WEB DESIGN

[DanH]

@d-healey I agree. But it seems like the industry standard. And actually helps with design in that it keeps things uniform

[d.healey]

@DanH said in WEB DESIGN:

seems like the industry standard

More reason to avoid it, who wants to look like everyone else

[DanH]

@d-healey not you obviously

[DanH]

Hey gang. Just doing some redesign of a product page and rapidly realising it's much more preferable to have a completely separate page for mobile... I know you can change the layout for desktop / mobile / tablet, but I think I'd prefer to try something quite different, re-arrange the sections, different text etc.

So can anyone recommend a mobile detector / redirect plugin for Wordpress?

Or any other methods?

Thanks!

[Dan Korneff]

@DanH what webpage designer are you using? Any editor with "responsive website" features can already do this. I'm using Elementor and you can create an entirely different section or layout that is hidden/shown on different views.
https://elementor.com/academy/elementor-responsive-101-all-you-need-to-know/

[DanH]

@Dan-Korneff Thanks, I'm using Kadence. Seems rather limited when switching devices...

Ah I see I can hide stuff on different devices.... maybe that will work!

[trillbilly]

@DanH @Dan-Korneff Yes, Elementor is awesome for responsive webpage design.

[DanH]

@trillbilly It's a bit of a minefield though the mobile thing because as soon as you turn your device horizontal everything changes again

[trillbilly]

@DanH I believe you can make settings dependent on screen size, yes? I haven't used it in a bit since I've gotten a developer but what if you edit the Tablet mode, does it reflect on Mobile side-view at all?

[ustk]

@trillbilly @DanH You can can customise the screen sizes in the responsive mode Elementor

[clevername27]

@orange @DanH Wordpress. Elementor. Woocommerce. Kinsta.

[clevername27]

@DanH You want a layout that does this automatically. Don't mess with separate layouts for mobile. Everything is mobile. Get a layout that works, and test it to make sure it does.

[DanH]

@clevername27 The auto setting is fine, but people's attention span on mobile is going to be a lot shorter than desktop and there is far less space for images, so I'd like a different set of images and far less text for the mobile site.

[DanH]

Reviving this thread because my host server keeps going offline and I need to go somewhere else!! Please post your host recommendations if you have any, I don't need anything fancy, just reliable!

Thanks!

[Adam_G]

@DanH shopify works well, coming from wordpress its kind of a pain but once you figure it out its quite good. on the expensive side though

[d.healey]

Vultr + Cyberpanel

If you don't want to manage your own server go with something like Cloudways.