designing for mobile phone users

[cav]

I would like to have a go at designing a page for my website which would be mobile phone friendly. Bearing in mind I'm no designer & i'm self taught using frontpage only, does anybody know of any guidance I can use?

 

[woopwoop]

Not really too much in the way of advice, although 3 random points:

1. Javascript/ajax won't work on most mobile device browsers
2. Mobile url's are generally a subdomain. ie/ make a simplified version of your site at: m.domain.com or mobile.domain.com
3. Most smartphones now are getting better displaying full pages rather than simplified ones, wap look-a-likes (apart from my point 1). The iPhone or new blackberries render the page in a way that keeps the layout the same as on a full screen.

Good luck, I'm interested in this and hope others can contibute something a bit more informed than me!

 

[cav]

Cheers woopwoop

Had a scan round myself and found this useful as you can test your site & it tells you the errors

mtld.mobi

so I'll play around & design an error free page & see what it looks like on my standard Sony Ericsson

 

[Skinner]

Remember to use a mobile stylesheet and declaration.

if you want true mobile acess you need t write in wml as well as mobile xhtml.

You should also bare in mind that about 150-170 pixels wide is your limit without problems of resizing.

 

[cav]

finished

Thanks for your help guys; designed my mobile friendly web page & it's error free so I'm delighted (& it looks ok on my phone). Also, it's the first time I have used CSS & xhmtl, so I've learnt something & I shall redesign the rest of my website using CSS/xhmtl at some point.

ukdomains.org.uk - mobile version

Now I just need to learn how to make nan breads & I'll be one happy guy

 

[accelerator]

The guy below is a mobile web expert so you might find some interesting stuff on his blog:

About Me | Peter Glaeser

Rgds

 

[namealot]

http://mobiforge.com/designing/story/effective-design-multiple-screen-sizes

Effective Design for Multiple Screen Sizes includes ,Starting, Designing, Developing, Testing, Running