More and more people are working on the move. Mobile phones are bcoming increasingly powerful and many now offer internet access. Yet most sites are optimised for proper sized screens, not miniature ones.
I like the idea of people being able to read my blog while on the move, so I went looking for some mobile plugins.
The first one I tried, the WP mobile edition, came up with a message that it had not been installed properly. That got deleted.
The second one, the Wordpress mobile pack, worked, but showed linked to all the pages at the top, including pages where I was developing stuff and particularly wanted kept out of sight. So that had to go too.
The next one was called Mobilize by Mippin. This worked, and is the one I am, for the time being, using. Here’s the blurb:
The Mobilize by Mippin Wordpress Plugin is a configuration free add on. Once installed any cell phone accessing your URL will be redirected to the Mippin rendering of your blog. Mippin renders perfectly for every cell phone type. Even the iPhone renders your blog better and faster than going to the direct PC URL.
It certainly seems better than the others. You don’t have to do anything other than just activate it and it works.
The only thing I did not like about this plugin was the fact that the Mippin logo was always at the top of my mobile site. However while doing research for this very blog post you are reading now peeps, I have found >> this site where you can customise it so it shows your own logo and colour scheme. Which of course I have now done.
Just goes to show that blogging brings its own rewards.
Do you use a mobile plugin? How have you found it? Do you have another mobile plugin you can recommend?
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I’m surprised the iPhone doesn’t support flash, if they expect more people to view sites on their phones then shouldn’t the phones be equipped better?
I suppose looking at it another way, it is a reason not to use flash, or if you do, to provide a version which can be viewed without flash.
I’ve had a good experience with the WP Mobile Edition so would certainly suggest people consider it. It does automatically recognise different mobile browsers and adjusts to them.
Thats the one that told me it was not installed properly. I think it told me to do something complex to get it to work, which prompted me to do another plugin search …
I’m glad it is good when it works, although I am really happy with the Mippin service so probably will not look elsewhere now.
Great share and good plugin. I think there must be one out there which look what kind of mobile is surfing to your site and give the right solution back. thx for your work