Website Mobile Development Design Tips, Tools and Techniques
Having a mobile website can give you a head start to where web development is heading. More and more mobile website are becoming more common these days and with the cell phone industry leading the way there is going to be more of a demand. There are a few elements you can implement to your site to give you a head start.
Simplify your Current Website
Changing your site to a mobile website can be an easy task. Most websites modify their existing site into a smaller version. They usually remove most of their images and only post the headlines to their articles or content. You will need to simplify your layout too. Advanced CSS techniques and complex layout designs will have problems with the different screen sizes and internet browsers.
Keep Things Small and Clean
With simplifying your layout and design you need to watch how many images you have for your mobile site. With cell phones and other mobile device’s internet not nearly as fast as broadband internet you need to watch how much content you are displaying for each page. Having too many images or too much content can make your website very slow and give your visitors a reason to leave.
Problems with Mobile Devices
The biggest problem that developers will run into is the different screen sizes, resolution and internet browsers. There are all types of screen sizes for mobile devices and each one has their own internet browser. The best thing to do is to set up Google Analytics and track what screen sizes and browsers visitors are using. Google Analytics will pick up internet browsers that will come back as iPhone or BlackBerry. Then target the most popular resolution and watch the average time on site. With a high average time on site could indicate your visitor is reading your content.
Tools to Help Your Development
It is also tricky to test your design on different devices. There are some tools out there that can help you. Adobe Dreamweaver has some mobile device (Preview In Browser > Device Central). There is also a BlackBerry Simulator and a iPhone Simulator, the two most popular mobile device as of today. And make sure that your site is Mobile Development Friendly.
Plan, Develop and Test
Mobile websites is a growing trend in web development and will continue to grow. The best thing is to plan out what your mobile site “needs” and have implemented. Then develop and continue to test. This market is changing rapidly and so will your mobile site if you want to keep up with the public.
Smart phones are very much in demand now and they are capturing more market of Laptops and desktops more and more peoples surf with iPhone, Blackberry and many smart phones so now it must that the new developed website must be mobile compatible to acquire more market share.
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