12th Oct 2011, 11:05 PM | #1 |
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I have a couple popular blogs that get 500+ views a day. I've noticed that quite a bit of people are looking at my site from their phone. When I look at it from my iPhone, it looks a little awkward. Good enough to have a decent user experience but not mobile-optimized. What's the best/easiest/cheapest way to optimize my blog so that it is mobile friendly? |
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13th Oct 2011, 02:23 AM | #2 |
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Just load the WPTouch mobile plugin and that will convert it all for you. Quentin |
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13th Oct 2011, 04:51 AM | #3 |
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I think. Its better to create a sub domain just for mobile. And build a complete less graphical mobile site. When a user will visit your site for a mobile device he/she will be redirected to your mobile sub domain.
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14th Oct 2011, 06:23 PM | #4 |
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if you are using wordpress, there are a few, wptouch seeming to be the most popular. there's also one in the elegant themes package. i haven't tried either yet.
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14th Oct 2011, 07:30 PM | #5 |
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The subdomain tactic is a nice touch I find. I would recommend doing that.
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15th Oct 2011, 03:30 PM | #6 |
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Because the mobile version of your site should be lighter, I'd suggest a subdomain myself.
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and how would i build it differently to be mobile friendly if its just a wordpress blog? feels like WP touch may be more feasible although this would work better in theory if i knew how to do it right | |
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15th Oct 2011, 10:39 PM | #8 |
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I've been using Extraordinary mobile plugin for Wordpress | Wordpress mobile | mobile plugin (not an affiliate link) on my site and my clients' sites with good results. I also got one when I bought the BackupBuddy suite of plugins from PluginBuddy | WordPress Plugins , but i haven't used it.
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15th Oct 2011, 11:13 PM | #9 |
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Building a subdomain for the mobile version of a WordPress blog doesn't make sense at all. It will require a lot of work and if you are not good at PHP & MySQL, then you will have a lot of difficulty. Use a plugin like others suggested and optimize your images as much as possible.
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