Make Your Site Mobile-Friendly in Two Minutes

Mike Davidson explains how you can use server-side scripting to Make Your Site Mobile-Friendly in Two Minutes.

It’s an interesting approach that I’ll take a closer look at. When testing this site with mobile devices I’ve found it to be completely usable, but sure, stripping out unnecessary stuff to cut down on bandwidth seems like a good idea.

Comments

1. August 16, 2005 by Jens Wedin

If going through a mobile proxy like Googles (http://www.google.com/xhtml) the proxy stripes out most of the unwanted stuff. If you want to remove other stuff I think the only way would be to use browser sniffing, or is it another way?

2. August 16, 2005 by Roger Johansson

Jens: What Mike suggests is setting up a domain mirror for the stripped version. All requests made through that subdomain will be run through the script without any browser sniffing. Or were you thinking of something else?

3. August 16, 2005 by Jens Wedin

I was reading your post too fast ;)

Sorry, comments are closed for this post.

Information, sponsorship, and externals

About the author

Roger Johansson is a Swedish web professional specialising in web standards, accessibility, and usability. More about me and this site.

Subscribe

Looking for web hosting?

Try DreamHost!

Use the promo code 456BEREASTREET3 to save USD 20 when you sign up!

Latest articles

Validation statistics from Nikita the Spider Comments off
An analysis of the sites crawled by the bulk validation tool Nikita the Spider during March 2008.
Authentic Jobs API and Affiliates program Comments off
The Authentic Jobs job listing service now has a public API and an affiliate program.
What does Acid3 mean to you and me? Comments off
Opera and Apple have announced that their web browsers pass the Acid3 Browser Test, but how will that help web designers and developers?
Designing Web Navigation (Book review) Comments off
Learn the fundamentals of navigation design and design better navigation systems for large and small sites as well as for web based applications.
DOMAssistant bundle for TextMate Comments off
To save keystrokes and speed up development I have created a DOMAssistant bundle for TextMate.
First impressions of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Comments off
My impressions after trying out Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for a couple of days.

More articles

Favourites, here and elsewhere

Affiliation

  • NetRelations
  • Kaffesnobben
  • Dagens recept
  • 9rules network member

Support this site

Show your support by buying a book or two from SitePoint or getting me something from my Amazon Wish List.