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title: 451 – Getting Ready for Mobile
description: "The month-long WELSTech series on “mobile ministry” concludes this week with some considerations for your growing digital audience of mobile device users. Are you serving up a great web experience for those smartphone and tablet users? We discuss a number of tools and templates that will help you to do just that. The discussion: Responsive […]"
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# [451 – Getting Ready for Mobile](https://welstech.wels.org/2016/06/28/451-getting-ready-for-mobile)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Jun 28, 2016 12:23:19 PM

The month-long WELSTech series on “mobile ministry” concludes this week with some considerations for your growing digital audience of mobile device users. Are you serving up a great web experience for those smartphone and tablet users? We discuss a number of tools and templates that will help you to do just that.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_451.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_451.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_451.mp3) (Duration: 30:15 — 27.7MB)

### The discussion:

Responsive design – Martin and Sallie finish up the June focus on mobile ministry with a discussion of web design that looks good on every screen size.

- [W3Schools Responsive Web tutorials](http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_responsive.asp)
- Browser Mobile Emulator 
    - [Chrome](https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/device-mode)
    - [Firefox](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Responsive_Design_Mode)
    - [Safari](http://3qilabs.com/safari-inspect-element-mobile-device-emulator/)
    - Edge
- Sample Responsive sites 
    - [Grace](http://www.gracefallschurch.org), Falls Church, VA (FinalWeb)
    - [Martin Luther College](http://mlc-wels.edu) (WordPress)
    - [WELS.net](http://wels.net) (WordPress)
- Church WordPress Themes – [ChurchThemes.com](https://churchthemes.com/)

### WELS now:

Read about Naomi Green’s contributions to the [WELSTech Photo Challenge](https://welstech.wels.net/photochallenge) in the July issue of Forward in Christ magazine, page 22 ([sneak peek](https://welstech.wels.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/naomiGreeJulyFIC.jpg)).

- There’s still time to participate in the June challenge. Share your photos of travel and vacation, VBS and Matthew 11:29.
- The July challenge will be summer, outreach and Isaiah 52:7.
- Visit the [challenge album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/90468817@N05/sets/72157656954073096)!

### Picks of the week:

- Summer Memory Work Challenge
- [How to Make Google Photos Work for You](http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/make-google-photos-work-tips/)

### Community feedback:

- [St. Marcus](https://www.stmarcus.org/), Milwaukee, is looking for a [Production Manager](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/Tech%20documents/20160623ProductionManagerJobDescription.pdf)
- Uber
- [Mobizen](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rsupport.mvagent&hl=en) – Sample on the Academia Cristo site
- Cellphone survey

### Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 452 – In July we’ll be talking about all aspects of online security, and we plan to start the conversation next week with a discussion on a topic we all know and love, passwords. Release date: Wednesday, July 6

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