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| Thread ID: 140407 | 2015-10-06 18:52:00 | Website design for mobile | Greg (193) | Press F1 |
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| 1409520 | 2015-10-07 01:41:00 | What does the current website look like?Haven't started it yet. | Greg (193) | ||
| 1409521 | 2015-10-07 01:49:00 | Haven't started it yet. In that case it sounds like you have a bit of planning to do before you start writing any code :) |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1409522 | 2015-10-07 04:50:00 | Start by designing the mobile site first, and then scale that up to desktop. Good frameworks can make this easy for you. :) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1409523 | 2015-10-07 04:51:00 | You definitely should have looked into this quite early as the uptake in more mobile devices using the net is huge and a market you really don't want to miss out on. To get into it quicker with a little bit of learning there are numerous frameworks available to create responsive designs, a lot of them work off a grid system. I have used zurb foundation foundation.zurb.com and twitter bootstrap http: for some designs. Should familiarise yourself with HTML 5, CSS3 and Javascript. Numerous resources available but learn it with your framework and it may help you progress faster. For inspiration and to see what frameworks others have used I suggest visiting http://mediaqueri.es Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1409524 | 2015-10-07 05:01:00 | Start by designing the mobile site first, and then scale that up to desktop. Good frameworks can make this easy for you. :) I've found it to be 50/50. Some people prefer to start mobile first, other start at desktop layout and scale down... But definitely agree with using something like Foundation or Bootstrap as your responsive frame work. Of course they both take a bit of learning to get your head around. Be prepared for a fairly steep learning curve as you move from using a basic html layout up to CSS3 for the styling. Any text editor such as Notepad or Notepad++, Sublime Text 2, Textpad, Edit Plus... etc I use Sublime Text 2 with the Emit plugin for faster coding. Emit also allows you to code using abbreviations which it then converts to the full language. It rocks! You could use Dreamweaver if you already have a copy of it. |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1409525 | 2015-10-07 05:21:00 | If you are a bit freaked out at the thought of writing code or are going cross eyed and feeling overwhelmed after looking at the code on one of the templates you download and are trying to workout where to start.... Here are some links to some very good online coding courses that are free to do and that walk you through each line of code on step at a time https://www.codeschool.com/ https://www.codecademy.com/ There are many other sites out there but either of those would be a good place to start. |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1409526 | 2015-10-07 07:45:00 | Urm... Thanks again folks, and I may sound a bit old-fashioned around you younger guys, but I have in fact created successful websites for my customers who required a site scaleable for any size monitor in the not-too-distant past, so don't need to be told how to suck eggs, so to speak. Personally, I have enough info now to go on to create just a mini version or even a scaleable version of my customer's site; thanks very much to all. Having said that, I bet there's many others who will also benefit from your combined experience. WebDev... yeah I use an older, more familiar version of Dreamweaver, along with NoteTab, and of course my elCheapo graphics apps. But I get fantastic results for my customers in search engines, despite my seemingly archaic expertise. And stuff going to your "code school" links for a joke! hahahaha (but please don't take offence!) |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1409527 | 2015-10-08 06:26:00 | Hi Greg, I posted the links to codeschool and codecademy because I don't know what your coding ability is. I take it you use html5 rather than xhtml4? I use Sublime text with emit because it's for real coders :) |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1409528 | 2015-10-08 07:28:00 | I use Sublime text with emit because it's for real coders :)Huh? So you make your martini with gin and dry vermouth, and because I make mine with French and Geneva, I'm a better cocktail maker than you? p*** off. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1409529 | 2015-10-08 07:45:00 | Huh? So you make your martini with gin and dry vermouth, and because I make mine with French and Geneva, I'm a better cocktail maker than you? p*** off. Easy on there buddy. I'm just trying to help. You asked for some suggestions so I've offered some. If you don't want them that's fine by me. |
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