| Web page design for mobile phones and mobile | | | | your site by phone won't have long amounts of time |
| devices is somewhat different than typical web | | | | to read tons of content. Your content needs to be |
| design. First, as in all design, you must consider your | | | | short and to the point in bullet fashion. |
| medium. Obviously the size of our medium is | | | | Third your navigation must be very clear and very |
| important, but it's also important to understand that | | | | succinct. You want to make it extremely easy for |
| there are two different kinds of cell phones with | | | | them to find what they are looking for. Because of |
| access to the internet. | | | | this I recommend narrowing your pages to a mere |
| True mobile phones include both smart phones and | | | | handful of say 4-8 pages. These pages should |
| web enabled cell phones. Smart phones actually | | | | definitely contain contact information such as phone |
| access the internet just like a small desktop | | | | number as well as driving directions. This is one of the |
| computer. Web enabled phones on the other hand, | | | | main reasons people look for a site online, so make |
| can only access mobile websites. | | | | sure you meet their need and make it easy for them |
| Mobile websites are websites that end in the | | | | to get to you. |
| extension.mobi instead or.org or.net. The do not show | | | | Fourth, you should include RSS feeds for them to |
| pictures, only text. These phones cannot simply | | | | subscribe to. If they choose to subscribe its an easy |
| access your regular website and see anything. | | | | way for them to keep up to date about events and |
| Smart phones can access your website and see | | | | specials at your company. |
| everything on it by scrolling endlessly, but this is not | | | | What makes someone qualified to be a mobile web |
| necessarily ideal. Remembering that we need to | | | | designer? If you are considering extending your |
| consider the medium we should instead provide a | | | | business through a mobile site design, I would |
| meaningful experience for our smart phone users. | | | | seriously consider hiring a professional mobile web |
| The best way to do this is with a.mobi site. A.mobi | | | | designer. A mobile web designer will know about the |
| site is a secondary website that is specifically | | | | limitations for the various cell phones on the market, |
| designed for your mobile visitors. This can include | | | | how to get your new mobile site listed in the mobile |
| graphics for those phones that can see them, and still | | | | website directories, be able to make |
| be fashioned in a way that meets the needs of the | | | | recommendations about hosting and how to tie your |
| mobile phone browsers. This allows for banner ads, | | | | new.mobi site to your current website. |
| and text ads that fit well inside their screen as well | | | | They will also know the difference between html |
| as text and links that are specifically chosen to be | | | | (the code used to build regular web pages) and the |
| made available to your browsers on the go. | | | | code necessary to build a site visible on cell phones. |
| Web Design For Mobile Phones | | | | If you keep the above points in mind when looking |
| How does web design and planning differ for mobile | | | | for or interviewing a mobile web designer you will not |
| websites? First, as already mentioned, way fewer | | | | have a problem successfully launching your web |
| graphics and smaller graphics. | | | | design for mobile phones. |
| Second, way less text. Those readers who access | | | | |