3 Replies Latest reply: Feb 12, 2014 9:32 AM by Zak Williamson (Adobe) RSS

    Can I use the desktop site as the tablet site?

    TheGreatDeVane

      I've added the tablet site with the atributes of the desktop site but it doesn't copy the content. Is there a way to do this without recreating the content seperatly?

        • 1. Re: Can I use the desktop site as the tablet site?
          p_nath Employee Hosts

          Hello,

           

          The tablet or the mobile layout doesn't inherit the contents of the desktop layout automatically in Muse. You may want to copy the contents manually and adjust them accordingly or add new content altogether.

           

          Parikshit

          • 2. Re: Can I use the desktop site as the tablet site?
            JSS1138 CommunityMVP

            The tablet or the mobile layout doesn't inherit the contents of the desktop layout automatically in Muse.

             

            Damn.  That rather takes away the sole good reason to use Muse - a one click solution to creating phone and tablet friendly versions of my site.

            • 3. Re: Can I use the desktop site as the tablet site?
              Zak Williamson (Adobe) Employee Hosts

              In general the desktop site can be created such that it works fine on tablet devices. In fact there are tablet devices with screens larger than some PCs, so it's a bit of a grey area as to what exactly defines a tablet versus a PC given tablet screens are getting larger and many PCs are adding touch screens.

               

              In many cases designing a desktop site and a phone site is sufficient. Given the large difference in screen size and the highly mobile nature of a site visitor using a phone, it's likely a fundamentally different design with a different organization of your data would be better received by your site visitors from their phones than anything Muse might automagically do to create a long scrolling strip on a cell phone from each of your desktop pages.

               

              A desktop site that limits use of rollover states (since rollover is, at best, simulated on touch devices) and makes anything clickable/touchable slightly larger in order to be touch friendly is often sufficent to address both desktop and tablet visitors.

               

              A phone site that's organizaed to present contact information, directions/map and just the key aspects for your site, deferring to your desktop site for more detailed information, may present a better user experience than replicating all the pages/content from your desktop site in a phone form factor.