Mobile Vicissitudes
I found a very interesting plug-in for WordPress today called WordPress Mobile Pack by assembla. It automatically adjusts your WordPress site to look great on any web enabled smart phone. I have an iPhone and even though the normal site looks great, this is far more efficient, quicker, and streamlined when viewing. You can see from the screenshot I took how nice it really is. The sidebar to the right is moved to the bottom and some widget are eliminated for space and speed (allowed up to 5 widget – I suggest keeping it basic). I noticed that when viewing a post with many NextGen Gallery by Alex Rabe, photos it sorts them vertically. I need to modify my posts to not have so many photos. Other than that small adjustment (which I wanted to do anyway) I see no issues.
You can also login to the admin area and make a new post, edit posts, comments, and adjust setting of your blog. By far one of the most useful plug-ins I am using.
<edit> I found one major issue. When using Yet Another PhotoBlog plugin the layout is rearranged where the photo goes after all of the text. I have not yet dug into the code so I am not sure where the issue lies. So for now I deactivated YAPB and inserted the photos the old way.
<edit again> Funny thing is; my other blogs with the same plugins do not have this issue. Maybe I should try a fresh install of WordPress and start over, some other funny things are happening.
<final edit> It was something with the install of WordPress. I created a new folder on the server, uploaded all the files. Connected / replaced the new wp-conf.php with the old one and everything worked. I then uploaded all the plug-ins again and activated them (checking the site after each activation). I then activated the mobile pack, tested perfectly on both iPhone and computer.
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