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Make Wordpress site scalable for Tablets

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  • 09-12-2013 11:45pm
    #1
    TheIrishClassic
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭


    Does anyone know how to make a wordpress site scalable for a tablet. The site looks fine on my desktop however when I view it on a tablet, the banner goes off the screen and also some of the items on the menu are not visible. I can't seems to scroll across the screen to view what's missing therefore some of the site is cut off.

    I'm using the twenty-twelve theme however I created a child theme and changed the width of the banner and menu to 1040px. Is this the problem??

    HELP!!!


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    #2
    miralize
    Registered Users Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    You have to either make or get a theme that is able to respond to different screen sizes. Look for responsive design Wordpress templates.


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    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    Twenty Twelve is responsive, you need to do something with that banner.


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    farfallaa
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭farfallaa


    Well I had a similar experience and I learned my lesson. Responsive themes are responsive for a reason - the sizes of banners and other web elements are very precisely calculated. for this reason I try not to play around with them. I have recently s tarted using responsive theme (the popular one) - I think it may be a bit more flexible if you want to make child themes without ruining the view on different devices..


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    M.T.D
    Registered Users Posts: 396 ✭✭M.T.D


    There are plugins for WordPress that can help make some older designs "more" responsive. How successful this is depends on the theme.
    A responsive theme has the code built in that changes the css that the browser gets supplied with depending on the screen width.
    On some of our sites phone/tablet users account for close to 40% of visitors. So unless your site displays well on a small screen you could be losing potential leads and clients.


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