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Mobile Website Design and Implementation

by gzibell
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Hello,

Anyone have experience with mobile websites? When going to a lot of websites you get something like m.domain.com. I have built a website for my wife's business that is responsive so it look ok on mobile phone but am curious if having a specific mobile website would be beneficial.

I read somewhere that having a specific m.domain address for a mobile website looks great in the eyes of google and also increases traffic and conversions. Is have a really nice, fast mobile version of a main website important?

How does one go about setting one up? I built my main site using wordpress and a premium theme that I purchased from theme forest and so far that is working well. I understand sub-domains and could setup the m. but what does one use to build a mobile website. Is there something wordpress specific that I could do since I have spent time learning that?

Is there some other platform that works better for mobile website that I should use?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick
    In today's date, I think all prefer a theme/design/css which is responsive. There are a lot of advantages of it, one of them being that you don't need to update content in two places. You will also save money/time, coz you don't need to create a whole new template for the mobile version...

    I have been making responsive templates probably since the time it started. You can use CSS media queries to adjust the design and elements in different screens sizes..

    Also it is supported in all the browsers nowadays...

    Can I use CSS3 Media Queries
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael71
    I prefer goin with a responsive design, too...

    Regarding a mobile only site... I would probably go with a framework like jQuery mobile, Zepto or something like that.

    ZURB Foundation 4 (which is mobile first) uses Zepto... since I love using ZURB Foundation and I use it a lot I would go with ZURB Foundation.

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    • Profile picture of the author gzibell
      My site is responsive now so maybe it is just not worth the effort of building a specific mobile site.

      I will have to look into the two platforms that you mentioned as see what I can learn.

      Do either of them have a interface like wordpress? I am not afraid of code but I don't think I know enough to start from scratch but I am getting pretty good and making edits and customizations.

      If there an easy button for a mobile only site like wordpress?
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