Written by: Jophiel Silvestrone
Jophiel Silvestrone has written 326 posts in the Tech Blog.
Jophiel grew up on a ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana near Chico Hot Springs. Working on the ranch instilled work ethic and self motivation. Filled with this drive, Jophiel started mowing the local school's yards twice a month throughout the summers, at the age of 12. He moved to Billings in 2004, where he has been deeply involved in the local business community ever since. A serial entrepreneur, Jophiel has ran multiple businesses in our local community. The first business, a janitorial and carpet cleaning company, founded in 2005, has employed over 50 locals. Moving on to the media industry, Jophiel and several partners founded Green Directory Montana in the spring of 2007. Green Directory's sustainability ranking software awarded points based on sustainable or "green" actions. These points counted towards a business's total "Green Score," which in turn ranked them against other businesses in their category and throughout the entire site. It also featured a limited edition print version distributed annually. A business acquisition allowed Jophiel to focus on new projects, and a few close business colleagues and Jophiel started Rocky Mountain Mr. & Ms. Magazine, a lifestyle publication for men and women in the Magic City. After a year and a half at the helm of RM3 Magazine, the business was purchased. He now runs a web development company SkyPoint Studios and fathers his son Jaoquin, who plays football, basketball, soccer, and is learning snowboarding from his dad. Recently, has expanded to locations in Havasu, Arizona & Vegas. SkyPoint Studios is a market leader in both Billings & Havasu and Jophiel is working on building that same level of market dominance in Vegas. Specialties: Extensive experience in online and offline business. Especially savvy at WordPress, and operate several sites, one example is the blog: skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com/tech-blog. Check out skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com for the latest projects from SkyPoint Studios.
Does your website look good on phones?
One of the most popular questions these days: is my website be mobile-friendly? And it’s a great question!
It’s crucial to have a website that can be pulled up on a phone and navigated easily. Data-analysis companies like Nielsen have run the numbers and discovered that over 60% of the traffic on the web comes from mobile devices. This represents a huge slice of traffic, and a huge missed opportunity if your website is very hard to navigate and use on a mobile device.
Not only can It frustrate a customer and cause them to leave and choose a competitor instead, Google is actually punishing these websites by de-ranking then lower in search results.
So how can you tell if your website is mobile-friendly or not?
Well I’m going to share with you a very easy way to test on a desktop computer whether your website will look good on a mobile device. So the first thing to do is pull up the website, then click the square icon in the upper right hand corner next to the X that closes the page.
This is essentially what mobile optimization is, the ability to adapt to different screen sizes such as a giant TV, a laptop, or a very small mobile phone screen. Speaking technically, there is actually code that is written called CSS that has parameters set that will only engage if certain screen sizes are present. This style-based code will make sure the website looks good on every single device that the website is viewed upon.
If your website doesn’t have mobile optimization, the website will look exactly the same when adjusting the browser screen width. If you discover that your website lacks mobile optimization, this is a very good indicator that it is time to upgrade your website to a more modern codebase.
If you need help with this process, contact SkyPoint Studios at 406-208-8733 or fill out our contact form located here.