How to create a mobile version of your site

The web has gone mobile. Users no longer just sit at their computers looking up information, they are using the internet on the go, on their mobile devices. This means that site owners should address a mobile strategy and consider creating mobile optimized websites giving all visitors optimal browsing experience.

A mobile website does not have to be a headache or cost a lot of money to create. Many sites have popped up in the last few years to help the average webmaster create a mobile version of their site with graphical user interfaces and copy-and-paste code blocks to make things easier.

Here are a few of them to help you get started.

OctoMobi
Octomobi has a lot of great features including GPS, maps, QR codes and more. They have a free plan which is very usable and includes unlimited bandwidth and hosting.

Mobilova
Mobilova allows users to create and monetize the mobile versions of their websites in under 60 seconds. They do have a free trial for 60 days.

Mobify.me
Free for simple web sites or $249/month if your site needs Mobile E-Commerce with Mobify Enterprise.

WireNode
Has a free plan with lots of features and a reasonably priced premium plan. Intuitive, easy to use mobile website creator.

Onbile
Create a mobile site using customizable templates as a starting point. Receive and paste code in the index page of your site and visitors to your website will be automatically redirected to the mobile version if they are on a mobile device. Free to use.

Phone image thanks to SmashingMagazine

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PS. Use this Free Site Builder to get started creating your own site. Hundreds of templates to choose from.

3 Responses to “How to create a mobile version of your site”

1. Financial Web Design says:

   August 21, 2011 at 3:05 am

   A great way to save time, and come in useful if moving the website too. Thank you for the good advice.

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2. mobilova says:

   September 10, 2011 at 7:15 pm

   Thanks for suc a great article and for adding http://www.mobilova.com in the list. kudo

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3. Joe says:

   December 21, 2011 at 5:11 am

   I had a look at the site stats for one of my fitness sites and was shocked to find an alarming 20% of users were browsing from mobile browsers.

   Luckily if you’re a wordpress user you can use a plugin like wptouch to automatically make your website mobile optised at a touch of a button. All for free.

   It’s worth check to see if your site views well on iphone first through, some themse are narrow like yours so it’s possible to read the text without scrolling, others with wider text areas are difficult to read.

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