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    {"title" :"Solving a MobileGov Mystery: Using Open Source CMS to Implement Responsive Web Design","summary" : "Responsive Web design is widely-known as a go-to solution for designing a website to fit on any device’s screen size. As we found in our February workshop, federal agencies are implementing it for various reasons. There are various ways to implement responsive","date" : "2014-07-18T01:24:56-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell","katie-steffy" : "Katie Steffy"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/07/2014-07-18-solving-a-mobilegov-mystery-using-open-source-cms-to-implement-responsive-web-design.md","slug" : "solving-a-mobilegov-mystery-using-open-source-cms-to-implement-responsive-web-design","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/18/solving-a-mobilegov-mystery-using-open-source-cms-to-implement-responsive-web-design/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/06/456-x-257-Responsive-CDC-showcase-on-multiple-devices.jpg\"\n    alt=\"456 x 257 Responsive CDC showcase on multiple devices\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eResponsive Web design is widely-known as a go-to solution for \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/06/11/responsive-design/\" title=\"Responsive Design Overview, Resources and Tools\"\u003edesigning a website to fit on any device’s screen size\u003c/a\u003e. As we found in our \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/24/why-go-responsive-heres-what-feds-are-saying/\"\u003eFebruary workshop\u003c/a\u003e, federal agencies are implementing it for various reasons.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are various ways to implement responsive design. Some agencies have implemented it via \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/27/video-blog-part-3-sarah-crane-usa-gov/\"\u003estructured data and content modeling\u003c/a\u003e and others have \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/15/defense-finance-and-accounting-service-goes-responsive/\"\u003ecompletely redesigned their website\u003c/a\u003e. Agencies who are not yet at that point are looking for ways they can begin.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn our February workshop, we learned members of the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/\"\u003eMobileGov Community of Practice\u003c/a\u003e are using built-in responsive templates in open source content management systems (CMS) in order to better manage existing content and make it user-friendly across a variety of mobile devices.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSign up for our \u003ca href=\"\n\"\u003eMobile Web Templates: How to Use Open Source CMS to Implement Responsive Web Design\u003c/a\u003e webinar on Wednesday July 30th, to see and hear representatives from the Department of State and the General Services Administration (GSA) demonstrate how they leveraged existing templates in Open Source CMS for content on mobile devices. Specifically, they’ll disclose tips on implementing RWD with CMS systems like Drupal and WordPress and share how they troubleshooted challenges they faced.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are on the outside of mobile Web looking in at your agency, this is a great way to learn how to get started. See more \u003ca href=\"\n\"\u003eevent details and sign up here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis article is part of this month’s editorial theme on our DigitalGov Communities. Check out more articles \u003ca href=\"\n\" title=\"Recent Monthly Themes\"\u003erelated to this theme\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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