{"id":941,"date":"2012-11-05T08:24:05","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/?p=941"},"modified":"2012-11-04T11:27:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T16:27:34","slug":"going-mobile-with-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/2012\/11\/05\/going-mobile-with-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Mobile with Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past month I have been working on correcting some issues with a mobile site. I wish from the start I could have redesigned the site but it is 99% done so all I was asked to do was fix a few small issues and add a few last features. After working on this site I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that just because a site is small (width and pixal wise) doesn&#8217;t mean it is mobile. The site is very difficult to navigate. I have to dig to find key information. It is a mess.<\/p>\n<p>When going mobile think about this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Key Information: A mobile site doesn&#8217;t need to be a full site. But it does need that important information that a person person on the go will need. Address, phone number, basic information.<\/li>\n<li>Simplified &amp; Easy to Navigate: Navigating a web site on your phone is very different than on a table or desktop. Phones have small screens and the mouse is your finger. Go big or go home. Clickable areas should be the size of your finger tip.<\/li>\n<li>Classy Design: The layout should be simple, clean, but it still can look good. Keep it light on the images. CSS styling is your friend!<\/li>\n<li>Non important information shouldn&#8217;t be on the home page: It is ok for the user to dig a little. If the user has to click one or two pages deep to get the information they need it is better than cramming it all on one page.<\/li>\n<li>Mind your size: Some people have 4G but most people still have 3G. 3G averages 1-3mbps. In today&#8217;s terms, that is slow. Plus a mobile connection isn&#8217;t a constant connection. The faster a person can access\/navigate your site, the better.<\/li>\n<li>Maybe a Full Site: Being mobile doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t offer a full site. It just means how your site is presented is different. Instead of showing Today&#8217;s Specials, made its a button that takes the person to a new page with all the specials. If there is a lot, do paging. Just remember key information first then let the person dig.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of the best mobile sites I&#8217;ve seen is amazon.com and imdb.com (check them out on your phone). They give you key information in a very userfriendly format. Then allow you to dig deeper.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a mobile site for your business take some time to check it out this week. Think about your site as if you know nothing about your business. How does it rate?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past month I have been working on correcting some issues with a mobile site. I wish from the start I could have redesigned the site but it is 99% done so all I was asked to do was fix a few small issues and add a few last features. After working on this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-improvement","category-image-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1046,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions\/1046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}