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WordPress 5 Cookbook

You're reading from   WordPress 5 Cookbook Actionable solutions to common problems when building websites with WordPress

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838986506
Length 660 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
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Preface 1. Setting Up WordPress and Customizing Settings 2. Customizing Theme Design and Layout FREE CHAPTER 3. Using Plugins and Widgets 4. Publishing Site Content with the Gutenberg Editor 5. Managing Users and Permissions 6. Setting up a Blogging and Editorial Workflow 7. WordPress as an Application Framework 8. Improving Usability and Interactivity 9. Building E-Commerce Sites with WooComerce 10. Troubleshooting WordPress 11. Handling Performance and Maintenance 12. Improving Site Security 13. Promoting and Monetizing the Site 14. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Creating a mobile-friendly site

In the past few years, we have seen a dramatic increase in the use of mobile devices to access the internet. Many people use smartphones and tablets to view websites without using desktop computers or laptops. So, designing sites for mobile devices has become a key factor in making a site easily accessible for any device.

There are two main ways to make a site mobile friendly:

  • Responsive design: In this technique, the site design is modified by changing its elements, styles, and size for different device sizes. We can build a design for desktop screen sizes and shrink the design for smaller devices or design for mobile sites and expand it for desktop sizes. Building for mobile and expanding it for desktop is the recommended way as we only focus on essential features in a mobile-first design.
  • Mobile theme: In this technique, different themes will...
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