It goes without saying that every website becomes responsive so that it will be more convenient for mobile users. In fact, it will be easier for many web developers and web designers to develop a responsive website from the beginning rather than to develop it from the existing one, since creating unresponsive website into responsive website is more difficult. In fact, for some people the idea to turn unresponsive site into more responsive is like building castles in the air? But don’t worry as actually, there are better ways to go about it than others. Below are some points that you can follow:
- Responsive Retrofit
It seems like the pigs can fly If you want to make a site becomes responsive instantly. However, you can make it becomes more plausible if you have a componentized backend already in place, it could quickly retrofit its existing desktop site. In fact, it can help you pulling off a responsive redesign within two months.
- Parallel Beta
Like the old saying that two heads are bigger than one, therefore you should do parallel beta to make sure that you have the same agreement between you and your client. In fact, some companies want users to be able to test out a responsive design and then return to the ‘classic’ version of the site. Besides, through the parallel beta you will get lots of user feedback which will make your project result more satisfying for both sides.
- Mobile-only Responsive
An existing m-dot site can be used as a sandbox for rolling out a responsive design in stages. The Guardian and the BBC delivered their responsive sites to smartphone and tablet users first, before the desktop site, so you can also follow this step. However, it will be better if you keep your eyes on both of them, since you do not want to have a site that is responsive in mobile but not in desktop, for example if your users shrink the window on desktops, it would not act responsive where all the elements would stay where they are in mobile. This will make your visitors have less credibility on you.