How to Design a Responsive Adult Website?

Since the evolution of the internet, we have come a long way now. In the beginning, we only had one way to connect and use the internet i.e. a desktop computer. And then too, there were many porn websites. Adult website business was also evolving with the internet. It wasn’t so easy and starting an adult website wasconsidered quite a difficult job in those days due to lack of knowledge and guidance. Also, the element of risk in this adult business cannot be discounted. But still, there were many people who had some idea about the future of porn industry and they jumped into this business by starting an adult website.

In those days, there used to be only one type of website that was compatible with desktops. But soon, mobile phones hit the markets. When mobile phones started to become internet enabled (WAP), people wanted to access certain information on the move such as checking train times, the weather reports, etc.  When people wanted to visit their favourite adult turnkey website (which was not mobile compatible then) on a mobile phone, it involved difficult navigation, large slow downloads, big bills and an all-around poor user experience.

Website owners knew something had to be done because it was affecting their business and they had to come up with some new adultwebsite marketing idea. But they made some changes and came up with mobile sites. These adult turnkey website were compatible with mobile phones and they were a version of their main sites. You might have noticed a few of them such as the ones starting with “m” instead of “www”. These were called a version of their main sites, but there were many functions and features missing in them. Users were able to use only the basic part of site content and functionality, and it made them miss out the information they might have expected to find. Having two sites was also an overwhelming burden for the owners. Designing, building and managing two sites was costing them more, along with less enjoyable experience for the user.

When smartphones and tablets came into picture with different sizes, it only increased their problem. Designing and building two different types of websites was in itself an intricate problem, and hence, creating a new version for every different device meant significant overhead costs and bad user experience. Seriously, you cannot create different websites for different devices, and when devices started to come in different sizes, it only meant adding fuel to the fire. Addressing this important problem seemed imperative.

The answer to all these questions is Responsive Design. But what is a responsive adult website?

What is Responsive Web Design?

Let’s start with an example. Suppose you are not near your laptop or desktop, and you need to look up for some information regarding something. You have your mobile phone or tablet with you. You need that information now and cannot wait till you get home. You go to a certain website, but you find that you need to do some nifty finger work to actually view or access any required information. And as it is urgent, you google an alternative site which is more viewable, more accessible on your device and could provide you with complete information. Herein lies the essence of a responsive website.

In short, responsive web design is a collection of techniques that allow a website to flex and adapt to the size of screen it’s being viewed on. When someone opens your site on a small smartphone, the same site shall be shown to the person opening it on his / her laptop, but the site will notice the change in device and automatically reformat itself to give the user an experience better suited according to their device. As a result, you can do away with the problem of having to zoom in and out to find the content you're looking for.  Loading time of a responsive website is small.

What a responsive site successfully addresses:

·         Screen resolution

·         Browser Choice

·         Browser toolbars and window size

·         The operating system and hardware.

Taking the responsive approach towards your site design provides with optimal experience for your users, which includes easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning and scrolling across a wide range of devices. Let’s see what the benefits of having a responsive website are.

Benefits of Responsive Website

There are many benefits of having a responsive website apart from compatibility on all kinds of devices. Here are the best benefits of having a responsive web design for your website:

ü  Future Proofing: Responsive websites work well across all types of existing devices available on the market.

ü  Faster, Smarter and Better User Experience: When you optimize your adult turnkey website, no matter what the user chooses to view it on, it makes their life easier. It makes your site compatible for them to view from any device they use. And happier customer means a happier adult website business. It also means you have to spend less on adult website marketing.

ü  Cost Effective: It may take you a little extra time to setup your responsive website, but believe me, it will survive longer and the unified approach that involves management, support and upgrades only need be applied to one place. You don’t need to apply new ideas on each site for a different device. Also, it saves your money by not having to do the marketing for different sites. Adult website marketing could be very costly at times, and with a responsive website, it could save you some money. This means that it saves your time, as well as money.

ü  SEO Optimized: It is very difficult to manage SEO for different versions of your sites. Managing SEO for mobile and desktops separately is extremely difficult and even if you try to manage SEO separately, you shall not experience success. Even Google recommends a responsive approach to combat such problems. A consolidated view of your website search results should provide best results.

ü  Improve Conversion Rates: When a user views your optimised and consistent site, it doesn’t matter what platform or which device he / she is using, your website provides a better experience for him / her. And it is more likely to lead them to engage with your website than going to some other website.

Well, everything that has benefits also has some disadvantages. There are a few cons of having a responsive website. It will be wrong if do not mention them as well. Here are few of disadvantages of having a responsive website.

Disadvantage –

û  When you decide to make necessary changes to your adult turnkey website so that it becomes responsive, before going ahead, you must know that it can be an expensive venture.  It involves complete redevelopment of the front-end codebase of your website. Of course, creating separate websites for different devices isn’t necessarily cheap either, but creating a responsive website is not very cheap too.

û  People sometimes use different devices for different goals. A responsive site can look good both on a desktop and mobile phone. Now imagine visiting an online store with your mobile phone, then you might only be interested in finding a certain product – as quickly as possible. Though responsive design will adjust the layout accordingly, you might still have a hard time finding the product since space is much more valuable on mobile and it is therefore challenging to set priorities. A mobile-first approach could resolve this, but then, your website might not be optimal when it´s being visited on a laptop or a phablet.

û  Device interaction differs when you browse the internet. With your desktop, you will most likely use a mouse and keyboard. On a tablet or mobile phone, most people will be using their fingers or a stylus. A responsive website can be optimized for the different types of interactions, but you can’t make any unique changes that only work for a specific type of interaction.

There are about 6500 different models of mobile devices, which include phones, smartphones, tablets etc., and these are all capable of accessing your website. About 63% of adult cell phone owners access the internet on their phones, and the percentage is increasing rapidly and is expected to soon pass the number of desktop based internet users. Everybody is getting addicted to their smartphones because it is easier for them, and also you can just get online with a few finger taps, rather than turning on a desktop and using it at home or office.

You can upgrade your adult website into a responsive adult website very easily. Here are some important things which you must keep in mind while doing so.

Best Practices for Responsive Website Design

1. Start Small: Start by designing your website for a mobile first, then grow your design to fit larger screens. Some of the designs converts to new sizes better than others.

2. Creative Content Planning: Consider how your viewers are using the content on a variety of devices. Plan appropriate content modification around that.

3. Make it Modular: Create reusable components so your layout is more flexible. You do not need to present the exact content in the exact way everywhere.

4. Streamline: Get rid of all the waste and non-essential content whenever and wherever possible. Keep your images flexible. Elements like full screen sliders look good on bigger screens of desktops, laptops and even tablets, but they aren’t meant to be used on a small screen like that of a smartphone. Get rid of them.

5. Keep It Simple: A responsive site needs to be simple and should conform easily to devices which may have low resolution, low processing power and weak bandwidth access. Avoid using decorative and bells like JavaScript or Flash, they could complicate site adjustment on the whole. Keep it simple and smart.

Creating a responsive website is not so hard. You can hire a web designer expert to do the job for you or, there are many websites out there as well, who offer services of designing your website for you. Their charge is a bit heavy, but it is worth it. You will be happy after seeing your site with responsive design.

Alternatives:

Responsive design is the best way to go for your website, but as it is a bit expensive there are some alternatives as well. In case you lack money or manpower, there is a cheap alternative for you which nearly looks the same as responsive design. It is called adaptive design. In adaptive design, different elements rearrange themselves when you make the window smaller, as is the case with responsive design. Just like responsive, adaptive design is characterized by having defined layouts for different resolutions. However, in case of responsive design, the design within each layout is “liquid” and resizes the width of the elements relative to the changing window size. In adaptive design, the design within each layout is “static” and therefore, even after resizing the window, the design doesn’t change.

Adaptive design caters to the devices which are being used nowadays. The adaptive design is a bit quicker and easier to implement than responsive design. This is a plus point, and therefore it might be a valid choice for some people who want to have a responsive design, but don’t want to pay much for it.

Conclusion:

Responsive designing has many advantages but not everyone is convinced in implementing it. Microsoft uses the responsive design for the website, but Apple has not implemented responsive designing for their website, which is a bit shocking. But that doesn’t mean you should always follow Apple or Microsoft.

All that matters are your intentions for your website. If you want to have just one site which can be accessed across all types of devices available out there and also you want it to look good on each and every device, then responsive design is the best solution for you. But if you want your website to behave differently when it is being accessed on different devices, then it might be a good idea for you to build separate websites.

Responsive design, simply put, enables your website to fluidly adapt to different screen sizes. If it suits your requirements, then go for it.