10 great mobile website builders
Article created on: October 22nd, 2010 - Latest update: March 13th, 2012
We finally reached the full mobile era, where computers are barely needed with today’s smartphone invasion. You can sit on your local coffee shop and pull up documents and presentations, edit spreadsheets , video-talk to friends and clients and even organize your finances from those tiny little machines.
So, according to Gartner (News – Alert), Inc., the worldwide mobile voice and data revenue will exceed one trillion dollars a year by 2014, what are you waiting to create a mobile version of your site/blog? You have to enter the mobile scene, but always try to keep some rules in mind:
- mobile networks are slower than the ones you have at home, so try to reduce your content (specially images);
- keep your contact infos and address in the front page towards the center;
- if possible, do not only “reskin” your website, try to rebuild it for mobile.
Many companies offer specialized services or plugins to migrate your current website into a mobile version and we will list 10 of those options. Feel free to comment and add some others you might know.
1. Wapple
Wapple is a great online tool that helps you create mobile websites from scratch using a great web interface. If you’re not a webdesigner you can also have them create the layouts for you.
Check out how it works:
2. Mobify Studio
With Mobify Studio you can pick content of your current site and have it displayed in a mobile, lighter version. This content keeps synchronized if changed. Take a look at the presentation below to understand the main concept of this application.
Watch a little presentation video:
3. Wirenode
Wirenode is company based in beautiful Prague, that also offers an online mobile website builder that is free for personal use.
A little (rather old) walk-thru video:
4. Mobi10
Mobi10 is a great mobile website building platform created to optimize your time and make it easy to create mobile websites fast.
Mobi10 Presentation Video:
5. bMobilized
bMobilized grabs your current URL and transforms it into a mobile version! You then have to enter some information to create an account and will be able to edit your template.
6. Mofuse
Mofuse is a great online tool that helps you Build, Launch, Measure, Integrate and Promote your mobile website.
7. MobilePress
Need your blog in a mobile version as well? MobilePress is a plugin that takes your current WordPress blog and creates a great mobile version of it.
Their description: “MobilePress is a WordPress plugin that will render your WordPress blog on mobile handsets, with the ability to use customized themes. Built into MobilePress is the ability to track your mobile sites analytics and serve ads with Aduity.com.”
8. Mobile Plugin (for Drupal)
Mobile Plugin is built for Drupal websites and makes them compatible to mobile devices.
9. Mobile Joomla (for Joomla)
This awesome extensions automatically creates a mobile version of your Joomla website.
10. Magento Mobile (for Magento e-Commerce)
Magento Mobile is a great extension that transforms your Magento Store into a great online driven e-commerce website.
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Great tips.Here are 2 good links on best practices to create a mobile website.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/13/mobile-web-design-trends-2009/
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/25741.asp
And here is another Mobile tool which says it helps companies and non profits create Mobile Websites – quickly and easily.
http://urmobile.com/
Thanks for the post, I like the Magento app the best.
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I’ve tried a few of the above products, but I’ve found that many of them are difficult to use.
I started using http://kishkee.com for a mobile site for my restaurant. The drag and drop interface I think is far superior than the others. Also, they have a free plan, which you cant beat.
Go Susan! I love Kishkee. I started with them recently and I haven’t looked back. I have the Spotted Shorthorn plan (love the names) and I couldn’t be happier.
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I don’t know these web sites.
Thank you
happy to find this site. Will come back many times to find suitable one to build my mobile website. Thank you for having posted this info. Much success
I am a hoster, and met this team UNITY Mobile at a conference last month. While I am using their services for hosters to provide mobile to customers, I am quite impressed with their platform which allows you to build a mobile website, app, and use SMS/2D barcodes. I am pretty sure do-it-yourselfers can use it too. http://www.unitymobile.com
Great list. Hopefully, we will make it on the list the next time around :) Thanks again!
I am new to the whole website developing arena, your information is very precise and easy to understand.
Very helpful.
Hey Jan,
You should try the tool my company has developed, it’s very simple and powerful
http://www.contentmobi.com
Thanks for this great post. You help us so much
These site have proved that Creating mobile website not a rocket science.
Hey Jan, Great list of companies/resources! I would also suggest http://Moably.com as an option to your readers.
I would recomend http://Web2Mobile.co website. We use this service for all mobile sites. There tons of unique functions like you can build any forms, make custom website tree, etc.
I have created a mobile website at http://www.qrfashion.mobi and I would suggest it.
You forgot about http://mobdis.com one great mobile builder, easy to sign up and affordable.
I tried to build the site with mobisitegalore.com. Its awesome.
I would also suggest a new solution: http://www.pixmobi.com :
– Totally dedicated to mobile
– Compatible with all mobile devices
– 100% customizable (0% coding)
– Truly professional
– and Open and extendable
here is another Great tool That I think the author did not mention.
http://webonmobi.info/2
-They Provide valuable Mobile Websites
-They have great customer service
-All in one Mobile Solution
-You get a mobile redirect script
-And much much more
We weren’t even into concept when this article went out, but we made http://landr.co over 2011, and it creates simple mobile pages. Check it out as a resource!
-Matt
A webapp builder software that recently came out.
http://www.webapp.composer.youminds.com
- Automatically creates Perl and PHP Code
- Integrated FTP Client
- Desktop Software
- WYSIWYG Edtior
Another great mobile site builder platform is GoMo.io — they’re more similar to mofuse.com and other mobile website builder CMS’s
Mobify and bmobililzed are different breeds of mobile site builder, they basically take your desktop stylesheet from desktop sites and shrink them and strip heavy media etc.
try gomo.io
Great list! Thanks for compiling it!
Great List and very useful for Fresher and experienced programmers and mobile site users ,
I really like it MXICODERS
Sorry, but these tools are all quite crappy. Nobody understood that a mobile site is something *different* than a smaller version of a desktop site.
Guys, if you really want to have your mobile website there is only one tool to use: http://mob.is.it
The rest is the past.
Why don’t use a desktop software to create a mobile version website.
YouMinds WebApp Composer http://www.webapp.composer.youminds.com/ is free and easy to use desktop tool to create a mobile website in minutes and even with PHP or Perl support.
I use it, I love it and I don’t pay any monthly fees.
We just recently started offering this service. We’re offering a 50% off to all new subscribers at http://www.rowdymobile.com when getting our enterprise plan (read: unlimited) by using promo code “rowdy”
There are many listed but of them, MoFuse is the easiest platform to use. I’ve been a partner of their’s for awhile and the platform is easy, their rates are fair and the support is great.
I haven’t used any of the other services and don’t think I ever will.
Free Hosted Mobile Stores for Business owners to Sell their Products & Services Online!
http://www.bizzboard.com/mobi/store/
you have got to check out http://www.mobileisfree.com
its a brand new free mobile website creator.
it allows google merchant integration for realtime shopping and is growing in functionality by the minute
You might want to look at Jaenovation Mobile Website Builder. It is a free and great product.. http://www.jaemobi.com
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Some of these providers will be ideal for what I’m looking for, but their prices vary greatly. There’s a lot to do when analyzing value for money and suitability.
I’ll toss my hat into the ring and attempt to assist this question as well. Obviously it’s all about experience, flexibility of UI, and personal opinion — but IMO the best tool out there that I’ve found is called Qfuse – and it’s mobile website builder/CMS AND also a QR Code generator which links to the mobile website you create.
The platform also serves to provide analytics around number of times the site is viewed and the QR code scanned. A pretty cool service overall — especially since it’s FREE. Check it out at http://www.qfuse.com.
Oh – and they also have a pretty cool cartoon video on the homepage showing how the site works. My $0.02.
Hi Sean,
thanks for this info. It’s really fine for a simple page!
Peter
Most mobile site builders
Easy to use – Yes
Runs Well – Yes
Impacts Real Business Revenue – NO!!
MobDis mobile site builder for local businesses – Impact real revenues using lead generation forms and mobile coupons.
Reseller packages available for agencies
A very helpful list.
Thanks.
Can I suggest Microsite Builder, a mobile web page builder. For more info see http://micrositebuilder.tk
Thanks, this is a great list. We’ve used a few different tools in the past to help us with mobile websites. A newer one that has probably been the easiest overall has been http://www.SproutMobi.com. Clean and quick and really easy to create sites. We tried MobiSiteGalore but weren’t as impressed.
For an icon based rather than line based option, try ours http://www.yomobi.com . Icons are more familiar and easy to tap an go. I agree with one of the comments that a mobile site should not be another version of desktop site. It needs to be action-ready for the on the go user and tapping an icon to call or get organized info or maps a business is key. Our model is currently Free (with ads) and in about a month, a $5/month custom plan will be available that includes more customizing options and no ads. Happy Building!
Take a look at http://AppNotch.com a free cloud based mobile site builder with integrated CMS and QR codes.