
Are you required to have a responsive website?
Do you know what it means to have a responsive website?
I am going to breakdown what it means to have a responsive website. I am sure you hear this term thrown around when people talk about building a website. Website designers and developers use this term without educating their clients on exactly what this means. You’d be surprised at how many times business owners, who already have a website, ask what responsive means.A website that is responsive simply responds appropriately to the device the website is being viewed on. Have you ever been to a website where you had to immediately zoom out on your phone to see the entire site? This would be a non-responsive website. Your website should adapt to EVERY device not just on mobile either. Look at your website on an iPad, versus a kindle, versus your TV at home, the experience should be relevant to the device. About 5-10 years ago everyone had their domain (yourdomain.com) where their desktop version of their website lived and they would have an “m.” subdomain (m.yourdomain.com) where they would have a mobile-only version of their website. This required businesses and companies to pay for two different websites for one company. In theory, this is good but what if I told you nowadays you can build one website that adapts to any and all devices that your site is viewed on. This is a responsive website.Responsive definition: quick to respond or react appropriately or sympathetically
A responsive website is a requirement, not a feature.

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