We'll probably have to have a separate site because there's just too much to hide. I appreciate the links and comments Che and Paul!
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Paul Vernon <paul.ver...@web-architect.co.uk> wrote: > >> What's the best way to handle making a website mobile friendly? > > Well that's a loaded question and the answer is, it depends... > > Technically, you can simply provide a CSS style sheet for "handheld" devices > which can re-format the layout of the site and turn off elements of the page > that aren't particularly suited to mobile devices or alternatively you can > create a standalone site. > > Either way, this will depend entirely on your requirements and I've done > both in the past. > > As examples, my own hobby site simply uses a "handheld" style sheet to > deliver a slightly different layout for the site to make it a bit more > flexible for mobiles. http://www.retro-kit.co.uk/. This approach retains > most if not all of the main sites content and functionality. > > One of our clients sites however uses a fully optimised for mobile > "mini-site" that driven from the same CMS and is automatically redirected to > if the visitors user agent matches those defined as being "handheld". The > sites are served on two different sub-domains being > http://www.krispykremejobs.co.uk/ and http://m.krispykremejobs.co.uk/ the > latter of which is redirected to when the former is visited by a mobile. The > mobile version of the site uses a much reduced set of features but enables > the core functions to remain and has been quite successful in its approach. > > The two sites Krispy Kreme sites use a simple cookie to remember the users > choice if they end up on the mobile site but would prefer to be on the full > site by clicking on the "View full site" link in the footer. Likewise in the > footer of the main site, the mobile link sets the same cookie to indicate > the preference for the mobile domain. If no cookie exists the user is > directed using the rule set as indicated above. This allows users with > advanced smart phones capable of accessing the full site but usually > identified as "handheld" to choose to receive the full site or vice-versa. > > Paul > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
