Further Modifications.

Yesterday, I began to make changes to the Dumaguete Website following some of the suggestions from Google Webmaster Tools.

After a bit of trial and error, I was able to alter the index page to suit viewers using Androids. I wasn't completely happy with the page as seen from a desktop PC, but I was willing to compromise one for the other.

A problem arose when I looked at the site using Google Chrome, rather than Firefox. The Home page was a disaster.


I had to go back again, and try to make changes that would work on both browsers.

Some of the web pages will be more difficult modifying for viewing on mobiles; particular the pen pal websites. It's recommend that the buttons on a webpage should be large enough to accommodate fingers on a mobile phone screen. That was easy enough on a page with relatively few buttons, but the pen pal page, as it's designed, has 35 buttons.

I'll have to give serious thought to how I'll set up the new page.

Modifications on the Dumaguete Website.

This morning I received an email from Google Webmaster Tools informing me that -

"Google systems have tested 61 pages from your site and found that 100% of them have critical mobile usability errors. The errors on these 61 pages severely affect how mobile users are able to experience your website. These pages will not be seen as mobile-friendly by Google Search, and will therefore be displayed and ranked appropriately for smartphone users."

I inspected the mobile issues and I've corrected some, but there are too many (according to Google) for me to fix all the errors right away.

I'm not even certain that I can fix them all.

At any rate, I've resized the buttons on index page, re-centered the page, and compressed a few images. That has helped some of their "desktop issues", but not all the mobile ones.

I'll have to work on this a bit at a time.