3 Maximizing your Experience

Your site is already responsive! But, there are a few things you can do to help your site accommodate mobile users:

Think about dividing your content up into “chunks,” using subheads, bullet lists and images to break up long amounts of text.
Try to adopt a “mobile first” mindset around your content - write for the mobile user first, keeping the content brief and clear. This style can also be adapted for the desktop experience, making your content even cleaner and simpler.
Focus on speed. The faster your site loads, the better you will hold visitors' attention. This is especially important for mobile access.
- Content first: Make every word count. Get rid of clutter and unnecessary content, especially on the homepage.
- Write your content in inverted pyramid style, with the most important information at the beginning and trickling down to the least important information.
- Don’t bury content deep within your navigation. Get users to your content within the fewest number of clicks as possible.
- Get rid of large images and compress them whenever you can. Doing this will reduce the size of the entire page and reduce the amount of time it takes for a phone to download a page over a data connection. Try TinyPNG, a free online tool that optimizes and reduces your image sizes.
- Only use tables for tabular data (numbers and charts), not layout.
- Limit your use of PDFs, labeling those that you need and eliminating long lists of documents. If it’s less than two pages, consider using a Site Page instead.

Last thing, keep your content clean and concise. Do not muck it up with unnecessary content. Think responsively!

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