New Mobile Site
It’s been a while since I established a mobile site for my blog and it desperately needed a facelift. With the help of a couple new WordPress plugins, I gave the mobile site a fresh new look and some additional features. Here’s a screen shot:
In case you didn’t realize it, more and more folks are visiting your website from their mobile phones. If you haven’t recently, I recommend you test your church’s website on your phone. I’m guessing a number of folks who visit your church for the first time are trying to access your site from their cell phone to confirm service times and directions. If your site isn’t mobile friendly, you’re making it harder for people to visit your church. You can actually check out your website using a mobile emulator like this one for Opera Mini.
By the way, service times and directions aren’t the only engagement people will need using their cell phones. In addition to thinking about how your church connects with people online, you need to begin being more strategic about your mobile strategy.
Let me know what you think about the new mobile version of my blog. I’d love your feedback and suggestions.
Looks great on my iPhone. Thanks.
Great stuff. Totally used that plugin on my site and our church’s site. I tried to use another one before and it was a disaster. This was really easy:
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Hi Tony,
I’ve got a wordpress blog too – would you mind sharing what plugins you’d recommend for creating the mobile site? And do you believe the trade off is worth is when you lose visual appeal for a more functional site for mobile devices?
Thanks a lot
Paul