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HTML Responsive Images Image Delivery with Srcset and Sizes Using Srcset

Mark Brady
Mark Brady
6,239 Points
Posted by Mark Brady
Mark Brady
6,239 Points

My banner srcset isn't going to my large img.

My cache is disabled in the Devtools, but it's still not working. Any idea?

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Responsive Images</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css" />
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css" />
    <script src="js/picturefill.min.js" async></script>
  </head>
  <body>

    <div class="wrapper">

      <img 
           srcset="img/banner-large.jpg 2048w,
                   img/banner-medium.jpg 1400w,
                   img/banner-small.jpg 800w"
           src="img/banner-medium.jpg"
           alt="Nic in front of trees."
           class="banner-image"
        />

      <div class="content-block">

        <div class="profile-description">

          <div class="profile-img">
            <img
              srcset="img/photo-@2x.jpg 2x,
                      img/photo-@1x.jpg 1x"
              src="img/photo-@1x.jpg"
              alt="Photo of a flower."
             />

          </div>

          <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas posuere nec quam vitae aliquet. Etiam sodales feugiat gravida. Donec tincidunt facilisis arcu, ut sagittis eros iaculis a. Nam fringilla erat id lorem pellentesque ornare. Curabitur sed interdum tellus. Etiam imperdiet, dui id condimentum ullamcorper, lectus nibh venenatis lectus, id ullamcorper nibh nibh id dolor. Suspendisse tempor turpis vel commodo consequat. Phasellus at posuere velit. Sed vehicula lacinia mauris sit amet mollis. Etiam semper leo blandit massa molestie congue. Sed ac purus ipsum.</p>
          <p>Integer dignissim ultrices lacus tincidunt aliquet. Cras maximus eleifend felis. Pellentesque in nulla condimentum, aliquet orci sed, gravida velit. Pellentesque mattis ex at magna consectetur porta. Aenean eget volutpat urna. Maecenas sed nisl sit amet tortor vulputate vulputate non nec elit. Mauris bibendum erat nec purus finibus, eget molestie dolor placerat. Pellentesque at massa et ligula sagittis gravida. Nunc libero dolor, luctus ac imperdiet ac, suscipit nec nibh. Ut non diam urna.</p>
          <p>Cras blandit at urna sagittis consequat. Integer tristique mollis metus, at varius leo imperdiet vitae. Donec a porta tellus. Sed sit amet euismod urna. Vestibulum varius urna vitae odio eleifend, et consectetur felis congue. Sed vulputate mattis mauris, eget euismod ante condimentum nec. Integer augue ex, pharetra vitae rutrum a, tristique vitae mauris.</p>
        </div>

      </div>

    </div>


  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Tom Holland
Tom Holland
24,288 Points
Tom Holland
Tom Holland
24,288 Points

2048px is pretty wide, are you using a device that can actually present that large of a browser window?