Mobile broadband technology has made it possible for people to blog on their smartphones. The WordPress Touch plugin for smartphones works to transfer a traditional blog into a blog that can be viewed on many types of smartphones. The administrative panel of the WordPress plugin allows users to change the appearance of their blog without having to change the original codes used to create the blog or the theme that the user originally chose for their blog. Viewers to a user’s site can alternate between the original design of the blog and the phone friendly version of the blog.
Customizable
WordPress Touch allows users to change the colors on their mobile-friendly blog to the same colors used in their regular blog. Users can also either create their own icons for their blog or choose from a gallery of icons. The first step in creating a custom icon is to create a jpeg image that is 57×57 pixels. Then upload the image to the smartphone and enter the WP Touch options menu on the phone. The uploaded icon will be added to the list of icons available on the phone. Then pull up the “Logo Icon/ /Menu Items & Page Icons” to set the logo.
With the rapid advancement of mobile broadband technology, more and more blog readers are using their smartphones and devices to read and post comments on the go. The blog owner can receive notifications on their phone if someone signs up for their blog or posts a comment to it. Users can pick and choose which information gets displayed on their phone-friendly blog, such as comments, pages, tags, categories and author’s name. Blog owners looking to promote their blog can add customized codes, statistics, and Adsense codes, which will allow the blog owner to monitor their site’s traffic and include advertisements on their blog.
Blogging 2.0
WordPress Touch is a necessary development in the rapidly changing world of mobile broadband. New electronic items are emerging every year, and our mobile devices get more and more sophisticated over time. So many people are on the go these days that WP Touch is needed for anyone who is too busy to sit in front of a computer all day. Now that people have a way to use their blog, blogging can be done anytime. With the advent of social media, people are becoming used to being able to communicate with others almost instantly. The WP Touch helps make this possible. In addition to allowing people more convenient access to their blog, WP Touch makes it easier to produce a blog because the technology is so easy to use. WP Touch can be used with all the major brands of smartphones, including Blackberries, as well as the iPhone and the iPad.
The Word Press Touch plugin is revolutionizing the way people blog. Mobile users could see a rise in the traffic to their blog due to this technology.
About the Author: Blake Sanders is a tech writer at broadband comparison site Broadband Expert where he specializes in mobile broadband and phones, as well as the latest in wireless internet provider news and information.
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