Presenting your Blog on an iPhone

Published: 8 Jan 2009 In: Website Design

The computer screen no longer holds the exclusive position for viewing web content. In recent years, more and more people are viewing your content on mobile devices. The iPhone has gained much attention in the press and is a popular mobile device used across the globe. So shouldn’t we begin to think about these visitors when designing our sites?

One group that has already put much thought into this topic are the folks at Brave New Code. They have developed a WordPress plug-in called WPTouch that makes formatting your content for the iPhone extremely easy. We use this plug-in on our site and have been very pleased with the results.

WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-like experience when viewed from an iPhone or iPod touch. It comes complete with ajax & effects, and all the standard WordPress blog features: search, login, categories, tags, archives, photos & more. WPtouch also allows for near-complete customization through your WordPress admin.

As the Admin, you get to define which content and pages from your blog are visible to iPhone or iTouch users. You can even assign individual bookmarking icons to each of these pages. The theme operates completely separate from your theme as viewed on a computer.

But if your users would rather see your computer based theme instead of the iPhone enhanced theme, there is an option in the footer on WPtouch for your users to easily switch between the WPtouch view and your site’s regular appearance. It’s that easy. The plug-in adds a little snippet of code which will be shown only to iPhone/iPod touch users and give them the ability to switch between the two views easily.

If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch, have a look at our site and tell us what you think. We would very much like to hear your comments on this plug-in.

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