:700px) {
.articles {
margin: 50px 0;
}
.article {
left: 0;
width:100%;
}
}
The problem is that your article has fixed width, float and is displayed as inline-block.
Try by adding the following media query:
#media only screen and (max-width : 768px) {
.article {
margin: 0 auto;
display: block;
width: 100%;
max-width: 340px;
float: none;
left: auto;
}
}
When making responsive web pages, add the following element in all your web pages:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
Set CSS width property is set to 100% for images, the image will be responsive and scale up and down. And also use max-width property.
For better responsive design use Media Queries.
#media screen and (max-width: 800px) {
.class-name {
width: 100%; /* The width is 100%, when the viewport is 800px or smaller */
}
}
Refer here

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.navbar {
min-height: 35px;
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Adding min-height: 35px would be enough:
#media (max-width: 767px) {
.navbar {
height: 35px;
min-height: 35px;
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...
Try the following syntax:
#media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {
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height: 35px !important;
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line-height: 35px;
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vertical-align: middle;
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margin-bottom: 0px;
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