How can I make my site mobile ready without a phone to test it on?
I've looked at it on mobile emulators but they only give so much of the picture. Is there something I c
I found Craig's training very helpful here
Is your site Mobile Friendly- Should you care?
you should not need a phone to test it
No, unfortunately. some co-workers have them but they could get fired for taking their phone out at work.
At the meet-up I was at last night, it was suggested you visit Best Buy, where you can test on the latest and greatest phones and tablets!
Hope you have a best buy available to you! Any other store that let's you browse live sites will do!
Hi Trialynn - I wish I could but money is tight and getting tighter. I can't afford to even think about a mobile phone until April and even then it will have to be a cheap one and I have no idea how I will afford service for it. Hopefully I will have my site monetized and making money by then.
Best Buy does not charge you to "try" out their phones and tablets. I was merely suggesting you go into the store and look at your website on their phones and tablets, at the store, without buying anything!
Hmm will have to try that. I hope they are not like most places which regulate you to a few pre selected sites
I have been to several, they let you test till your heart is content - no charge, no hassle!
Hello Rebecca, there is an extension for Google Chrome that I use called Ripple Emulator. With it you'll be able to navigate your site using a mobile view to see how different features display.
One way to check is to go to:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/
and put your URL in the field and click on the "Analyze" button. The page will return results and let you know if your site is mobile friendly...and give you tips on improving it if it is not.
Another way is if you have a Google Webmaster Tools account, you can check by clicking on the Mobile Usability link in the left nav.
thanks I already know that it is not mobile friendly. That wasn't my question. The question is - How can I make it mobile friendly if I don't have access to a smart phone.
Then you don't have a responsive theme. Here is the latest training on changing that:
Making Non Responsive Themes Mobile and tablet Friendly.
You don't need a smart phone. I checked both http://introducingartists.com and http://rebecca-anne.artistwebsites.com/ using https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/ and it came back with a reply of “Awesome! This page is mobile-friendly” for both of these sites. Is there another site that you’ve tried with this tool that is showing that it is not friendly? If so, there are tips right there on the page of how to make the site more mobile friendly.
yeah I know I saw that too and though everything was good - but when I actually looked at the http://introducingartist.com on an emulator it didn't look so awesome to me - in fact it looked like the mobile viewer were only given the option of clicking my latest post and nothing else. Also a reviewer here at WA tells me the typeface is too small on a mobile phone. Not worrying about the other site for now.
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Make my site mobile ready? I cant afford a phone
How can I make my site mobile ready without a phone to test it on?
I've looked at it on mobile emulators but they only give so much of the picture. Is there something I c
This link is what I have used to test if my website is mobile friendly. just put your Url in and it does show you how it looks on mobile devices
Hope this helps
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/
I found Craig's training very helpful here
Is your site Mobile Friendly- Should you care?
you should not need a phone to test it
No, unfortunately. some co-workers have them but they could get fired for taking their phone out at work.
At the meet-up I was at last night, it was suggested you visit Best Buy, where you can test on the latest and greatest phones and tablets!
Hope you have a best buy available to you! Any other store that let's you browse live sites will do!
Hi Trialynn - I wish I could but money is tight and getting tighter. I can't afford to even think about a mobile phone until April and even then it will have to be a cheap one and I have no idea how I will afford service for it. Hopefully I will have my site monetized and making money by then.
Best Buy does not charge you to "try" out their phones and tablets. I was merely suggesting you go into the store and look at your website on their phones and tablets, at the store, without buying anything!
Hmm will have to try that. I hope they are not like most places which regulate you to a few pre selected sites
I have been to several, they let you test till your heart is content - no charge, no hassle!
Hello Rebecca, there is an extension for Google Chrome that I use called Ripple Emulator. With it you'll be able to navigate your site using a mobile view to see how different features display.
One way to check is to go to:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/
and put your URL in the field and click on the "Analyze" button. The page will return results and let you know if your site is mobile friendly...and give you tips on improving it if it is not.
Another way is if you have a Google Webmaster Tools account, you can check by clicking on the Mobile Usability link in the left nav.
thanks I already know that it is not mobile friendly. That wasn't my question. The question is - How can I make it mobile friendly if I don't have access to a smart phone.
Then you don't have a responsive theme. Here is the latest training on changing that:
Making Non Responsive Themes Mobile and tablet Friendly.
You don't need a smart phone. I checked both http://introducingartists.com and http://rebecca-anne.artistwebsites.com/ using https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/ and it came back with a reply of “Awesome! This page is mobile-friendly” for both of these sites. Is there another site that you’ve tried with this tool that is showing that it is not friendly? If so, there are tips right there on the page of how to make the site more mobile friendly.
yeah I know I saw that too and though everything was good - but when I actually looked at the http://introducingartist.com on an emulator it didn't look so awesome to me - in fact it looked like the mobile viewer were only given the option of clicking my latest post and nothing else. Also a reviewer here at WA tells me the typeface is too small on a mobile phone. Not worrying about the other site for now.
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So I'm finishing up a post for tomorrow and working on the SEO portion of it and there is a field asking for something called a Custom Canonical URL. I know this has something
A custom canonical URL is In many ways an irony at least in name. It reduces a mathematical formula to one which has the simplest variables.
As you know in Internet marketing a web page can have various links, all of them different to a single affiliate product i.e. wealthy affiliate's.
All of these links you do not want to be showing in the search engines at best the multiple versions of the URL will water down the page rank the worst-case scenario is that Google can regard it as duplicate content on multiple pages. So the canonical URL simplifies this.
You can put in this the HTML code in the head section of every page <link rel=”canonical” href=”http://www.yoursite.com/subdirectory/promo.asp” /> I tend to use this because it avoids the search engine reading banners, on-site advertising and anything else the competence the page
okay so does it have to be that same url on every post/page? or can I use a different one on each post/page? if the second are there any rules for choosing the url? Thanks!
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Help with custom canonical urls?
So I'm finishing up a post for tomorrow and working on the SEO portion of it and there is a field asking for something called a Custom Canonical URL. I know this has something
A custom canonical URL is In many ways an irony at least in name. It reduces a mathematical formula to one which has the simplest variables.
As you know in Internet marketing a web page can have various links, all of them different to a single affiliate product i.e. wealthy affiliate's.
All of these links you do not want to be showing in the search engines at best the multiple versions of the URL will water down the page rank the worst-case scenario is that Google can regard it as duplicate content on multiple pages. So the canonical URL simplifies this.
You can put in this the HTML code in the head section of every page <link rel=”canonical” href=”http://www.yoursite.com/subdirectory/promo.asp” /> I tend to use this because it avoids the search engine reading banners, on-site advertising and anything else the competence the page
okay so does it have to be that same url on every post/page? or can I use a different one on each post/page? if the second are there any rules for choosing the url? Thanks!
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Would it be a good idea to disable the comments on a blog all together and instead emphasize and encourage readers to use the social sharing widget I have installed?
I am
Okay thank s for the help all - I have decided to go with disqus for my comments but tot hold all comments for moderation before posting them
I am also leaving the ability for guests to leave comments for now.
No - I think it would be an awful idea. If someone can't comment on a post - how can they engage with you. Someone may share your information though an awful lot won't bother and you'll never learn more about the people who are interested in your site.
I set up a site and having misinterpreted something I heard switched off the comments. Worse thing I ever did.
I assume you have akistmet fitted to prevent you getting us much spam.
yeah I have Askimet on of course :)
My other idea is to find a way to make it so that the comments box links directly to social media - maybe using something like disqus. Then I could get comments on both my site and have them automatically shared as well. I'm looking at a few systems that would allow me to still have full moderating control over my comments.
Currently though I have anonymous comments turned off - to discourage spammers from posting.
Thanks for the insight!
Be ware of having anything that is automated. Somewhere like Twitter could consider you a spammer and consequently ban you.
hmm, good point. I wonder if I could get around that by requiring that all comments be approved by me first. I would have to add a line in to the comments section saying all comments must be approved before they will appear of course.
Lol me too digger - would like to figure this out before I start putting up real posts. But then again maybe I should just try it and then report on the results later
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No comments - social sharing only?
Would it be a good idea to disable the comments on a blog all together and instead emphasize and encourage readers to use the social sharing widget I have installed?
I am
Okay thank s for the help all - I have decided to go with disqus for my comments but tot hold all comments for moderation before posting them
I am also leaving the ability for guests to leave comments for now.
No - I think it would be an awful idea. If someone can't comment on a post - how can they engage with you. Someone may share your information though an awful lot won't bother and you'll never learn more about the people who are interested in your site.
I set up a site and having misinterpreted something I heard switched off the comments. Worse thing I ever did.
I assume you have akistmet fitted to prevent you getting us much spam.
yeah I have Askimet on of course :)
My other idea is to find a way to make it so that the comments box links directly to social media - maybe using something like disqus. Then I could get comments on both my site and have them automatically shared as well. I'm looking at a few systems that would allow me to still have full moderating control over my comments.
Currently though I have anonymous comments turned off - to discourage spammers from posting.
Thanks for the insight!
Be ware of having anything that is automated. Somewhere like Twitter could consider you a spammer and consequently ban you.
hmm, good point. I wonder if I could get around that by requiring that all comments be approved by me first. I would have to add a line in to the comments section saying all comments must be approved before they will appear of course.
Lol me too digger - would like to figure this out before I start putting up real posts. But then again maybe I should just try it and then report on the results later
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This link is what I have used to test if my website is mobile friendly. just put your Url in and it does show you how it looks on mobile devices
Hope this helps
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/