Mobile redirection techniques
Tags: Mobile
Posted by: Joel Williams
I don’t know about you but one of the things I find most irritating about browsing the web on a mobile is following a deep link into a site but being redirected to the site's mobile home page. The infuriating thing is that I KNOW the content is in there and now I’ve got to go and find it all over again. I have made a request for specific content and the site should be smart enough to display that content in the most suitable format for the device I am accessing it with. If you are storing that content in a database (probably CMS) then why would you not want that content as widely available as possible?
A recipe for mobile on the move…
Tags: Development, Mobile, Web Content Management
Posted by: Becky Bird
(credit: Claesson Koivisto Rune/Huawei via Akihabara) Huawei Folded Leaf Concept Phone
Recently we had the opportunity to create a mobile solution for a client. Mobile is everywhere these days, and it seems that there are not many who aren't talking about apps. But do you really need an app? Do you really want an extra content system to manage, more development time and money? Or do you just want to ensure that your mobile users can get to your information in a quick, clean and easy fashion?
Why won’t your mobile tell the truth?
Posted by: Martin Pim-Keirle
If you've tried resizing your browser window while viewing this blog, or if you've viewed it on a mobile browser as well as a desktop or laptop, you will have noticed that three different layouts are used dependent on how wide the screen is. Although the latest smartphones have screen resolutions that put older laptops to shame, it is nevertheless becoming an absolute necessity that any new site provide a great browsing experience on small screens as well as a full-size monitor. On this site we use Media Queries for those browsers that support them, and JavaScript for Internet Explorer. It's a work in progress, but so far the signs are good that it is providing a more flexible browsing experience. It even looks nice on a Kindle 3!
