They call what a webpage does responsiveness. It’s when a webpage snaps to suit the device it’s being viewed on. Flip a phone on its side, and a website will snap to attention, looking orderly and clean in both orientations.
And that’s just the start of a site’s responsiveness. It also knows the size of the screens and adapts to them accordingly.
A tiny phone screen or a large tablet. It knows a desktop computer with a supersized monitor from a moderate-sized laptop. It knows if a visitor is browsing with Firefox, Opera, MS Edge, etc. Each variance produces vastly different environments, and responsiveness is on the job, rearranging text, pics, videos, and tables — to match!
Readers who can easily read a blog will stay on a blog. Those who can’t will give up and go away.
This page is highly responsive. Flip your device and see how the page automatically moves things around to fit the new layout. See how everything still feels normal after it’s done its job? The text is still the perfect reading size and stays within the confines of the screen. It doesn’t spill off to a place where you must chase it by side-scrolling. The pictures are resized and slotted in perfectly.
New website authors don’t think about responsiveness. They take what they see for granted. As long as it looks good from their end, it looks good to everyone else.
A good coder knows all devices, all screen sizes, and all browsers. They keep up with new phone products, e-device updates, browser changes, and users’ evolving expectations. It’s essential to keep up with this as the market continues to move.
Do I know how to keep up with all this responsive coding stuff?
Nope. Not at all. I’m not even sure if I’m saying it right.
I’m just a writer with a couple of blogs. I haven’t a clue about writing code for anything, much less responsiveness. But I need to know about it to choose the right blog template for the best browsing experience for my visitors.
WordPress is supported by up-to-date coders who are busy writing new code for better site responsiveness. Template updates are frequent and spot-on. With the right page formatting (created by the webpage’s author), WP has one of the cleanest, fastest platforms. It means those searching for online content can read it when they find it. There’s another benefit. Some search engines favour sites that are fast, clean and highly responsive.
That’s it. Now, get back to enjoying my creepy fiction!
–Michael Forman (Author of Dark Fiction)
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