A responsive website is a website that re-sizes to the device you are using, for example if you grab the corner of your browser and make the screen smaller or bigger the websites layout and content will change to fit the size of the screen. This type of website is a must have in the market now days as more and more people are using their tablets and mobile devices to research the internet and still using their laptops and pc’s during working hours.
Having a responsive website gives you a huge advantage over just the average web design as you get to target all devices that have a browser. Before responsive web design came out most companies that were looking to target mobile and pc users had to have two websites, one that you would view on your pc or laptop and the other that would be viewed on your mobile or tablet, redirecting depending on the device you are using, this way of doing it was always a lot of work because every time you need to update your website you would have to update both websites, now you only have to update one that works on all devices.
Responsive websites are being built in content management systems (CMS) making it even less of a hassle to update and take care of your website giving you the ability to login to your website from anywhere in the world, make your updates and changes and logout, without the help of a web designer. A CMS is a management system for non-technical users to update and change their websites on the fly.