The mobile experience in SiteBuilder
Visitors expect a good experience on your website, irrespective of the device or technology they use. It's important to consider how your content appears across devices and at different screen widths.
Mobile device usage
In the 12 months up to October 2024, nearly 30% of sessions on the University website were from visitors using a mobile or tablet:
Sessions on warwick.ac.uk 2023/24
Desktop: edit values in page header
Mobile: edit values in page header
Tablet: edit values in page header
SiteBuilder and mobile devices
All SiteBuilder websites use the University common website template, meaning that pages automatically display appropriately at different screen sizes. On smaller screens, the content automatically reflows into columns. On the smallest screen sizes, such as a phone, content stacks in a single column.
Test your website on mobile devices
When you've made your website, look at it on as many devices as you can. It's useful to experience using your site on a mobile device, particularly if you have designed or customised any layouts.
Testing the mobile experience can give you ideas on how to:
- Improve your writing to communicate information at the top of the page.
- Organise chunks of information by importance, from top to bottom.
- Include links in the body text, not just in a sidebar, which could reposition to the bottom of the page on small screens.
- Optimise button size and placement.