More an more people are browsing the web with mobile devices such as the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry’s. A lot of the sites and blogs out there aren’t optimized for being viewed on a small device such as an mobile phone.
People that blog often use Twitter to keep in contact with other bloggers and readers and to bring traffic to the blog. Many people check Twitter using a mobile phone, and therefor it’s important that your site is optimized for them.
Wordpress Makes It Easy
Wordpress is the world leading blogging software, and there is a good reason for that. There is endless supply of plugins that you can use to customize your blog. There are a couple plugins that makes your blog mobile friendly, but in my opinion the plugin Bravenewcode.com have made is the best one out there. The plugin is called WPtouch.
WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into a web-application experience when viewed from an iPhoneTM, iPod touchTM, AndroidTM, or BlackBerry StormTM touch mobile device.
If you check out VikingBlogger.com in a mobile device now you will see the plugin in action. Here are some screenshots
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This is how the front page of VikingBlogger.com looks like when browsing with an iPhone |
This is how a post at VikingBlogger.com looks like when browsing with an iPhone |
How To Install WPtouch
It’s really simple to make your blog mobile friendly, and all you really need to do is the following steps:
- Go to your blog admin. In the meny you will find “Plugins”. Click on “Add New”.
- Search after WPtouch. Click innstall and activate the plugin.
- Go to the WPtouch settings page, and check things over. Here you can do some changes like adding your own icon, changing colors etc.You can also add your adsense code. If you would like to track your stats, add your stats code there aswell.
Press “Save Options” and your blog is now iPhone/Android/BlackBerry optimized!
Your Blog Will Be Loading Faster
Not only will it be easier to read your blog on a mobile device using WPtouch, it will also be much faster. The creator of the plugin compared browsing their blog with a regualar theme vs the WPtouch. See the results below:
That is extremely cool! It makes your blog seem so much more professional, doesn’t it?
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February 8th, 2010 at 10:01 am
I like to think so at least.
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I’ve never optimized my blog for iphone because I don’t have an Iphone, but I believe that many people out there uses iphone to surf internet nowadays.
Between, how much is an iphone costs in your country Staale? It costs about $800 in my country, is that considered expensive? I know oversea country would sell cheaper.
Regards,
Lee
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It costs about the same in Norway Lee. And it’s one of the most expensive phones in the market.
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February 9th, 2010 at 5:56 am
Oic, I thought oversea would sell cheaper. Yea it’s the most expensive phones in the market, but that’s really a good phone and I like it so much but I’m not afford to purchase it yet since I need money to pay for my university fees. Perhaps in future.
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