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1:32 pm
November 25, 2012
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Money Counselor
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I'm curious how many of you have created versions of your blog that are designed for tablets. I'm guessing many of you have had the same experience, but a company approached me offering "a free tablet publishing platform built to help bloggers quickly and easily create HTML5, app-like versions of their blogs for the mobile web at no cost." I don't know if I want to use the service (separate question), but the inquiry got me wondering whether creating a version of Money Counselor for the mobile web made any sense. Or whether perhaps I'm the last person (as usual) to grasp the obvious. 
Thanks for your comments!
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1:57 pm
November 25, 2012
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Edward Antrobus
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Whether or not it makes any sense depends on how much of your traffic comes from mobile. That information can be found in Google Analytics under Audience -> Mobile. Separating tablet from smartphone isn't obvious, but looking at screen resolutions will help. If You Can Read, You Can Cook gets roughly one third of it's traffic from mobile sources, and it looks like tablets account for roughly half of that.
I believe that WP Touch Pro will allow you to create a tablet theme as well as a mobile them, but I only use the free version, so I'm not sure.
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1:58 pm
November 25, 2012
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sooverthis
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Post edited 1:59 pm – November 25, 2012 by sooverthis
Both of my sites have mobile versions – I only use responsive themes that will allow people to read on phones or tablets. I used the WP Touch plugin for a long time, but I really didn't like the way it looked. (Edited to add – re: what Edward said above, the Pro version of WP Touch does allow you to create a theme for tablets. But it's basically the same ugly layout as you get for phones.)
I'd be interested to know whether anyone has taken an offer from one of those companies and how it panned out. I thought about it at one point but never actually did it.
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2:03 pm
November 25, 2012
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Tushar @ Everything Finance
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If you install the Wordpress Jetpack plugin, they give the mobile version of your website. Just need to activate it. And it looks pretty good.
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Tushar @ Everything Finance
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5:12 pm
November 25, 2012
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I've used WP Touch Pro on a few of my sites and never had any problems. It doesnt look amazing but its a heck of a lot easier for the reader to view the content than browsing a thesis theme on a tiny screen
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5:48 pm
November 25, 2012
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Edward Antrobus
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This article was written about WPTouch, but the code should apply to any mobile theme plugin. Delivering a Much Better experience to your iPhone clients
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I'm looking for editors, beta-readers, and some demographic research for my upcoming novel, Once Upon a Saturn Moon. If you like reading soft sci-fi thrillers, maybe with a touch of romance thrown in, you can find more information at http://seampublishing.com/once…..aturn-moon
If You Can Read, You Can Cook – http://www.ifyoucanread.com | Think you can't cook? If you can read this sentence, then you can.
SEAM Publishing – http://www.seampublishing.com | eBook formatting and publishing service
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6:54 am
November 26, 2012
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michael @ financial ramblings
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I use WPtouch Pro. Not terribly fancy, but it works. There's a free version, too, if you'd rather not spend any money on it.
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8:39 am
November 26, 2012
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As Edward mentioned, it really depends on how much traffic that you are receiving through mobile/ tablet devices. But still, traffic through these methods is only going to increase, next year with smart phones and of course tablets becoming the next best way to search.
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CBC International are specialists in debt recovery, based in Liverpool who provide their services to businesses across the UK, Europe and Worldwide.
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10:59 am
November 26, 2012
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michael @ financial ramblings
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I should add… I haven't bothered with a tablet version. Rather, I let that flow through to the main theme. I've looked at it on my iPad and it looks fine without modification, so no sense in forcing a plain Jane them on tablet visitors. I guess it might not look as good on a smaller, lower end tablet, but… Whatever. Can't please everyone all the time. :-)
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3:23 pm
November 26, 2012
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Jake@iHeartBudgets.net
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My theme has it built in. I use Weaver II (the "free" version), but will be switching soon. I think the layout is nice, plus my posts are excerpts with pictures, which is nice.
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9:01 am
November 28, 2012
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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What Tushar said. Jetpack!
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11:25 am
November 28, 2012
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Wayne
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I use Studiopress themes which are mobile responsive. I've viewed my site on a tablet and smart phone. Besides the sidebars appearing below the content, I think it works well.
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7:14 am
November 29, 2012
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Glen Craig
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I recently purchased Studiopress' Genesis theme and many of their child themes are "responsive" in that they change their format depending on the size of the device. I'm currently using it on Parenting Family Money.
On the one hand mobile/tablet devices are improving every day so needing a mobile theme becomes a bit less of a priority. OTOH, speed and viewing size is still important and a mobile/responsive theme will help get your content to a reader quicker than your standard theme will.
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7:58 am
November 30, 2012
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AverageJoe
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Thanks for the great suggestions! About 1/4 of our traffic comes from tablets or phones, so I've been searching for a way to format the site better.
I can add this: I used OnSwipe for a bit. While I loved the look of it, it locked up all the time AND I had a hell of a time getting in the back end of FFA from my tablet when it was turned on.
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4:30 pm
November 30, 2012
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Edward Antrobus
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I don't know how big of an issue it is, but there is a difference between a mobile theme and a responsive theme. A mobile theme is a separate theme that is sent instead of the normal one, when the user-agent returns a value for a mobile browser. So it sends only the files needed for that theme. A responsive theme that sends all of the files for that theme, including full size images and all of the css. Then it let's the browser decide which version of the theme to load.
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I'm looking for editors, beta-readers, and some demographic research for my upcoming novel, Once Upon a Saturn Moon. If you like reading soft sci-fi thrillers, maybe with a touch of romance thrown in, you can find more information at http://seampublishing.com/once…..aturn-moon
If You Can Read, You Can Cook – http://www.ifyoucanread.com | Think you can't cook? If you can read this sentence, then you can.
SEAM Publishing – http://www.seampublishing.com | eBook formatting and publishing service
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9:43 am
December 1, 2012
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Money Counselor
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Thanks everyone for the useful discussion and feedback… much appreciated!
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2:07 pm
April 26, 2013
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cheapstudents
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Tushar @ Everything Finance said:
If you install the Wordpress Jetpack plugin, they give the mobile version of your website. Just need to activate it. And it looks pretty good.
I know it's a little late but just found this post. Thanks! I've just added the Wordpress Jetpack plugin and activated the mobile optimized version of my blog. Had a few of my friends check out the blog on mobile before the plugin, it looked awful.
Thanks for the help!
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