We've spent some time looking at some of the off-the-shelf methods of making your WordPress site mobile, in the form of plugins and responsive themes. But what do you do if you have a site with a pre-existing theme and you want mobile visitors to see a site which is consistent with that theme? Or if you're frustrated by the fact that the plugins don't display all the content of your site? Or if you just aren't that keen on the available responsive themes?
The answer is to write responsiveness into your theme.
In this chapter we will learn the basic building blocks you need in place for a responsive theme, including the following:
A fluid layout
Media queries
Instructions to mobile devices to display your site at the correct scale
We will also examine the different devices you can target when designing a responsive theme, and identify some of the considerations for each of them.
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