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07.13.09 Building Your Website To Be Similar On Any Mobile Device  By
Neville Hobson
 One
of the constant PITA
experiences I have when using the web from a mobile device is the many websites
you go to that aren't optimized for the small screen of a Nokia
phone, an HTC, a BlackBerry,
iPhone or any other mobile device
you can think of.It's something I think that every website should do – enable your site visitors to interact with your content on whatever device they use. That doesn't necessarily mean huge effort in developing different versions of your site to cater for diversity in devices and browsers (although that's worth thinking about: using a .mobi version just for mobile). There are plenty of means, ranging from the quite technical code-tweaking efforts to the easiest of all with using plugins, that make it a breeze to easily enable such functionality. This blog uses WordPress and, as I've mentioned before, making the site easily accessible from a mobile device couldn't be easier with the choice of plugins you have. For the past couple of years, I've run two mobile plugins, one for the iPhone (IWPhone by ContentRobot) and one for most other mobile devices (WordPress Mobile Edition version 2.1a by Alex King).
 Today, I've installed a new plugin, a single one that replaces the two separate ones, that will auto-detect what your mobile device is and serve you content as appropriate for the device and browser you're using.Not only that, it also provide me as a blog admin with a means to customize how the site looks and behaves to visitors on mobile devices, including choosing from different themes for the mobile look-and-feel. The plugin is Windows Mobile Pack and you can get it very easily from the WordPress Plugin Directory, either manually or from within your WP installation. Setting it up is very simple; once you do, you'll have a blog with a consistent appearance across different mobile platforms, like these screenshots on this site today as seen (from left to right) on my iPhone and Nokia N95 8GB. Continue reading this article. About the Author: Neville Hobson is the author of the popular NevilleHobson.com blog which focuses on business communication and technology. Neville is a UK-based communicator, blogger and podcaster. He helps companies use effective communication to achieve their business goals. Visit Neville Hobson's blog: NevilleHobson.com. |
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