Gone are the days when you can expect to have your website viewed only on computer monitors. People are connected to the internet through a wide range of devices now in addition to desktop and laptop computers. How does your website look on:
- smartphones like the iPhone or Android phone?
- tablets like iPad?
- TVs?
If you don’t like the way your website looks on these different devices, contact me and we can talk about how we might adapt your site to be more scalable / responsive in nature. It is usually advantageous to have a website that can adapt to different screen sizes rather than one site for desktop computers and a separate site for mobile users.
Making a site “responsive” in nature is done by employing some HTML and CSS magic, creating . . .
- Flexible, page layout grids/structures
- Flexible, scalable images and media
- CSS3 media queries to allow for custom styling at different screen widths
- And last but not least, excellent craftsmanship and attention to detail when building the site
Kudos to Ethan Marcotte and his recently published book, Responsive Web Design. I found it very helpful and has been influential in my recent approach to designing/building websites.