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    • RishadShaikh59
      RishadShaikh59 last edited by

      How can I check whether my website is accessible on mobile phones? Is there a tool that allows you to check if your website is opening on different mobiles? Also, is it better to have a dedicated website for mobiles or the original developed in a manner that it appears ok on mobiles as well?

      Cheers!

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      • sinaaaskar
        sinaaaskar last edited by

        hi dears

        i have some accessibility for mobile in my search console

        my site in keywords "اخذ رتبه پیمانکاری" or "اخذ رتبه مشاور"  urls have some accessibility problem

        for example Text too small to read or Clickable elements too close together

        please help me to fix it

        my site name is : "https://sabtorotbe.ir/"

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        • jaraca
          jaraca last edited by

          Very insightful comments. Thanks you al!

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          • Marcus_Miller
            Marcus_Miller last edited by

            Hey, mobile is getting larger and I know that half of my web browsing (at least) is done on my smartphone and with android bringing smartphone features to the wider market then, it's just a matter of time before the world has the web in their pocket.

            We tend to use Wordpress for most of our sites and if possible when we develop for clients. It is pretty SEO friendly out of the box and can easily be tweaked further if needs be. For mobile there are (free) plugins that allow you to serve a unique, simplified version of your site to mobile users and it takes about 5 minutes to download and install it.

            For mobile device (apple/android/ipad etc) you can use WPTouch - it has a free version that does the job and then a pro version that provides  even more features. It has a load of AJAX and HTML5 goodness and is easily customised by non technical sorts through the control panel.

            For those who are willing to dig into the code, it provides the same sort of foundation as a good theme and you can easily do more to brand it up and serve a spinky mobile version of your site with maybe a days worth of development. There are a bunch of others as well, onswipe is great for iPad so take a look around see what works best for you.

            WPTouch Pro is the best one I have seen but there are similar plugins for Joomla, Drupal, Expression Engine etc so again, take a look and see what you can find.

            Working on a bespoke site? Well, you could always take one of these solutions as a starting point, pick it apart and learn from it. Saves reinventing the wheel and some of these solutions are quite mature and robust now so again, there are options.

            Hope it helps & give me a shout if any questions, I have been through the mill with this so happy to help. 
            Marcus

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            • Thos003
              Thos003 @tomcraig86 last edited by

              I find that a lot of quality sites will actually determine what my mobile platform is and then ask if I'd like the mobile version of the website. I prefer this to automatically taking me to a mobile version.

              In my opinion, mobile sites are going to become less relevant as users move to better phones and better phones move to better browsers.

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              • tomcraig86
                tomcraig86 @DavidKauzlaric last edited by

                Yeah, you might even want to show mobile users some different content for example

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                • Lauroca
                  Lauroca last edited by

                  Try this, I hope it helps: http://ready.mobi/launch.jsp?locale=en_EN

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                  • ChrisMacNaughton
                    ChrisMacNaughton @DavidKauzlaric last edited by

                    A good tutorial to CSS for desktop and CSS for mobile on the same page is available at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/dw_html5_pt1.html.

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                    • EnhancedPath
                      EnhancedPath @RishadShaikh59 last edited by

                      I like App dev (I learned a bit of objective C to write my own iPhone apps), but one thing you learn very quickly in that space is that many have come before you, and this becomes more true every day. Simply making another "me too" app won't cut it. However, if you have something of value to offer your audience, something that requires (or would benefit) the native hooks that app development provides to you, than I would say (budget permitting), yea go for it. 🙂 With Apples change in policy on what can generate an app, there may even be cheaper options avilable.

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                      • IM_Learner
                        IM_Learner last edited by

                        Owing to the increasing popularity and usage of mobile devices worldwide, it's better to have a site developed for mobile phones with domain name m.example.com. Also, emphasis should not be on design but content. Mobile phone users are more interested in the content and design only supplements it. Having a contact form is of no value but a link to call the business is much more sensible.

                        As far as investing in mobile applications is concerned, you should come up with something innovative and should not do it just for the sake of doing it. You should plan something which engages user andif that's not possible due to the nature of your business, tie-up with some other business is an option.

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                        • RishadShaikh59
                          RishadShaikh59 @EnhancedPath last edited by

                          What would you say about investing in Mobile Applications for most popular platforms like Iphone, Ipad etc?

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                          • EnhancedPath
                            EnhancedPath last edited by

                            Here is how we handle mobile: Check site stats, and if combined they don't total more % wise then the cut-off for traditional browser testing in general (5%, 10%, etc.), then treat mobile like you would any sub-threshold browser... that is, keep it in mind, test if you have the opportunity, but don't waste resources on it (caveat here obviously being a site that targets mobile, but if that were the case something tells me there would be a desk drawer full of devices to test with already). That being said, the mobile hits we see of any significance come in the form of iPhones, iPads, Andriod devices and rarely a Blackberry. Good news is, most of those devices have a browser that will render something close to a desktop browser. So it seems as these (still somewhat elusive) days of mobile approach, I think the days of thinking of mobile as a different beast that needs separate sites or exhaustive testing come closer to an end. Good news all around 🙂

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                            • mcglynn
                              mcglynn last edited by

                              Regarding the question of testing a site on various mobile platforms, see this article about mobile emulators:

                              http://mobiforge.com/testing/story/a-guide-mobile-emulators

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                              • DavidKauzlaric
                                DavidKauzlaric last edited by

                                Honestly, mobile implementations can be tricky depending upon your website and what kind of content you serve up and how.

                                However, the best solution in my mind is to check what internet browser your users are using and if it detects a mobile browser, have it display a specific CSS stylesheet that modifies the existing website for mobile users. This is easy to do and in my opinion is the best solution because by creating a separate website you have to create double content, more sites to manage/maintain, you split rankings/possible links, etc...

                                It works the same way websites do that have IE6 or IE7 or IE8 special stylesheets, it detects what browser is requesting the website and displays the appropriate files based on that.

                                I hope this helps.

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                                • CraigAddyman
                                  CraigAddyman last edited by

                                  Try this http://validator.w3.org/mobile/

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