How to delete Mobile and not Main

**Chris M** · 17 April 2019, 01:20 PM

Images and widgets (all the widgets I've come across) can be resized on one variant without affecting the other. Text is a different beast though.

Altering the column width and/or height is fine, but altering the text size, either with the text tool or resizing with the aspect ratio handles WILL alter both variants. Deleting, adding or editting text will also affect both variants.

**again** · 17 April 2019, 01:31 PM

Yeah, I kind of thought it was something like that. I'll get it done though. Thanks for being there!

**gwpriester** · 17 April 2019, 02:06 PM

I treat the mobile variant as a totally different website. The size is smaller, the bandwidth often slower. So I simplify as much as possible. Buttons have to be bigger and text has to be larger. Simply reducing the size of everything does not always work.

**Boy** · 17 April 2019, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by Chris M

.... but altering the text size, either with the text tool or resizing with the aspect ratio handles WILL alter both variants. Deleting, adding or editting text will also affect both variants.

Unless you use Styles. Check the Help file and try out this feature on a dummy design to get the hang of it. Once you understand it, it's quite easy to alter your text design in one variant without affecting it in the other.

**Chris M** · 17 April 2019, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by Boy

Unless you use Styles. Check the Help file and try out this feature on a dummy design to get the hang of it. Once you understand it, it's quite easy to alter your text design in one variant without affecting it in the other.

Yes, I looked at this when I struggled and you helped me before. I understood the concept, but it still seems unweildly; probably because I haven't used it enough for it to become second nature. The last time I had cause to practice I was under a time restraint and found it easier to revert to the Caveman solution of stop sharing in variants.

I really do need to play with this more as it's one of my pet hates. The Easter break will be an ideal time...if I can push procrastination into a corner.

**Boy** · 18 April 2019, 08:07 AM

Then I wish you a Happy Easter!

**again** · 18 April 2019, 10:14 AM

Yes, I don't like sharing with variants. Since I started with a main and mobile variance I found it easier to delete the mobile and start a new mobile from page layout options. Of course I maybe wrong since I'm new but it seems like it's stop sharing variances. I just hope when I publish they both go together. You see, when I first started this present website I selected the (R) from the content catalog which gave me a main and mobile but even though the text was the same when I first wrote it any changes to the text after saving would not update even though I had sharing with variances on. This is why I deleted the mobile and started over by selecting options, page size and then creating a new mobile. When I did this all the updates I made on the main site were automatically updated to the mobile. I just simply shrunk everything to the corner bars. I'll probably find a better way later and including your help but for now it stopped we from pulling the rest of my hair out.

Happy Easter!!!