Mobile versions of famous blogs like Problogger, CopyBlogger and JohnChow are a rage in blogging community. People tend to have a look at their favorite blogs which on the move and even comment what they are feeling. And, at this point of time, it’s a viable option to have a mobile version of a WordPress blog just in case if you are expecting a surge of visitors using mobile phones to browse.
We shall discuss here to accomplish a mobile version of a blog which suits Apple iPhones, now that they are becoming a hugely iconic status symbol with techie guys.
But, there are always a series of questions which need answers. The most relevant questions which I suppose are :
- How hard is it to create a mobile version of a blog?
- Does it require any explicit webhosting to perform such feat?
- What are the kind of WordPress Plugins required in order to compress the page to suit the mobile phone’s bandwidth?
Well, I will take a moment in answering the questions one by one.
1. How hard is it to create a mobile version of a blog?
If you think a single mouse click is easy, then creating a mobile version for your blog is that easy.
2. Does it require any explicit webhosting to perform such feat?
Nope. You need not modify your blog in any manner possible. And, you need not move on to any other webhosting service to accomplish this feat. All you need is, Your blog.
3. What are the kind of WordPress Plugins required in order to compress the page to suit the mobile phone’s bandwidth?
All you need is a WordPress Plugin for your Self hosted WordPress blog. And the plugin is, WPtouch. This plugin will make your blog to suit best with an Apple iPhone without changing any of your blog’s internal settings. All you do is, Download, Install and Activate the plugin from your WordPress Dashboard.
Let’s have a look at how this plugin changes your blog’s appearance to suit an Apple iPhone.
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As stated in the third image from the bottom, the user can turn off this plugin just by choosing to do so. Then, your blog will be displayed in it’s usual layout suited for a mobile phone, but not specifically for an Apple iPhone.
Hope you make use of this plugin developed by the team at BraveNewCode to juice up your blog on an iPhone.
wow.. Surely i will try it out!
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Hi,
Whilst those screenshots do match the iphone look, it doesn’t really match the look and feel of your website. So any brand identity you may have spent ages creating has evaporated and made your mobile blog look like a hundred others.
I’ve written a new plugin for wordpress called the Wapple Architect Mobile Plugin for WordPress and as well as making your blog work perfectly on every mobile phone in the world, it keeps the same URL structure and allows you to keep your brand identity by carrying across styles and allowing you to upload mobile logos.
Version 1.4.9 has been released and there are a ton of features (more than any other mobile plugin) giving you real control over how your mobile site looks and functions.
The homepage can be found here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wapple-architect/ and here are a few screenshots of it in action: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wapple-architect/screenshots/
It’d be great to hear what you thought or if you wanted to try it out!
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