A website for mobile devices?

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:38:48 +0200, tochiro <nospam.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> wrote:

>I have read pages about creating websites for mobiles devices but I
>still do not understand how to do that practically.

For some years now this has been unneccesary. Just make one set of
content, but do it right.

Use CSS and "fluid design" to cope with a variety of screen size limits.
Base sizes around em units, not pixels. Use the default font size.
Comply with standards and work well cross-browser.

Look at accessibility, using a resource like Joe Clark's book (online).
Make sure that the linearized order is sensible, i.e. useful navigation
first.

Keep page sizes down and don't assume JavaScript is available. Don't
worry too much about image sizes, as you'll still get network assistance
in transcoding thse to appropriate sizes.

Don't assume "phone" means "tiny". My phone has a screen 800px wide. I
still have small bandwidth to use, but I can see things pretty well.
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"tochiro" <nospam.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have read pages about creating websites for mobiles devices but I
> still do not understand how to do that practically.
>
> Imagine you have a website you made for desktop screens, do you have
> to create a second website for mobile appliances? Or can you set up
> your orginal website so that it degrades well in mobile devices? But
> how?
>
> Thank you for your help
>
> Jean-Guy


Depends on what mobile device you want to put it, if small screens, then you
don't have many choices...
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> I have read pages about creating websites for mobiles devices but I
> still do not understand how to do that practically.

I'm still learning too, so I'd appreciate tips. I've put several
pages up, e.g.,:

http://www.isham-research.co.uk/quattro/torque.html
http://www.isham-research.co.uk/quattro/paint.html
http://www.isham-research.co.uk/quattro/vin_numbers.html

Etc.

Browsers seem to be improving rapidly and churn in the mobile market
means no one is using a browser more than around three years old. So
far I've had very few problems - the showstoppers have been device
memory capacity.

See also http://www.isham-research.co.uk/handheld_friendly.html
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On 6 Sep, 11:18, Phil Payne <p... RemoveThis @isham-research.co.uk> wrote:

> See also http://www.isham-research.co.uk/handheld_friendly.html

Underscore is a hard(er) character to enter on many sub-keyboard
devices.
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On Sep 6, 3:40 pm, Andy Dingley <ding....RemoveThis@codesmiths.com> wrote:
> On 6 Sep, 11:18, Phil Payne <p....RemoveThis@isham-research.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > See alsohttp://www.isham-research.co.uk/handheld_friendly.html
>
> Underscore is a hard(er) character to enter on many sub-keyboard
> devices.

No harder than a hyphen on any keyboard I've tested. And the
objective is not to type URIs in anyway.
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On 6 Sep, 17:48, Phil Payne <p... RemoveThis @isham-research.co.uk> wrote:

> > Underscore is a hard(er) character to enter on many sub-keyboard
> > devices.
>
> No harder than a hyphen on any keyboard I've tested.

My phone and my Nokia 770 tablet both let me enter a hyphen fairly
directly, owing to its association with numerics. Underscore means
shifting off to a secondary "symbols" entry method.
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On Aug 29, 10:38 am, tochiro <nos....TakeThisOut@nospam.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have read pages about creating websites for mobiles devices but I
> still do not understand how to do that practically.
>
> Imagine you have a website you made for desktop screens, do you have
> to create a second website for mobile appliances? Or can you set up
> your orginal website so that it degrades well in mobile devices? But
> how?
>
> Thank you for your help
>
> Jean-Guy

Hi Jean-Guy,

There is a new easy to do it tool for building Websites for mobile
devices at buildmymobi.com. Here is a website I created for a friend
passagetoindia.mobi with this tool. Seems like this work with all
devices.

It may be for novices and small business who want to do it easily
without any coding knowledge.

ShashiB
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tochiro wrote on 8/29/2007 10:38 AM:
> Hello,
>
> I have read pages about creating websites for mobiles devices but I
> still do not understand how to do that practically.
>
> Imagine you have a website you made for desktop screens, do you have
> to create a second website for mobile appliances? Or can you set up
> your orginal website so that it degrades well in mobile devices? But
> how?
>
> Thank you for your help
>
> Jean-Guy

Download the Opera web browser, and then click view
small screen. This uses a protocol for mobile device
viewing, and will give you a good idea of what your
page will look like on a mobile device.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne.TakeThisOut@WayneSallee.com
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