System and method for converting an existing website into a mobile compatible website

A system for providing a website to a mobile device, comprising:

• a size identification module that identifies a desired mobile display size which is suitable for the mobile device;
• a website identification interface for a user to provide a uniform resource locator (URL) to identify an original website having an original display size that is larger than the desired mobile display size;
• a website retrieval interface that retrieves an original content of the original website utilizing the URL;
• a parsing module that parses the original content to identify website elements to be resized, website elements to be reformatted for display on the mobile device, and website elements that are not to be resized or reformatted;
• a resizing-and-formatting module that provides a mobile content by combining resized elements that correspond to the elements-to-be-resized, reformatted elements corresponding to the elements-to-be-reformatted, and unmodified elements that correspond to the elements-not-to-be-resized-or-reformatted;
• a website generation module that generates a second website having the mobile content;
• website code that, when inserted into the website, automatically redirects a mobile browser of the website to the second website;
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• a website serving interface that provides the second website to the mobile device.

A method for providing a website to a mobile device, comprising:

• identifying a desired mobile display size which is suitable for the mobile device;
• identifying an original website having an original display size that is larger than the desired mobile display size;
• retrieving an original content of the original website;
• parsing the original content to identify website elements to be resized;
• providing provide a mobile content having resized elements that correspond to the elements-to-be-resized and which are adapted for display utilizing the desired mobile display size;
• generating a second web site having the mobile content;
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• providing the second website to the mobile device.