[...]... styling to mobile site ‹‹ Doesn't resize image files for mobile devices ‹‹ The mobile menu has to be set up even if you want the same menu as in the desktop site Chapter 1 Plugin Link Features WordPress Mobile Pack http:// wordpress org/extend/ plugins/ wordpressmobile-pack/ ‹‹ ‹‹ Wapple Architect http:// wordpress org/extend/ plugins/ wapplearchitect/ Pros Detects mobile User Agents and uses a mobile. .. up our web app’s navigation Time for action – adjusting the footer layout Creating a responsive web app – review Using a mobile theme to create a web app Creating our mobile theme files Time for action – copying our theme files to create a new theme Time for action – editing our mobile theme files Time for action – uploading and activating our web app theme Using a mobile theme to create a web app... smartphones and tablets to browse the Web instead of a desktop computer, the need for websites to be fast and user-friendly on those devices is getting more important Mobile development is very hot in web design circles right now, with constant advances in techniques such as a responsive design and mobile- first content strategy ensuring that websites not only look good on mobile devices, but also give users... ‹‹ Relatively fast to load on mobile devices ‹‹ Works with existing themes, so can carry styling through to the mobile site ‹‹ Requires a license key, although this is free ‹‹ Displays widgets ‹‹ Resizes images for speed on a mobile site Requires a free license key Mobile Press http:// wordpress org/extend/ plugins/ mobilepress/ ‹‹ Detects mobile User Agents and uses a mobile switcher combined with... Chapter 1, Using Plugins to Make Your Site Mobile- friendly, with mobile plugins ‹‹ Mobile devices: Mobile devices, as referred to in this book, include smartphones and small personal devices running a mobile operating system, for example, the iPod Touch, but not tablets ‹‹ Tablets: These are the devices with a larger display than mobile devices, but they use a mobile operating system These include the... existing desktop site built using WordPress and administrator access to it More details of what you will need are included in Chapter 1, Using plugins to make your site mobile- friendly Who this book is for This book is aimed at people with some experience of WordPress but who are new to mobile development It deals with self-hosted WordPress sites, and not sites hosted on wordpress. com [3] Preface To get... using PHP Adding a mobile- only menu to the site Identifying the changes we need to make Time for action – setting up our mobile menus Time for action – coding mobile menus into the theme Time for action – styling the new mobile menus Time for action – adding a select menu Summary Chapter 8: Creating a Web App Interface What is a web app and why would we develop one? Developing a web app – designing... on mobile devices, or you can go further, harnessing the combined power of PHP, CSS, and relevant APIs to create a web app—a website that looks and behaves like a native app This book will take you through the process of making a self-hosted WordPress site (as opposed to a wordpress. com site) mobile- friendly We will be working with the site for Carborelli’s, a fictitious ice cream parlor using its website... up – WPtouch and WordPress Mobile Pack WPtouch is the most widely used mobile plugin WPtouch is used on a huge proportion of WordPress sites, and so the chances are that if you use a mobile to browse the web, you've seen it on some sites without even realizing WPtouch has a premium version with extra functionality, but here we will be working with the free version, available at http:/ /wordpress. org/extend/plugins/wptouch/... advertise its store and sell ice cream online You’ll learn a variety of ways to make this site look and perform better on mobile devices, and we’ll work up to mobile e-commerce and finally, using WordPress to create a web app for Carborelli’s Preface This book focuses on mobile development, so it’s worth identifying exactly what we mean when referring to different devices The following are the definitions . h0" alt="" WordPress Mobile Web Development Beginner's Guide Make your WordPress website mobile- friendly and get to grips with the two hoest trends in web design Mobile and WordPress Rachel. perform beer on mobile devices, and we’ll work up to mobile e-commerce and nally, using WordPress to create a web app for Carborelli’s. Preface [ 2 ] This book focuses on mobile development, so. WordPress, mobile development, and many other things that catch her eye. You can follow her on twier at @rachelmccollin. I've learned most of what I know about web design, and WordPress development