Javascript with Responsive Web Design
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The company I work for are looking to go responsive which is high up the list on our development plans. Further on down the development plan they want to add more javascript into the website. Is this recommended as we plan to go responsive ?
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Going responsive is the way to go if you ask me and most other SEO's out there.
I'm not sure i fully understand your question though.Responsive design doesn't have any issues with Javascript in most cases. It would depend a lot on what the Javascript would try to do. As Andy has stated above Google can now read and execute AJAX and Javascript which is great.
The only thing you should be careful is when implementing more Javascript is whether the website will still function as expected on devices/browsers that don't (fully) support Javascript. There are simple fallbacks and such so that all of your users get served great content and not just the ones with the most modern devices and browsers.
Excellent book for more information on this is: Designing with Progressive Enhancement.
Must read for any front-end web developer if you ask me. -
A lot depends on what they intend to do with the Javascript, but this is pretty much commonplace today and should pose no problems.
I use responsive single page themes for my sites, and they are rank well - plenty of funky stuff going on in those as they are parallax designs.
Have a read of this post as well. This goes back to 2011 when Matt Cutts confirmed Google can read and execute AJAX & Javascript. http://searchengineland.com/google-can-now-execute-ajax-javascript-for-indexing-99518
Just remember to test well before sending big changes live.
-Andy
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