It would not be wrong to say that the World Wide Web has become mobile to a large extent. Today more and more users are accessing the web from a large number of devices with many of them being hand held mobile devices. People access the internet whenever and wherever from such portable devices due to which designing websites for use in such kind of devices has become very important in order to keep this audience interested and make them come back for more. You will have to develop a strategy according to the different types of projects you may be having on how the website will function in a mobile device.
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There are a few points that you must remember when you are involved in mobile website designing, these are as listed below:
• You may have different requirements for the designing of a mobile website. You could be in need of a new website requiring both desktop and mobile sites, it could be the redesigning of an already existing website or there could be a requirement for a mobile site for an already existing desktop website.
• You must first always analyze the available data before diving into the actual website designing which is true for almost any project focused on redesigning. You may also want to optimize and tweak the mobile website for the browsers and devices which are regularly accessing the website in addition to common device support.
• With the release of a large number of handheld devices almost every year you have to stay on your toes more than ever. Your website should be supported and view able on these portable devices with each of them having different technologies, screen resolutions etc. With the use and implementation of good web technologies one can give their website the ability to adapt and to be viewed on almost any device.
• You must always keep in mind to keep your mobile sites as simple as possible. The reason behind this idea is to keep the load times shorter as wireless connections are not very fast. On converting a desktop design for a mobile device one must keep the size down as well. Due to the limited amount of screen available in such handheld devices the need for simplified design, navigation and layout is much more personified. The placement of various elements on screen must also be given serious consideration.
• The most efficient form of layout for such portable devices is the single column layout. This form of structure best utilizes the limited amount of screen size and is efficient to scale between the different screen resolutions.
The most important step in mobile website designing is the testing phase where you must test your website on as many different handheld devices as you can.
