Tuesday 24 January 2012

Ten Top Tips for Best Practices in Mobile Website Design


No1: 
Design for a variety of platforms, iPhone/Pad, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone


No2:
Keep it Simple - quick to access with short, snappy text and small images. It should be simplet than your standard site


No3:
Link to your standard site, and then link that one back to the mobile site


No4: 
Create a Separate mobile theme. Your main website won't scale down for mobile without a separate CSS and simplified 


No5: 
Only scroll in one direction - same as for your main site, double scrolling is no good, make sure your design fits 


No6: 
No need for pop up windows - mobile technologies is designed to make switching from page to page easy 


No7: 
Make buttons big enough for fingers - on small screens the proportions are different to standard web design 


No8: 
Make text bigger and images smaller - to comfortably read your content, example: http://www.doublesdesign.com/ 


No9: 
No Flash - many mobile devices do not support Flash, so your hard work will go un-noticed 


No10: 
Include as much content as possible but keep simple, compare this site on mobile and desktop: http://www.millriver.co.uk/

Sunday 22 January 2012

Oral bacteria linked to pneumonia risk

Our client - Rushmere DentalCare has highlighted an article on the Dentistry.co.uk website which introduces another reason to keep our teeth clean. "Thousands of vulnerable people are being reminded they should look after their oral health this winter after scientists further linked oral bacteria to an increased risk of pneumonia." Read the whole article here: http://www.dentistry.co.uk/news/4739--Oral-health-Oral-bacteria-linked-to-pneumonia-risk

Your local BACD registered dental practice and licenced cosmetic dentistry http://www.rushmeredentalcare.co.uk