Responsive and Adaptive Web Design

'One size fits all' proud mother of belly shirts & muffin tops.

You won’t get dress-coded here.

We build sites that fit properly on every screen without the digital equivalent of a muffin top.

Back in the day our biggest challenge was making a website look good on different sized computer monitors. Those were simpler times. Now we’re designing for desktops, laptops, tablets, phones, smartwatches, and probably your refrigerator.

AVOID THE MUFFIN TOP

Here’s the deal: Not all “responsive” is created equal.

Everyone throws around the word “responsive” like it’s some magic solution, but there’s actually more than one way to make your site work on every screen.

Responsive Design

Uses fluid grids and CSS media queries to let your site flow across screen sizes like water finding its shape in any container. Flexible, scalable, and Google’s favorite child.

Adaptive Design

Uses fluid grids and CSS media queries to let your site flow across screen sizes like water finding its shape in any container. Flexible, scalable, and Google’s favorite child.

Blended until smooth. ( The sweet spot.)

We use responsive with a sprinkle of adaptive web design. Because it actually works. Most of the time we go with responsive design – fluid layouts that adapt everything from images to font sizes on the fly. But sometimes we use adaptive design, creating specific layouts for certain screen sizes when we need that perfect, pixel-perfect control.

Fair warning: We’re going to use whichever approach works best for your specific situation, not just default to whatever’s easiest.

The perks of playing nice on every screen.

People actually use your site.

Which is good, because that’s why you built it in the first place, right?! Here’s why – your responsive site only loads what each device actually needs, so no more forcing phones to download giant desktop images like some kind of digital torture. Faster load times = happier users = fewer people bailing for your competitor.

Found by actual humans (and the occasional friendly bot).

Google basically runs the internet, and it plays favorites (don’t act like you don’t know). It starts by judging your site on mobile performance, then speed, then bounce rates. A responsive site looks good on mobile and loads fast, which makes Google think, “This site doesn’t suck,” and show it to more people.

Sympatico with any device—even the ones we haven’t invented yet.

When the next weird screen size shows up (and it will), your site won’t have an identity crisis. Even now, not everyone uses your site like you do. Responsive design keeps your content accessible and functional across the board—thumbs, mice, or whatever comes next.

Stuff moves. Dynamically. And we try to plan for every situation, but do you know how many screen sizes we have to anticipate? Televisions to smart watches and roughly a bazillion screen sizes in between. Basically a metric crap ton (that is a scientific measurement).

How we design for the real world (and real screens).

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Functionality First

The most important thing your website can be is functional. If people can’t use it, you might as well not have it at all. We focus on how people actually use your site, not how we think they should, and make sure the most important stuff gets the best treatment on every screen.

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Pick Your Battles

We optimize for the most used screen sizes first and make sure your site loads fast on everything from flagship phones to that ancient tablet your grandma insists on using. If 1 person a year visits your site from a particular screen size – we let it go. By prioritizing functionality first, even if it doesn’t look perfect everywhere, it will still work perfectly.

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Every Screen is Different

And we’re not just talking about different sizes here but resolution, zoom and color settings all impact how your site looks. We can’t control the obnoxious settings your mom has on her computer, but we can make sure thumbs work as well as mice and that your site stays functional no matter what.

Some businesses just have longer legs than others.

“Finger-length” skirts be damned. There’s a strong lesson learned from that dress code disaster. A construction company showing off project photos needs different mobile priorities than a nonprofit asking for donations. We’re not just here to make your site “responsive” – we make it work the way your actual customers use it. And yes, we do actually know how your customers use it. Ask us how.

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It’s not just about the fit.

Your responsive design doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It ties into our whole Creative Process and supports our ADA Compliant Web Design approach. Because responsive design that only works for some people isn’t really responsive.

Say goodbye to the digital muffin top.

Your website shouldn’t need Spanx. It should just fit. We make sites that adapt to every screen without weird bulges or awkward gaps—because confidence looks good on every device.

Ready for a better fit? Let's talk.
  • Mike Hartman, Missouri Petroleum Products Co., LLC

    We will be relying on MayeCreate.

    We have a really fun working relationship with MayeCreate! They were able to communicate effectively with our IT staff as well as those in our company that weren’t as knowledgeable with web functionality.  We will be relying on MayeCreate for all of our future web-based needs.

    Mike Hartman, Missouri Petroleum Products Co., LLC

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    They did a really, really wonderful job redoing our website. It wasn’t much before MayeCreate came on board. They’ve been extremely helpful with seeing my vision as well and collaborating together since I took over the website when I first started. It was a really smooth transition and they made it a lot easier for me to feel confident in this industry.

    Christie Sielfleisch, Millstone Weber, LLC

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    We were really looking for a company that knew where we were coming from. That was what I really appreciated about MayeCreate. When we had our initial meeting, you all really took the time to sit down and learn what we were looking for–but not just about our website. You also really took the time to get to know us as an organization, even before we started the process of talking about our website and our budget.

    Lindsay DuCharme, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mid-Missouri

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