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Is Your Website Mobile-Friendly?

August 31, 2016 by Nancy Fields Leave a Comment

When viewed on a mobile phone or a tablet, does your website look exactly like the desktop version, only smaller?

Or does it look different on each device, like this theme from StudioPress?

StudioPress Foodie theme in three views

If your site looks identical on each device it’s time to change!

Over 50% of all online searches are done on a phone or tablet. If visitors can’t easily read your site, they will be gone…for ever. All the work you put into your site, and all the hours you spent creating your free offer and setting up your forms for list building will go down the drain.

Your time is important. Besides, your perfect customers need you, and you need to give them a good user experience so they’ll want to read your content and keep coming back.

Is your website is mobile-friendly?

It’s easy to check. Click on the link below and enter your URL (i.e. http://www.yoursitenamehere.com). You’ll learn if it’s mobile friendly, plus receive tips on how to fix it, if your site failed the test.

https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/

Google Mobile-Friendly test page

How to make your site mobile responsive

The Easy Way

If you have a WordPress site you can simply change the theme to one the is already mobile responsive.

How to choose a mobile responsive theme through your WordPress Dashboard:

  • Dashboard —> Appearance —> Themes —> WordPress.org Themes (1-4 below)

WordPress Dashboard Appearance Themes

  • Click Feature Filter button (5 below)

WordPress Feature filter

  • Under Features choose Accessibility Ready and Flexible Header (6-7 below)
  • Click Apply Filters (8 below)
  • Choose a theme you like!

WordPress Feature filter

Easier Way

Chose any theme by StudioPress. That’s what I do.

StudioPress themes are perfect for business, plus they’re all mobile responsive.

The Harder, More Expensive Way

Call your website developer, or the person who built your site, and ask them to make your site mobile responsive.

Depending upon how your website was built, your developer may need to create 3 new designs:

  1. one for mobile
  2. one for tablets
  3. one for desktops

Your web developer will also be adding code “under the hood” of your website, called a media query. It will tell your website to display your web page in different screen resolutions. The version your visitor sees will depend on whether they are using a mobile phone, tablet, or desktop.

That’s a lot of work…and a big expense.

My recommendation

If you’re in business get a mobile responsive WordPress website. They’re economical plus you can maintain them yourself, which will save you lots of money in the long run.

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About Nancy Fields

photo of Nancy Fields, president, Fields Graphic Design I love helping people bring their message into the world, and I love building websites in WordPress. I've  also designed hundreds of printed pieces since starting my design business in 1993 — brochures, tradeshow banners, advertisements, one-off books, invitations, letterhead, business cards, publications, newsletters — and these same design skills are brought into every website that's built and customize for my clients — Read More…

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