iPhone WordPress Theme

Anyone who is running a website these days needs to be aware that lots of people will be viewing your site from devices other than a desktop computer. Most people (myself included) that own an iPhone talk about how it changes your life.  Once upon a time I took my laptop into the backyard to do a bit of work while my kids played.  Now I usually just grab my iPhone and I can accomplish pretty much the same amount of work that way.  People are using iPhones, iPod Touches, Blackberry’s, Windows Mobile and other devices to see our sites, so we need to ask ourselves “how do our sites look and function on these devices?”

I love the look of Flash, because it can do so many great animations and user interfaces, but it doesn’t work on the mobile browser on my iPhone.  Most of the time this limitation doesn’t bother me–it’s often just filler.  But lots of sites out there use flash for navigation.  I’m leading the children’s ministry at a new church plant and we use a curriculum from a company called Kidmo.  We are so pleased with the quality of their materials, but their site uses a lot of Flash, so I can’t use it on my phone.

To help all of us with WordPress based sites out, Dale and Duane from BraveNewCode.com have created a plugin for WordPress that uses a different theme when the site is viewed from a mobile browser.  This theme has your site name at the top with a pulldown menu of your pages on the right.  A search feature is also clearly marked at the top of the page.  Then comes a list of your most recent posts.  If you have an iPhone or a touch you can see an example of this by looking at my site.

One reason why mobile browsers are so important for churches is helping potential visitors out.  If someone has a hard time finding your church and they have one of these devices they will likely use it for help.  If they can’t use your site or find the information they need because of poor formatting, they might not visit.

It may seem obvious, but most of us don’t make websites that only we will look at.  We make ones that we hope will benefit others in some way.  This plugin is easy to use and helps people better access your content.  What else do you need?  So head over to BraveNewCode.com and download it today.