Mobile Websites

Is a Mobile Website in your Future?

Which media format lets customers connect with you immediately and from almost everywhere?

MOBILE DEVICES

Do you have a mobile version of your website? If you’ve recently designed your website but still do not have a mobile version, we can define the mobile-access needs of your customers and recreate their ideal environment for you.

Domain Setup, paired with your existing website
Auto Browser Detection
Cross-Browser Compatibility
Mobile Site Hosting
Wireframe Design and Development*

Design Considerations for Mobile Websites

Do you blog?
Do you have an online store?
Do you have a store locator?
How many locations do you have?
Do you have social media sites? If yes, how many and how active?

Mobile Web Design Tips

Target the Right Customers
Publish only the Essentials - Scale Down User Options
Prioritize Content
Avoid Images When Possible
User-Friendly Focus – Larger fonts, simple searches, clean layout and navigation
Use Sub-domains vs .mobi or separate domains
Follow Mobile Screen Size Best Practices
Mobile Designers need to stay up-to-date
Reduce Margins and Padding
Use Single Column vs. tables and divs
Simplify CSS Text Formatting for primary properties, like font, font size, alignment, color, margins and padding
Label Form Fields and Use Alt Tags
Avoid Javascript in forms (for more info, see www.openmobilealliance.org)
Avoid Floats
Provide Adequate Contrast between Text and Background (for clear legibility)
Coordinate Design with Testing Challenges (to support proper display, eliminate elements that can go wrong and expand usability on the diverse majority of mobile devices)
Validate your Markup for speed and accuracy
Allow for Sufficient Testing – while simulating various mobile experiences

The Growth of Mobile

Top 3 Reasons for a Mobile Website

The following conditions are now impacting how customers are communicating and shopping. Armed with this information, you cannot ignore creating a mobile web environment for your customers.

There are 3x more cell phones than computers
Mobile site browsing has doubled
Mobile users socialize on their mobile devices 2x more than desktop users.

Is Mobile Web a Better Way to Socialize?

According to a study conducted the end of 2010, Americans spend about 3 hours per day on their mobile phones. In a separate study (based on the current rate of change and adoption), Morgan Stanley’s analysts believe that mobile web will be bigger than desktop Internet use by 2015. With this dramatic shift toward mobile web use, it’s important for businesses to realize that we’re still at the beginning of this cycle.

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