Mobile Website Design
WAP Friendly Mobile Websites
Mobile phones, meant for communication are now a day's solution to almost each every problem of human beings. Almost half the population of the world use mobile as a means of communication. In UK there are more mobile phones than the population there. And more than 30 percent of UK's population have browsed the internet from there phones. However, there is no match between number of WAP enabled mobile users and number of websites that actually work on WAP enabled mobile phones.
W3C has laid down some website accessibility design guidelines which are a must follow for websites in order for them to work on mobile phones wireless devices. In order to browse the Internet mobile handsets use WAP technology. As the size of the screen is limited WAP browsers segment out CSS and displays text in a manner similar to how a search engine crawler parts with a website.
Principles of Mobile Web Design
> Usage of CSS for layout is a must for any site
> The coding of a website should be either in XHTML or XML
> Character encoding should be UTF-8.
> Different sizes of mobile handsets should be kept under consideration
> Any critical information about the site should always be right at the top
> Images should be jpeg or gif
> A "back" button in the website is always handy on phones which do not include a "back" button
> Maximum page size recommended is 20kb
> Providing the users value for their spending should be the ultimate goal.
If you feel our knowledge and experience is good enough to give you highly efficient WAP enabled website, then please contact our sales department at sales@seoranksmart.com
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