After launching the Internet browser on my HTC Touch, the first site I opened was of my own blog. The browser almost came to halt while loading the home page.
When I loaded other sites such as GMail, Flickr, Google Search one thing I noticed was that all these sites had a page compatible with the mobile browser. The content fitted exactly to the bounds of the handset display. Images were kept to minimal, so was the content !
A search for WordPress+mobile on Google took me to Alex Kings WordPress Mobile Edition plug-in for WordPress. The package consists of a WordPress plug-in which detects requests from Mobile Browsers. It also has a WordPress theme which takes care of rendering your site on the mobile browser.
You can easily read all the posts with no need for horizontal scrolling. The page fits your device display perfectly.
Here are some snapshots of my blog opened in IE mobile browser.
Even the images fit nicely into the display width. You almost have the same experience as reading on your normal web browser.
And if somebody is still interested in seeing the original page (loaded with ads and sidebar), you can always exit the mobile edition and view the standard browser edition.
Is your site mobile browser friendly ? If not install and activate Alex Kings WordPress Mobile Edition Plug-in. Probably I should start tagging my buddies to install and activate this plug-in 🙂
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I have it installed already. . .nifty little plugin it is.
http://www.theanand.com/blog/index.php/just-ripples/my-new-wordpress-plugins/
http://www.theanand.com/blog/index.php/techie/another-7-useful-wordpress-plugins/
Could be useful for you and your readers 🙂
Hi Venu,
Just wanted to know is the HTC Touch you are using, unlocked or do you have an Airtel connection?
I am located in Delhi, and i am all set to get the Touch but am just a little skeptical whether it can be unlocked to use with other sim cards or not..:-(
Kindly e-mail me your advice/suggestion.
Thanks.