Mobile Web Development

[sdarby]

I'm seeing an interesting climb in statistics regarding how many people use the web on a mobile device and how important it now is to develop for that market. I'm curious what are the differences in coding and design for mobile devices vs standard computer. I only have one hand coded site left so this is personal curiosity as I'll be moving that last site to a WordPress site later in the year too. I guess with regards to WordPress are there plugins to help modify the site for the mobile market too... to detect the size of the device used to visit etc?

Eventually I may go back to developing hand coded sites but for now it's merely me wanting to know more!

[HTMLBasicTutor]

You could read through Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 on the W3C website.

Check the site with W3C mobileOK Checker and see what it tells you needs fixing.

W3C is also holding a training class: W3C Mobile Web Initiative Training I did this class when it first came out. Basically, KISS works with fluid construction.

[johnpitter]

If you want to create a mobile website. You have to use WAP protocols for the same. You have to use WAP browser to run this application.

[sebasago]

My opinion is nowadays all website designs should have a mobile version.

[themightypurpleknigh]

With the huge increase in smart phone users, I think is it a must for websites to be mobile-ready.