Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know your website has to be mobile-friendly to avoid search penalties. What you may not know is how mobile-friendliness constrains your design choices. One area where a desktop-first approach can trip you up is in the selection of hero images. If you keep small screens in mind when choosing and cropping your hero images, you can prevent problems before they happen. Continue Reading How to Choose (and Crop) a Mobile-Friendly Hero Image A guide for clients and designers
Mobile-Friendly Websites
Don’t Be Suckered by Scaremongers
Have you received a message telling you that your site is not mobile-friendly? Don’t take their word for it. Go to the Google Mobile Friendly Test Tool and enter your URL to find out the truth. Continue Reading Don’t Be Suckered by Scaremongers
How to Mobilize Your Genesis Theme in Less Than an Hour
NOTE 4/20/2015: Genesis child themes are now mobile-responsive, so if you are a Genesis user you shouldn’t need this tutorial. Actually, most WordPress themes created in the past 2 years are responsive. You might be better off just updating your theme, which is what I did for CBI once Lifestyle Pro came out. I love… Continue Reading How to Mobilize Your Genesis Theme in Less Than an Hour
The Obvious Argument in Favor of Responsive Design
Compared to designing a whole new mobile site, installing a mobile WordPress plugin is simple, and it did a good enough job for most sites and most phones…in 2008. Actually, for basic blogs, the standard mobile themes that come with plugins like WP Mobile Detector or Wapple Architect still do a perfectly good job, though they… Continue Reading The Obvious Argument in Favor of Responsive Design
How to Configure Your WordPress Site for Mobile Devices (in One Minute)
George Smyth asked me to do another segment on his One Minute How-To podcast, and I picked this as a topic. First, log into your dashboard and go to “Plugins.” Select “Add New” from the menu. Type “WordPress Mobile Pack” into the search box and click the button that says “Search Plugins.” Click “Install Now.”… Continue Reading How to Configure Your WordPress Site for Mobile Devices (in One Minute)
