Comments on: Optimizing my WordPress blog for iPhone users http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/ Discussion about Douglas, America, and the World Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:06:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Temi iPhone per Wordpress http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Temi iPhone per Wordpress Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:42:31 +0000 http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/#comment-131 [...] Mitch Cohen parla di come ha ottimizzato il suo blog wordpress per l’iPhone usando un apposito Css da lui sviluppato. [...] [...] Mitch Cohen parla di come ha ottimizzato il suo blog wordpress per l’iPhone usando un apposito Css da lui sviluppato. [...]

]]> By: Luis http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Luis Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:34:53 +0000 http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/#comment-129 Cool, now I just hope someone will come up with a plugin for the less geeky ones. Cool, now I just hope someone will come up with a plugin for the less geeky ones.

]]> By: Optimizing WordPress blogs for iPhone users « The Cowell Family Blog http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Optimizing WordPress blogs for iPhone users « The Cowell Family Blog Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:45:04 +0000 http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/#comment-127 [...] Mitch Cohen » Blog Archive » Optimizing my WordPress blog for iPhone users Posted by cowellfamily Filed in Uncategorized [...] [...] Mitch Cohen » Blog Archive » Optimizing my WordPress blog for iPhone users Posted by cowellfamily Filed in Uncategorized [...]

]]> By: mee-z http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/comment-page-1/#comment-122 mee-z Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:20:06 +0000 http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/#comment-122 Very helpful - thanks. Will implement soon! @ iPhone Owner: Due to the small screen size, my video blog shralp.com doesn't render very pretty on iPhones so I will use this hack... Very helpful – thanks. Will implement soon!
@ iPhone Owner: Due to the small screen size, my video blog shralp.com doesn’t render very pretty on iPhones so I will use this hack…

]]> By: iPhone and the mobile web - niload http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/comment-page-1/#comment-120 iPhone and the mobile web - niload Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:00:50 +0000 http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/#comment-120 [...] iPhone and the mobile web posted 6:00 AM PDT in Apple A few days ago, I came across a post from a fellow named Mitch Cohen talking about how he’d made some changes to his site’s CSS to make it a little more iPhone-friendly. Essentially, he created a special CSS template that reorders how the site loads when browsing via an iPhone as per Apple’s online documentation. This is all pretty standard stuff, except for the second comment in the posting. While the implementation is neat, and it’s good to see you trying out new ideas, I personally think what you are doing is HORRIBLE. The best feature of the iphone is to see the web as it is intended. This means full pages, all graphics, just as it appears on a regular computer… not a watered down WAP version. You’ve just taken all the work apple did and then you’re forcing a watered down ‘WAP’ version down the throats of people who spent money on an iPhone ( we could have gotten this watered down version from a windows mobile device.) I understand this is a personal blog of yours, but trends get set very easily.. Before you know it, more people will be doing this, and then all the features of the iphone are wasted… sigh… At the very least, put a link at the top to give users a choice on how they’d like to view your page…. just my .02 [...] [...] iPhone and the mobile web posted 6:00 AM PDT in Apple A few days ago, I came across a post from a fellow named Mitch Cohen talking about how he’d made some changes to his site’s CSS to make it a little more iPhone-friendly. Essentially, he created a special CSS template that reorders how the site loads when browsing via an iPhone as per Apple’s online documentation. This is all pretty standard stuff, except for the second comment in the posting. While the implementation is neat, and it’s good to see you trying out new ideas, I personally think what you are doing is HORRIBLE. The best feature of the iphone is to see the web as it is intended. This means full pages, all graphics, just as it appears on a regular computer… not a watered down WAP version. You’ve just taken all the work apple did and then you’re forcing a watered down ‘WAP’ version down the throats of people who spent money on an iPhone ( we could have gotten this watered down version from a windows mobile device.) I understand this is a personal blog of yours, but trends get set very easily.. Before you know it, more people will be doing this, and then all the features of the iphone are wasted… sigh… At the very least, put a link at the top to give users a choice on how they’d like to view your page…. just my .02 [...]

]]> By: Joe http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Joe Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:31:42 +0000 http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/#comment-115 Wow! Nicely done. This looks great on my iPhone. I'm going to have to play around with this with my theme, too. Wow! Nicely done. This looks great on my iPhone. I’m going to have to play around with this with my theme, too.

]]> By: Todd Biske: Outside the Box » Blog Archive » Blog is now iPhone friendly http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Todd Biske: Outside the Box » Blog Archive » Blog is now iPhone friendly Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:27:48 +0000 http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/#comment-114 [...] Courtesy of some php scripting advice posted by Mitch Cohen, I’ve now made my blog a bit more iPhone friendly. Obviously, it could be loaded previously, but you did need to do some zooming and panning. Now, if it detects that the request is from an iPhone, it applies a new style sheet. The sidebar information is pushed to the bottom, and the entire width of the page is used for content. Furthermore, by setting a viewport attribute, the iPhone knows it is only 320 pixels wide, rather than showing a page zoomed out. While this was purely a learning exercise for me, it does make things easier to read. [...] [...] Courtesy of some php scripting advice posted by Mitch Cohen, I’ve now made my blog a bit more iPhone friendly. Obviously, it could be loaded previously, but you did need to do some zooming and panning. Now, if it detects that the request is from an iPhone, it applies a new style sheet. The sidebar information is pushed to the bottom, and the entire width of the page is used for content. Furthermore, by setting a viewport attribute, the iPhone knows it is only 320 pixels wide, rather than showing a page zoomed out. While this was purely a learning exercise for me, it does make things easier to read. [...]

]]> By: erik http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/comment-page-1/#comment-112 erik Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:04:37 +0000 http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/#comment-112 If there was a way to detect whether an iPhone user was connecting via EDGE or WiFi, that would be a good compromise IMO; serve the WAP-style page over EDGE, and the full-featured one over WiFi. The downside is that you'd have to know the IP ranges that EDGE users connect from and it would make the code more complicated. If there was a way to detect whether an iPhone user was connecting via EDGE or WiFi, that would be a good compromise IMO; serve the WAP-style page over EDGE, and the full-featured one over WiFi. The downside is that you’d have to know the IP ranges that EDGE users connect from and it would make the code more complicated.

]]> By: Mitch Cohen http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Mitch Cohen Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:39:17 +0000 http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/#comment-111 Robert - yes, that's probably going to be my solution to the menu (adding an anchor). My other option is to have it be a popup of sorts (a hidden DIV layer). iPhone Owner - comments appreciated. My ego got a brief and unnecessary boost at the thought of me being a trend-setter. :-) The iPhone does a great job at viewing most pages without trouble. I think of the iPhone as a real computer with a real browser, just with a small screen. About 75% the web users are on 1024x768 screens or higher now, so that's how web sites are being designed. I like the idea of presenting sites to users that are optimal for their system. I am not recommending the use of a WAP-like stylesheet. My styles_iphone.css is a real stylesheet. You can absolutely argue its graphical mediocrity. But WAP, no way. I saw that someone's made a WordPress plugin that presents a WAP-like stylesheet for iPhone users. Yuchh. My hope is for designers/bloggers to design their site somewhat generically, then build specifics that take best advantage of whatever platform/screen-size/bandwidth/plugins/etc the visitor happens to be using. One size doesn't and shouldn't fit all. Robert – yes, that’s probably going to be my solution to the menu (adding an anchor). My other option is to have it be a popup of sorts (a hidden DIV layer).

iPhone Owner – comments appreciated. My ego got a brief and unnecessary boost at the thought of me being a trend-setter. :-)

The iPhone does a great job at viewing most pages without trouble. I think of the iPhone as a real computer with a real browser, just with a small screen. About 75% the web users are on 1024×768 screens or higher now, so that’s how web sites are being designed.

I like the idea of presenting sites to users that are optimal for their system. I am not recommending the use of a WAP-like stylesheet. My styles_iphone.css is a real stylesheet. You can absolutely argue its graphical mediocrity. But WAP, no way.

I saw that someone’s made a WordPress plugin that presents a WAP-like stylesheet for iPhone users. Yuchh.

My hope is for designers/bloggers to design their site somewhat generically, then build specifics that take best advantage of whatever platform/screen-size/bandwidth/plugins/etc the visitor happens to be using. One size doesn’t and shouldn’t fit all.

]]> By: iPhone Owner http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/comment-page-1/#comment-110 iPhone Owner Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:03:49 +0000 http://www.mitchcohen.com/2007/07/07/my-blog-is-now-iphone-optimized/#comment-110 While the implementation is neat, and it's good to see you trying out new ideas, I personally think what you are doing is HORRIBLE. The best feature of the iphone is to see the web as it is intended. This means full pages, all graphics, just as it appears on a regular computer... not a watered down WAP version. You've just taken all the work apple did and then you're forcing a watered down 'WAP' version down the throats of people who spent money on an iPhone ( we could have gotten this watered down version from a windows mobile device.) I understand this is a personal blog of yours, but trends get set very easily.. Before you know it, more people will be doing this, and then all the features of the iphone are wasted... sigh... At the very least, put a link at the top to give users a choice on how they'd like to view your page.... just my .02 While the implementation is neat, and it’s good to see you trying out new ideas, I personally think what you are doing is HORRIBLE. The best feature of the iphone is to see the web as it is intended. This means full pages, all graphics, just as it appears on a regular computer… not a watered down WAP version. You’ve just taken all the work apple did and then you’re forcing a watered down ‘WAP’ version down the throats of people who spent money on an iPhone ( we could have gotten this watered down version from a windows mobile device.)

I understand this is a personal blog of yours, but trends get set very easily.. Before you know it, more people will be doing this, and then all the features of the iphone are wasted… sigh…

At the very least, put a link at the top to give users a choice on how they’d like to view your page….

just my .02

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