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May 2015

Of what use is wp_is_mobile() in times of responsive web design?

Today, I want to discuss a function in WordPress which some might believe is outdated: wp_is_mobile() (to be found in wp-includes/vars.php). This function detects whether a mobile device is used or not by using the user agent of the browser. What? In times of responsive web design? Five years after Ethan Marcottes legendary article about […]

March 2014

Mobile users want to call you

I won’t start now and telling you again: Yes, the web is moving to mobile, layouts have to be responsive and so on. You know it already. What you might don’t know: Mobile users want to call you! Still, a smartphone is a phone. One of its main purposes is to gather information by calling […]