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How to Choose (and Crop) a Mobile-Friendly Hero Image A guide for clients and designers

January 8, 2017 by Sallie Goetsch 10 Comments

Rule of thirds applied to a 960 x 330 version of the image discussed in this article

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

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: Mobile-Friendly Websites

Don’t Be Suckered by Scaremongers

October 7, 2015 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

results of Google's Mobile-Friendly Test

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

Filed Under: WordPress Consulting Tagged With: Mobile-Friendly Websites

How to Mobilize Your Genesis Theme in Less Than an Hour

November 3, 2011 by Sallie Goetsch 20 Comments

Congregation Beth Israel Home Page 2011-11-03

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

Filed Under: Using WordPress Tagged With: Genesis Theme Framework, Mobile-Friendly Websites, Tutorial

The Obvious Argument in Favor of Responsive Design

October 5, 2011 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Using WordPress Tagged With: Mobile-Friendly Websites

How to Configure Your WordPress Site for Mobile Devices (in One Minute)

August 31, 2010 by Sallie Goetsch 1 Comment

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Interviews

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)

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