Primer On Making A Mobile Website
The Internet has definitely created a global village out of our world
, and with about 1.7 billion people forecast to shift to using mobile phones in accessing it by 2013, it is necessary for web designers and developers to make websites mobile-friendly. It is a good consolation to know that we do not need to be experts to perform the daunting task of creating a mobile version of our websites. Here are ten reminders on how to gear up your site for mobile browsing:
It will always pay off if you know some background about the similarities and differences of platforms and browsers. There are at least eight platforms in the market where mobile devices operate, and there are at least nine mobile browsers available. These browsers come at default when users buy their phones, so it is important to make sure that you optimize your website to most, if not all, of these mobile browsers. Another factor to consider is the screen sizes mobile phones have. The sizes may be 101x80, 128x128, or 120x160 pixels in standard phones; for smart phones, the common screen size is 320x480 pixels. These three are all significant factors to know because they will tell you how much optimization you need to make for mobile devices.
Because phones have smaller screens, the space that your sites can be displayed on is very limited. So address the problem by minimalizing your site; meaning taking out all unnecessary components and content.
Smartphone users are luckier than standard phone users because they can view the original look of websites on their phones. So, in your mobile website optimization, make sure to provide options for standard site and minimalist site viewing.
Your goal is to always make your site available for both Smartphone and standard phone users. So, by incorporating some CSS codes into your site, you will be able to detect whether your site is being accessed using a Smartphone or a standard phone. For each phone type, your theme will be automatically loaded.
To eliminate potential hassle on the end of the users, it will be better if you limit your page scrolling to only one direction, preferably vertically. If you are using Smartphone, it is easy to get annoyed about not knowing when to scroll a page horizontally or vertically. Thus, make sure to avoid this problem by only allowing a scroll direction that is most favorable for your site.
Because users are accessing websites in a minimalized size, it does not mean that they should have a less memorable browsing experience. Of course, you do not want to ruin your visitors' mood by having too many boxes popping out every minute. You have to eliminate this function. In relation, if ever a new window needs to be opened, it will be better to alert the user about this action to prevent him from getting annoyed with your site. But as much as possible, leave these pop-up and new-window capabilities to desktop browsing.
In mobile browsing, having too many images is not really impressive. It will only make your site cluttered, or even, loaded images can cause resolution and scrolling problems. Just leave important icons and logos that will help send your message across.
Users can select buttons, links more easily using a mouse than a fingertip, so for mobile browsing, help your visitors by making your buttons, and links appear bigger. This will prevent them from trying more than once clicking on your links and buttons.
Avoid using Flash and JavaScript in your pages, since you do not know whether a user has the recent version or not. There might be visitors browsing your site with an iPhone, so the more reason to avoid Flash--iPhone does not support it.
As much as possible, make your site's mobile version the same as the standard one in terms of content. Of course, you do not want visitors complaining about not being able go to their favorite page, which they can easily do in standard browsing.
Now that you know the reminders on how to gear up your site for mobile browsing, you can definitely cater to more Internet users utilizing various platforms and browsers. Tweak your site up for the era of mobile browsing.
by: George Tee.
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