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One common notion is, that mobile web experience is not as good as desktop web experience. Developing native or web applications, it is very important to understand that the needs of mobile web development are different than traditional desktop web applications.

Here’s why. Users with mobile phones are more in numbers. Access to mobile applications is more  easy than desktops, laptops etc. Other than this, mobile web development involves lots of inconsistencies. So, if you are planning a new website for mobile phones or re-fitting your existing website to work well on mobiles. Web development includes some basic steps.

• Web development must consider the size of the screen and develop the website as per mobile specifications.
• Browsers used in mobiles are different. You must test your websites for mobile browsers.
• Mobile users have access to phones 24*7, so, your “contact” page or call to action can have a “click to call” option! So that you get the advantage of gaining instant customers!

A creative web development professional has a wide scope to imagine and build new features and mobile web applications.

Website loading speed is important in providing a good user experience, and it’s an important factor in search engine ranking too. Well, as web developers, we seldom think about this. We develop excellent website with error free code and excellent functionality. But it is equally important to avoid certain practices that make the loading of the website sluggish.

Here are a few points that web developers need to look at:

• Reduce the number of HTTP connections required to load the page. With web development you can reduce the number of files required to load. Use CSS for example. You can even combine multiple CSS files.
• Well, on the server side you can include caching your dynamic pages so that the wait time for server to respond is reduced.
• Page not found errors must be fixed, even redirects should be minimized.
• Load the style sheets at the top.
• Place the Java Script files at the bottom too.

HTML Validation refers to checking your code for errors using either an online program or an application.

So, what exactly does this HTML validation do?

• Some validators check for errors in your code.
• Some validators provide suggestions about your code.
• Some validators tell you about certain unexpected results that your code could produce.

HTML validation is a good practice. It helps you with cross browser, cross platform compatibility. If you have an error free and validated code, it will help you with search engine visibility too. The crawlers will be able to crawl and interpret an error free code more effectively.

However, HTML Validation does not guarantee that a page will work, meaning, the validation only checks for syntax. You need to check the functionality for yourself. So, it’s a good idea to validate your code, but don’t depend on it. Thoroughly test your code yourself too!

While we design our website with a creative inclination, let us also bear in mind certain must follow guidelines in web design.

• Speed: The web pages must load fast. This means, if a website visitor has to wait for over 15 seconds for the page to load, he is sure to lure away. So, you have a great design – make it such that it loads quickly too.
• Navigation: The navigation should be clear and customer should be able to easily spot what he is there for.
• Resolution: Make your graphics compatible with all the different resolutions available from 640 x 480 to 1024 x 768.
• Compatibility: You web design should work on all available browsers.
• Fonts: Use readable and professional fonts depending on the type of website. If it is a funky website – go ahead – use all the creative fonts!
• White space: Don’t leave white spaces on the web page.
• Broken links: Always check your website for broken links.