Internetling.com Mobile Version Launched
I like to use my Nokia e71 to check my blog and read the comments every once in a while, but it is annoying having to scroll around with this layout and waiting for the site to load, even on Wi-Fi.
So I stumbled upon this neat WordPress Mobile plugin which modifies your page for handheld devices. It is pretty neat, the only thing that bothers me is the restrictions made by the author, Andy Moore: that you cannot remove his sponshorship, even though the plugin is GPL-licensed (I will be looking into this).
I am one of those people who try to give credit where credit is due and I think Moore should switch to donations. However, this is probably the fault of our mentality and not Andy’s fault.
Anyway, the mobile version works fine and you can check it out with your handheld device, be it a Nokia, iPhone, Android Phone, or any other device using a mobile browser. The format is much better and loading times are crazy low.
So enjoy.
Internetling.com on the Nokia e71
Does the internetling mobile version have a unique URL or does the plugin do some sort of browser detection?
According to the GPL ( http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html ) you are free to modify the code, which means you can remove the “sponsorship” from the code.
@jezra: exactly, though currently I managed to shut down all the ads.
The URL is not unique, but you can set one I believe, by default mobile devices are auto-detected and the mobile theme is then shown.
Its great to see that today everyone is trying to make there websites mobile friendly and why not becoz everyone want web in there hand so its necessary to do that for visitors.
We were thinking about making a mobile friendly store too. Unfortunately, it cannot be solved with a plug-in, it will include quite a lot of custom coding.
Dude why bother with a mobile version? …it’s not like you update this blog often enough to be like “hey I gotta check the latest updates on internetling while I ride the bus!”
What motivation does someone who is on-the-go have to visit a site that updates maybe every 2 weeks… if not a month?
Maybe worry about getting some daily or even bi-weekly content on here and possibly some type of forums and then there would be something worth tuning into on a mobile basis.
Not trying to diss on your blog I visit it a few times a day and every time I do I hit myself for wasting the bandwidth… like wtf, I’m obviously excited enough about the stuff you’re posting that I’m checking for new content several times a day even tho I KNOW it’s never gonna be new except on the rare, bi-monthly occasion. Why you gotta make me waste my bandwidth man?
@Why Bother
nice to know. I’ll be posting more often when I finish my exams. I have prepared a few guest blog posts though.