How to: Create an iPhone version of your blog
Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Alex Denning in Quick Tips, Theme Design
As I wrote on WPHacks a while ago, an iPhone version of your site is increasingly becoming a necessity. Why? So many people have iPhones and iPod Touches these days it is important to make sure your site works with the Mobile Safari platform.
I’ll stop rambling.
Using the iWPhone Plugin, you can make an iPhone version of your blog. Trouble is, it doesn’t really look that great. Solution: the Nometech iNomeBlog theme: an improved version of the default theme that comes with the plugin. It isn’t particularly advanced, but it clearly displays your blog to iPhone/iPod Touch users.
To install the theme, download the file below and unzip it. Upload the iwphone.php file to /wp-content/plugins/ and activate it. Then upload the inomeblog file to /wp-content/themes/ (and don’t activate it) and you’re done!
Download or see the demo (if you’re on an iPhone)
No related posts.
Enjoyed the post? We'll see you on Twitter or in your RSS reader!
Alex Denning is the founder of WPShout. A WordPress developer from London, Alex co-founded WPShift at the start of 2010 where he sells awesome WordPress themes.
You can find Alex on Twitter and at AlexDenning.com.
15 Responses to “How to: Create an iPhone version of your blog”
Trackbacks/Pingbacks
[...] a plugin, but I’ve zipped it all up for you so it is really easy to install. Check out this blog post for detalis of how to install [...]
[...] iPhone support – as I wrote here a short while ago, iPhone support is becoming increasingly a necessity. NomeBlog supports the iPhone through the use of the iWPhone plugin, which I’ve customized. You can download the customized version of the plugin (which looks great!) here. [...]
[...] iPhone support – as I wrote here a short while ago, iPhone support is becoming increasingly a necessity. NomeBlog supports the iPhone through the use of the iWPhone plugin, which I’ve customized. You can download the customized version of the plugin (which looks great!) here. [...]
[...] iPhone support – as I wrote here a short while ago, iPhone support is becoming increasingly a necessity. NomeBlog supports the iPhone through the use of the iWPhone plugin, which I’ve customized. You can download the customized version of the plugin (which looks great!) here. [...]
[...] iWPhone plugin, from ContentRobot. But we won’t actually use the download from their site – instead head over to Nometech, where you can download the customised version and customised theme. You could integrate the plugin into your function.php, but I’m against that for features not [...]
[...] 6. Create an iPhone vesion of your blog [...]
[...] 6. Create an iPhone vesion of your blog [...]
[...] 6. Create an iPhone vesion of your blog [...]
[...] use the download from their site – instead head over to Nometech, where you can download the custom…. You could integrate the plugin into your function.php, but [...]
[...] 6. Create an iPhone vesion of your blog [...]
[...] iWPhone plugin, from ContentRobot. But we won’t actually use the download from their site – instead head over to Nometech, where you can download the customised version and customised theme. You could integrate the plugin into your function.php, but I’m against that for features not [...]
[...] da ContentRobot. Na verdade não vamos utilizar a estilização feita pela ContentRobot, vamos à Nometech buscar uma versão com template profissional e estilizado propositadamente para o efeito. Poderá [...]
Leave a Reply
- WordPress Theme Design Basics
- Create An Advanced Options Page in WordPress
- Premium Frameworks Reviewed
- Creating A Tumblog With WordPress
- 10 Practical WordPress Security Tips
- A to Z of WordPress .htaccess Hacks
- WordPress Theme Design Basics
- 10 WordPress Plugins That Every Blog Needs
- 10 Awesome Things To Do With WordPress' Custom Fields
- How To Stop An Eithical Hacker Breaking Into Your WordPress Site
PeterButler
10. Apr, 2009
I hadn't given much thought to making themes handle iphones specifically, since they handle normal websites so well. Can you give us some idea of the steps you took, and why?
Edmond
23. Apr, 2009
Yeah thanks alot its much better than the original version I’m using it right now
Alex Denning
10. Apr, 2009
Yeah, sure.
Basically, I was fed up with having to zoom all over the place when browsing the web on my iPhone, so the solution seemed to be create a plugin that made an iPhone specific version of my blog. As for the theme, its a fusion between NomeBlog and the theme that comes with the iWPhone plugin.