Mobile phones and tablets are being used more and more to view websites and shop online. This makes it vital to have a website that works well on these platforms. There are a few options when it comes to designing mobile friendly websites:
- Create an app version of your site that is available for platforms such as Android and Apple store. This can be quite expensive, especially if you require in-depth functionality but can be the most user friendly for your visitors.
- Create a specific mobile version of your website – This will cost less but will mean that your website is properly optimised for use on these sorts of devices. This type of website often only shows the visitor the most commonly used sections of the site (which is easily accessible) with the option to view the full site if required.
- Program your website so it works on mobile devices – This is different to the option above as you will not have a mobile version as such just a website that is programmed with mobile users in mind. This may include using the em setting for fonts rather than pixels and also using percentages for widths and heights etc as this means it will display correctly on a device of any screen size.