My Blog goes Mobile Version

imagesThe effect of booming in smart cellular phone like Iphone & Blackberry and the decreasing of data charging by cellular operators, have caused the increase rapidly in mobile web activity. Therefore in order to accommodate mobile web activity, there are many blogger provide a mobile version of their blog. This mobile version is aimed to make browsing the Web from mobile devices comfort and fast by scaled down the theme and content of blog suitable with the screen of the device.

Actually, I realized that I should add mobile version of my blog when I browsed my blog via my cellular phone. At that time, I could not do fast browse due to long time response of loading. And then, after the page was loaded perfectly, the page which used blueweed theme was very not suitable with small screen device so I need to scroll left and right in order to read completely.  :?

I know that careful steps need to be taken when optimizing a website to be mobile friendly especially in accessibility. Then I start searching the wordpress plugin which able to create mobile version of my blog which have user friendly structure, simple graphic or have no graphic, and have simple theme which can be easily modified.

After further searching, finally I find wordpress plugin which support mobile version called wordpress mobile pack.

This plugin includes a mobile switcher which able to select themes based on the type of visitor who is visiting the site. If the visitor comes from Computer browser, the mobile switcher will switch the theme into original theme which is blueweed theme, while if the visitor comes from mobile cellular phone browser the mobile switcher will switch the theme into mobile version. This plugin also have the ability to select mobile themes  so I can easily modify the original mobile theme. The other important feature is called device adaptation. By this feature, this plugin has basic recognition of mobile devices and is capable of rescaling images, splitting articles and posts in multiple pages, simplifying style and remove media so the mobile version will be fit in cellular browser.
Below is my score for this blog in mobile version based on ready.mobi

So in my opinion, this plugin is worth to be tried :)

Point your mobile browser to http://andhysukma.com to see my blog in mobile version 8)

Tags: June 27th, 2009 Posted in Application, Gadget, Technology

10 Responses to “My Blog goes Mobile Version”

  1. Andhy Says:

    test send comment from my nokia.



  2. Winnu Ayi Says:

    jadi pengen juga. tapi pengennya mobile blog slaen wordpress euy…. (paling jg balik ke wordpress lagih)



  3. Andhy Says:

    @winnu
    There are many good opensource blog engine, but do not have great community like wordpress community.
    Anw,if you use wordpress, be carefull with wordpress programming addict.. :D



  4. narpen Says:

    udah dicoba *akses via hp*
    hoo.. begitu tampilannya ya ndhy..
    klo gw pribadi lebih suka yg tampilan biasa, hehe.. kan biarpun dari hp, kadang gw pengen liat gambarnya..



  5. Andhy Says:

    @ Narpen,
    Meski dari HP tapi kan gambarnya tetep kelihatan, tapi di scale down baik ukuran maupun resolusinya.

    Coba di read more. Nanti kan kelihatan gambarnya



  6. Reza Says:

    mantap ndhy



  7. Andhy Says:

    @Reza,

    Thank you bro.
    Baru tahu kalo kamu tyt blogger juga :D



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