The Importance of Having a Responsive Website

At some point in time, we have all visited a website that just looks really old and has a slight bit of 2001 in it. Is this good for business? No, it’s not.

Every thriving business these days has a responsive website, and for good reason. Take Apple for instance, their website looks incredible in desktop view, tablet view, and mobile view.

A good website makes your company look fantastic, so here is a few reasons why you should convert your static site to a responsive website.

What is a responsive website?

A responsive website is a type of website that looks good in mobile, tablet, and desktop view. It provides an optimal user interaction and viewing experience.

Responsive websites respond to their environment, making everything look clean and elegant.

To give an example, grab the side of their browser window with your mouse and make it as small as you can. As you can see, this blog post still looks great – no matter the size. You can put it back now if you want…

Why have a responsive website?

At this point, you should already know the answer to this. You know what a responsive website is, but are you ready to have your website stand out?

There are so many features available from images scaling down to make sure that it still looks perfect, to different types of text. A responsive website makes your business stand out. You will notice that most websites that you visit WILL be responsive.

If you would like to have a responsive website, this is your first step.

Things to consider

There are many aspects to getting a responsive website, and to start is the best practices. Here is a handy checklist:

  • Content

  • Budgeting

  • Time

  • Frameworks

  • CMS System

Content is a major aspect of any new responsive website. As you will probably know, people want to know what your business is all about. Content is key. A new site needs a blog, and preferably quality content to go on it.

Budgeting will need to be allocated before you start the process in creating and building your new website. You will need to set a budget and tell your design agency how much you are willing to spend. The money that you are willing to spend will reflect on how good your website is. You didn’t think Apple spent 500 hours of their time constructing their website for £250, did you?

Time is difficult to calculate because a simple website might take 20 hours, but a complex website may take a whole lot longer. This is something you will need to speak to your web design agency about.

Frameworks are also a huge aspect of your new website. Some websites are created with Bootstrap, others are created through online web builders, Skeleton Framework, or Foundations. The simple fact of the matter is if you use a quality design agency, you do not need to worry about this.

CMS Systems are the foundation of your website. If you don’t know what a CMS is, we will tell you. CMS stands for Content Management System, this will allow you to edit text, images and everything else on your website. The type of CMS depends on what sort of website you have, or what type of business you have.

A company who just has a simple, small to medium-sized site may like to use WordPress, on the other hand if you have a large shop with hundreds of items you may like to use Magento, or even OpenCart. Again this is something you might like to speak to your design agency about.

Conclusion

So you have decided that you want a responsive website? Here at Good Call, we pride ourselves on building fantastic websites adjusted and made to the clients individual requirements.

If you would like to learn more about what we do, check out our Web Design page for more information.

If you’re already sold and would like to discuss your brand new idea with us or transforming your static site to a responsive website, then please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Make sure you make your next call is a Good Call and we will help you through the process.